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I think you're wrong. Or you consider the step of adding a song to your sync playlist harder than checking for every song manually when changing phones? I find

I think you're wrong. Or you consider the step of adding a song to your sync playlist harder than checking for every song manually when changing phones? I find that hard to believe. If you select a playlist to be synced you only need to maintain that playlist on the Mac. Any change will be synced to the iPhone. You could also create a smart playlist with conditions that cover any song / album you'd like to include. But at that point why not snyc the whole library? I either misunderstand you or you are making this way more complicating than it is.

vinceguidry 9y ago
My workaround is not complicated, it's just time consuming. I usually skip years, I went from 6+ to 7+, skipped the 6s, I'm skipping this round of iPhones and possibly the next round too. So it's not something I have to do often. > Or you consider the step of adding a song to your sync playlist harder than checking for every song manually when changing phones? I find that hard to believe. I tried briefly. I don't always buy new music when I'm sitting next to my laptop. I usually buy music on my phone, immediately after I've Shazam'ed the track. If I don't remember to add it to the playlist later, then it goes unadded, and the next time I sync the playlist, it'll be gone. I only get the urge to manage my music playlist when I'm listening to it. I usually don't have my laptop handy when I'm listening to it. You're not misunderstanding and I'm not making this more complicated than it is. Apple simply refuses to make music library management reliable and easy by allowing me to move files from one phone to another, or by allowing third party apps to manage the music library, necessitating a workaround. It's that simple. There is only one source of truth for my music library, the actual files on my phone. I don't want two sources of truth to manage, especially one that's in a totally different place from where I do my listening. My music library needs to live in one and only one place. I can accept syncing, but I need to be able to manage the process on my phone.
- thirdsun 9y ago
  Ok, I think I read in another comment of yours that your talking about 550 tracks in collection? At such a low number I'd skip the playlist management and just sync the whole collection. At that point it's a non-issue as everything gets synced witout the need for any action on your side. I only buy lossless music from third party stores and physical sources and therefor only use iTunes for music management (without problems I might add), not for buying. However if you often buy from your iPhone I'd guess it's even easier - shouldn't your album/song already be on the phone immediatelly after purchase while any other changes get synced whenever you're in the same network as your laptop? I still fail to see the issue here.
  - vinceguidry 9y ago
    After having been burned by iTunes numerous times over the years, I just don't trust it anymore with my music. Easily the most unreliable piece of software I've ever used.

vinceguidry 9y ago

My workaround is not complicated, it's just time consuming. I usually skip years, I went from 6+ to 7+, skipped the 6s, I'm skipping this round of iPhones and possibly the next round too. So it's not something I have to do often. > Or you consider the step of adding a song to your sync playlist harder than checking for every song manually when changing phones? I find that hard to believe. I tried briefly. I don't always buy new music when I'm sitting next to my laptop. I usually buy music on my phone, immediately after I've Shazam'ed the track. If I don't remember to add it to the playlist later, then it goes unadded, and the next time I sync the playlist, it'll be gone. I only get the urge to manage my music playlist when I'm listening to it. I usually don't have my laptop handy when I'm listening to it. You're not misunderstanding and I'm not making this more complicated than it is. Apple simply refuses to make music library management reliable and easy by allowing me to move files from one phone to another, or by allowing third party apps to manage the music library, necessitating a workaround. It's that simple. There is only one source of truth for my music library, the actual files on my phone. I don't want two sources of truth to manage, especially one that's in a totally different place from where I do my listening. My music library needs to live in one and only one place. I can accept syncing, but I need to be able to manage the process on my phone.

thirdsun 9y ago
Ok, I think I read in another comment of yours that your talking about 550 tracks in collection? At such a low number I'd skip the playlist management and just sync the whole collection. At that point it's a non-issue as everything gets synced witout the need for any action on your side. I only buy lossless music from third party stores and physical sources and therefor only use iTunes for music management (without problems I might add), not for buying. However if you often buy from your iPhone I'd guess it's even easier - shouldn't your album/song already be on the phone immediatelly after purchase while any other changes get synced whenever you're in the same network as your laptop? I still fail to see the issue here.
- vinceguidry 9y ago
  After having been burned by iTunes numerous times over the years, I just don't trust it anymore with my music. Easily the most unreliable piece of software I've ever used.