Questions tagged [music]
For questions relating to music in general. Music can be played on a Mac using itunes, or on an iOS device using music.app.
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The Music app stopped showing album art
I use the Music app strictly for mp3 files on my disk, and I added "Album Art" to every song, from jpg files. At some point yesterday, the cache got messed up (actually TimeMachine started ...
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Is there a web interface for iTunes M4A access?
I occasionally purchase songs from Apple via iTunes. I really like this because it gives me access to the physical .m4a files that I can manually back up to listen to anywhere, offline, even if my ...
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Transfer MP3s with metadata from iTunes to Apple Music
I have ~6,000 MP3's on my old iMac in an iTunes folder, using the old iTunes Library.itl and iTunes Music Library.xml file structure.
I have a new MBA with Apple Music and ~20 MP3 files using the ...
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On Ventura do I still open a .itl file after Option-clicking on the Music app?
After a few steps:
Connect external drive to (old) macOS running Big Sur.
Format drive (APFS).
Still on macOS running Big Sur: cp -pr ~/Music /Volumes/MyDisk/
Connect external drive to (new) macOS ...
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Copying photos and iTunes libraries from an old to a new Mac
I learned the hard way that I should not copy
~/Library/Messages/ from an old mac to a new mac. The usual ability to use Messages to write messages then works only when writing to iOS users (the blue ...
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Force update volume metadata for all songs in macOS Music App?
I am encountering an issue where many songs in my macOS Music app are missing volume information and therefore can't be sound checked (loudness normalization).
Under normal circumstances, as shown in ...
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Music.app creating playlists gratuitously
I have seen these duplicate playlists many times:
I never use any of them, and frequently delete all four, only to have them reappear the next time Music is launched. When I delete them, they stay ...
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Playing iTunes library songs on HomePod with Siri
We've had a lot of problems over the years trying to play music via Siri on our HomePods. I have iTunes Match, and virtually all of the music is in my account. It used to be that saying "Hey Siri,...
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Fix Music.app metadata from cloud?
Many of the songs in my Apple Music Library have inconsistent metadata (years missing, titles misspelled, etc.) This is weird, because it was once all correct. I suspect that Apple hasn't migrated my ...
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How do Music.app and ID3 differ regarding copyright notice?
How does Music.app find and display a copyright notice in the File tab of songs?
If I open a purchased track and an edited MP3 in Amadeus Pro, it shows the copyright notice for both as "Copyright ...
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Create a playlist via command line?
I have some rather complicated scripts that I use to create MP3 files which I use for improving my language skills. Each session creates a new file in each of six languages, with text embedded in the ...
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How can I stop Apple Music (via Music on macOS) from playing "related" songs after an album is complete?
I open an album in Music (v1.3.4.56) on macOS.
Note: I have an active Apple Music subscription and am listening via Apple Music.
I double-click the first song and start listening.
When the album is ...
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Music app is stuck forever on Loading Cloud Music Library
I subscribed to iTunes Match, but either Music or iTunes got stuck forever on loading.
If I remember correctly, in this Apple/iCloud account, I had a lot of music on Match (around ~2000).
What can I ...
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How to stream a M3U file on iOS devices in background?
Years ago I asked how to stream m3u radio files (music) on the iPhone. Revisiting my question from the past, none of the IPTV players allow to play the music when the app is in the background / when ...
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Music app ignores the "stop" time option
The Music app (formerly iTunes) has an option where you can set the "stop" time of a song (so for example you could skip some dead silence time at the end of a song). I think this used to ...
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Using Apple Music's "Up Next" feature from search
I'm using macOS Monterey v12.6.1.
In Apple Music, I can search for a term and it displays many songs that match with this term. How can I play all the songs in this list one after the other as if it ...
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How does "Music I Like" work?
It used to be that I could tell my HomePod to play "Music I like" and it would play a few hours, I would tap it to stop, and the next day I could tap it again and it would continue with the ...
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Capture Dolby Atmos 5.1 from Apple Music
A few Dolby Atmos version of tracks I listen to sound weird. I want to inspect what is going on and compare it to the stereo mix. However, the Dolby Atmos version is only available on Apple Music, ...
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Short glitch sound when skipping to next song
I have a Macbook M1 Pro 2021 with Monterey. Sometimes, when I skip to the next song, a short glitch sound comes from the speaker. It doesn't happen always. It happens sporadically. I couldn't find the ...
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Music app on MacBook is stuck loading iPhone
I have my iPhone 7 which I've previously always synced with iTunes on my Windows laptop (there are 60 GB of MP3 files). I'm trying to replace the Windows laptop with my MacBook, which I've never ...
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Music occasionally pauses playback when using AirPlay. (Mac mini M1)
Music occasionally pauses playing 3-4 seconds before a song ends. The pause occurs randomly. If I immediately replay the song it will play thru to the end without a pause. I estimate that this happens ...
