iTunes 9.0.1 Fix the Out-of-Order Episodes Bug for You?
With the release of the iTunes 9.0.1 update last night, we downloaded it and proceeded to run some tests, and lo and behold, it seems that annoying out-of-order podcast bug is gone for us.
You remember the one, where you'd sync a number of episodes and instead of being sorted numerically, up or down, (i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4) they were randomly assigned (i.e. 1, 4, 2, 3).
If you've installed iTunes 9.0.1, and tested out the sync sequencing, let us know if you're back in order as well.
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I only keep one podcast from each feed on my iPhone at a time, but my smart playlists are still screwed up.
I installed the new iTunes and MMS on my 3g and my iPhone got hot and started smoking!!!!
OMG!!! What to do???
Yep, the podcast bug is totally fixed now. SUPER!
fixed the order
yes it is now in order but it freezes up every time I sync my mp3s. Still very buggy!
Wondering if anyone else lost syncing between iPhone and iPhoto since iTunes upgrade.
I didn't look for this bug- I have an equally irritating one:
Smart playlists synced to iPhone don't honor the "Selected by - Most recently added" setting. I have a smart playlist to hold all my recently added music, but it's been broken- I think since iPhone 3.0. 9.0.1 didn;t fix it.
Really irritating.
Nope. My "New Podcasts" playlist is still screwed up, and iTunes doesn't show ANY podcasts in the list when I view it in the submenus for my iPhone. I kept thinking it wasn't synching at all, but looking at the list on the iPhone itself shows the casts there, just out of order.
Ditto Joe - half of my smart playlists are also still screwed up, but the podcast sequencing of those under the Podcast Tab is now correct.
My podcasts list seems (seems!) to be fixed. However, my smart playlists are still messed up unless I turn off live updating. Annoying annoying annoying. Apple's definitely jumped the shark with iTunes
Why is that when my iPhone is connected to iTunes. It says that I have over 300 pictures when I only have about 160? Is this a bug?
I just updated to iTunes 9.0.1. Don't know about the playlist order but it looks like it fixes the podcast random order only partially. Now podcasts with different dates are sorted correctly in chronological order (ascending) but podcasts with the same date are still in random order when they should be sorted in alphabetical order (ascending) also
It looks like the Apple engineer who fixed this bug forgets that it is possible to have podcasts with the same date and forgets to fix this case
Still having the same problem here on my new podcast smart playlist. It's very frustrating...
My Smart Playlist containing a podcast looks just fine in Itunes 9.0.1 (as it did in 9.0), but when I sync to my iPhone the tracks are in random order, still. To make them sync to my phone and be in the correct order I have to have the Live Updating feature UNCHECKED inthe Smart Playlist. This is reported in other posts here, I am just confirming they are right on. iTunes 9.0 and 9.0.1 are a POS IMO.
Yes, the podcast sorting issue is fixed on the iPhone with iTunes 9.0.1, but smart playlists containing podcasts are still completely jumbled and in random order. I urge everyone to report it to Apple feedback.
I have problem: Restoring iPhone software … forever and no response on iPhone or iTunes
sorting has been worked out but now it erased all my contacts.
iTunes U content is still not in the right order.
Podcast bug has been fixed...iTunes U & Top 25 Songs Playlist still not in order...oh well maybe Apple will get it right with iTunes 10 & iPhone 4.0 LOL
Playlists are still FUBAR'd unchecking live updating defeats the whole purpose of my smart playlists. Added Today, Added This Week, Added This Month OBVIOUSLY I want them in date added sequence not this random crap I'm getting. APPLE FIX THIS CRAP!!!
you can't say C R A P?
After listening to a single chapter of audiobooks at the time, I can now finally enjoy 'The Lost Symbol' without annoying interruptions:-) 9.0.1 solved the problem for me:-)
It didn't fix my podcast/playlist issue. My podcast smart playlists are still out of order. Some of my podcasts are still out of order, and I still can't sync new playlists from iTunes to my iPhone.
