Play music on iPhone, does not update plays or last played on Apple Music for Mac

Downloaded 17.2 and still not updating recently played... Anyone else still with this problem after updating?

I am having the same issue. Things work fine when playing music on my mac. But when playing from my phone it's not updating.

I contacted Apple Support the other day and they said they are aware of the issue and working on it. They said it might get fixed on the next update.

I would like everyone who reads this contact apple, so they can get this fixed ASAP

Just updated to iOS 17.2. I am still having this problem. I run and listen to music on my iPhone and/or watch, but in November it stopped updating my mac with play counts and dates. My iPhone and watch does pass along star ratings, and I can add/remove songs to playlists, but it still does not update my mac play counts and dates. Frustrating.

I’m experiencing the same issue and it’s really annoying. May not be a big deal for most, but this is really bugging me.

any word from Apple on them addressing this issue?

Idk how many of you have already tried this, but for me this worked to sync play counts again from my phone to my MacBook Pro:

1. On MacBook, go Settings > search for 'media sharing' > toggle and sign in with your apple ID > select update play counts
2. On iPhone, go settings > music > all the way at the bottom is 'home sharing' > sign in with the same Apple ID

Play counts now seem to be updating (although with a few hours lag, but that seemed to be the case before too).

Is anyone having issues with Music not synchronizing between different Apple products?

If I add a song or favorite a song (or playlist) on my iPhone, it doesn't update on my other Apple products like my Apple Tv's or iPads. I spent hours the other week favouriting music on my iPad only to find out it didn't synchronize across all devices. I had this issue with 17.1, so I updated to 17.2 (on all my devices). Then I added a bunch of songs on my Iphone, wanted to show my wife the new music on my Apple TV, only to see my music was last updated days ago.

I tested it yesterday after updating IOS and MACOS and I can state that it is NOT fixed. I played two tunes from my library on my iPhone and those two tunes on my Mac showed last play times in the distant past.

As of 12/20/23 after a recent OS update Music is still not syncing across my devices. Changes to Playlist titles change in real time but the songs don't update. Not to my iMac, iPad or iPhone. GRRRRRR! For me one of the most important features of belonging to Music is to have all my devices synced so the number of plays and last played date are the same. I can't quite understand why Apple does not resolve this.

I've got this sort of thing too.

I've got playlists on my iMac which update according to play count. For example, I'm currently on one called 'Under 3,' a list that has all the songs with play counts of 2 or less. It's so I go through all my music.

It's 'based' on my iMac and that is currently down to 22 songs. However, on iPhone, it's still at a couple of thousand, despite me playing Music daily from there. It hasn't updated since the old Queen died. On iPad, it's something else entirely.

I'm signed in with exactly the same Apple ID (it's the only one linked to Apple Music), all the sync boxes are checked all over and I've updated the Apple Music library from iMac, millions of times. I've signed out of my iMusic account and back in, to no avail. It's been going on (or not going on!), for many months, if not longer, so it's not an ios17 issue I'm guessing. However, what it IS, is very, very annoying.

Same for me. Still not updating. iPhone XR iOS 17.4 MacBook Air Monterey 12.7.3

Come on apple this need sorting.

Did you ever find a solution? This is had been happening to me for months now

Play counts on iOS 17.6.1 still not syncing with macOS 14.6.1 (02/09/2024) on a smart playlist with the rules: Media Kind is: music, Year is great than 2022 and Plays is 0.

Come on, Apple. This is a widely-documented bug -- see Reddit, for example. It is a core component of Apple Music functionality. I have multiple smart playlists tied to play count. Obviously, they have been non-functional for weeks. Please make this fix.

iOS 17.5.1 is still not updating play counts.