Come on Apple! Yes, my podcasts are fixed, but everything in iTunes U is still in random order. This is pretty silly. They need to let that developer go and get one that knows how to write a sorting algorithm!
nope...random order UNLESS I turn of live updating.
Wil said: "Wondering if anyone else lost syncing between iPhone and iPhoto since iTunes upgrade."
YES! So fucking annoying, I'm tearing my hair out here!
It fixed the ordering problem kind of. Its now ordered by day, but within that day, they are completely reverse. I wish I could go back to the versions I had before Apple had their big party.
I cannot syncronise my Iphone with the new Itunes 9.
My applications cannot be syncronised.
What to do?
Turn off the live update in your playlists and it will fix the problem.
itunes 9 CREATED this problem with my podcasts being COMPLETELY out of order. WTF Apple? This is why I hate you.
Nope, no fix for me. And the "turn off live update" option doesn't fix it for me. Instead, it deletes the playlist on the iPhone.
I have the same issue, turning off live update removes the playlist, and the smart playlist is still out of sync. I hadn't noticed that my podcast episodes were random as I only use the playlist.
This is a really annoying bug.
Podcast order for same date is scrambled still, after turning off live update. Friend that hasn't updated iPhone but has updated iTunes podcasts same day ARE in order. Compared all settings on iTunes and iPhones and they are the same. Podcasts listed same order in iTunes on both. Is the problem with the iPhone update??? It is driving me NUTS to have table of contents and then entries are jumbled. I deleted all podcasts, reset iPhone settings, resubscribed, loaded all episodes (have same date) synced, and still have problem. Note: always SAME order, just not right order. ANYONE know a work around???? Thank you in advance. Junebug
As great as the iPhone and iTunes are, there is still a WHOLE lot of room for improvement.
Smart Playlists for music???? Still in random order?
C'mon!
Same ''random order'' problem for the ''recently added'' playlist. It sucks ass big time.
9.0.1 fixed the podcast order problem. No new photos to sync yet.
Apple is so stupid! I thought when a company comes out with a new update for a program its suppose to be better not worst! I guess apple doesn't look at it that way.
iTunes 9.0.2 (25) still exhibits the same problem. I am able to sort my smart playlists if I turn off live update but with it enabled, the list order is totally random. Should be an easy issue to fix for Apple. Let's see if they manage to do it. I for one have sent them feedback on this bug. Others should do too.
I updated to ITunes 9 – I use a pc running windows xp. It promptly decided to rename itself Itunes1 (one) and then wouldn’t recognize my Ipod Shuffle. After struggling with this, I did a search and deleted the folder named Itunes1 (one), sending it to the recycle bin in case this was a disaster.
Then Itunes said it needed a library so I imported my original and it immediately recognized my Shuffle.
Weird bug. See if that helps at all, if you are using a pc I mean. About Apple OS I know nothing, yet.
I've been struggling with this and the updates didn't seem to change anything. Then I did this: In iTunes, while examining the Info (Apple+I) for the playlist concerned, actively select the "limit to X songs/minutes" (I'd been leaving this unchecked but now select a large amount so you don't edit unintentionally) and then actively select the way you want it ordered - e.g. "most recently added". I noticed that the default for this option is "random" which may explain it. Seems to have fixed it for me - ish - anyone else?
I just synced my iPhone with iTunes and it erased almost everything on the phone, replaced it with stuff from the ITunes library then erased nearly everything in the library on the computer...including things purchased from the store...What kind of syncing is that? I had a ton of music and videos that took me forever to put on there...plus it's saying my photos can't be synced (which I'm glad about so they don't get messed up too)! I'm hesistant to do the latest update and make the problem worse...plus I had the mentioned problem of an album with various artists being separated instead of listed as an album even though it lists it correctly in iTunes?! Veeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrry unhappy! Anybody know what's the problem with the (non)syncing?!
I've been searching for this exact information on this topic for a while. Bookmarked and recommended!
I fixed this by entering track numbers in the "get info" window. The iphone relies on the track numbers for display order of podcasts episodes. With no track numbers the episodes appear on the iphone in annoying random order.