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Can the Mac Music App sync with, update, or be converted to Itunes itl/xml files?
I mistakenly updated a MBP to Catalina in 2021 and suffered with the few "silent but annoying" things Apple did to push iTunes/local library users to streaming (ie, you cannot drag songs ...
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Loading hi-res music from mac mini to iphone - sample rate not supported
I have a Mac mini late 2014 with macOS Catalina (10.15.7).
I have an iPhone 12 mini with iOS 15.6.1.
In iTunes, I try to sync 192 kHz/24 bit songs, but get the error "sample rate not supported by ...
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macOS Music App: Why adding and then removing album artwork increases song file size?
When I add .m4a song to the Apple Music library, then add album artwork, then delete album artwork, the song file size increases by exactly 4 096 bytes.
Why? And how can I prevent this from happening?
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How can I make an iOS shortcut that adds all my Arabic songs (Arabic songs in my library) to specific playlist without duplicates
I want to make an iOS shortcut that adds all my Arabic songs (Arabic songs in my library) to specific playlist.
Meanwhile, my shortcut keeps getting stuck because there are too many processes for my ...
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Bulk reformatting of purchased Music tracks?
We have imported many songs from our dozens of CDs into Music.app. To be "nice guys," we have been slowly replacing them with tracks purchased from Apple—374 so far.
Unfortunately (for one ...
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Is there a way to control Apple Music streamed to my Google Home speaker groups from my phone?
I'm trying to switch over from Spotify to Apple Music, but there's a missing feature that's a dealbreaker for me. With Spotify, I can use the Spotify app on my iPhone to control music on a Google ...
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Logic recording quality with Apogee Jam+
When I am not recording my guitar sounds great through Logic Pro. If I had to quantify it, I would say it was CD quality or higher.
However, when I make a recording with my Apogee Jam Plus it sounds ...
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Looking for an exit from the iTunes <> iPhone Music sync hell by enabling "Sync Music"
Using iTunes (latest) on a Windows 11 laptop and iPhone (iOS 16.2).
I have 4000 songs on the iPhone, and a bit more in the iTunes library (from CDs... ; the lib was manually copied from the Music ...
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Export / import Apple Music collection between different AppleIDs
Is there a way to export / import Apple Music library from one account to another?
I have used Apple Music with one account and have a lot of albums added to my collection. Now I have changed my ...
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How to rebuild Music.app library—or prevent corruption
What’s the easiest way to fix corruption in the library of Music.app?
In Music.app library, I had an album that showed two discs.
The last four songs on disk one could't be selected and none of the ...
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App to play music from an webserver on a cellular apple watch
I have some non-commercial music that I'd like to listen when I run with my cellular Apple Watch.
It is hosted on a webserver, and I have a playlist file for it (m3u).
How can stream and listen to it ...
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What does the Music App on the phone synchronize to the Music App on the mac?
I think it synchronizes the play and skip count only.
But I am not sure about the following:
does the Music App synchronize deletes (from my observation it does not appear to)
Playlists updated from ...
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Play Count and Last Played date not updating from devices
I use Apple Music and iCloud Music Library (and iTunes Match). In the past my play counts from my devices update the shared library. I use this for my smart playlists.
But lately they update only on ...
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Convert list of Apple Music links to an Apple Music playlist
I have a text document with a list of Apple Music links for songs, all with this format:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/1650841512?i=1650841513
Is there an easy way to create a playlist with all of ...
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Actual requirements for iTunes Match?
I decided that I want to sign up for iTunes Match. But I'm not sure how I can, or even if I can.
I visited the "Subscribe to iTunes Match" page on the Apple Support site and it says, "...
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I can't play my German Aladdin Broadway CD [closed]
I really liked the original soundtrack of the Aladdin Broadway musical, so I wanted to listen to all of the songs in German. I bought this (used) CD from an American company and the CD arrived today. ...
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Batch change album/artist info – not working when files are missing?
Some time during the transition from iTunes to Music (or perhaps another time), more than a thousand of my songs got mangled and the links from the library to the files were broken.
I have my media ...
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Any way to hide "Dock Icon" for Music App without disabling SIP [macOS Ventura]?
Apple's default Music app has controls already appearing in the Menubar, but even when switching to Miniplayer it is still always in Dock...
It clutters the Dock for no reason and adds an additional ...
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How to stop iTunes on my PC to upload random picture on my iTunes iPhone?
I download a lot of music from my PC iTunes to my iPhone iTunes. On the PC you have the option to choose the "Artwork" of each song you have on there, which I always personally choose, to ...
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How to access or export app data on an IOS device?
I have the Bandcamp app installed on my iPhone. This is a music app for indie artists. The Bandcamp app has a section of "downloads" which are songs I have downloaded to the device. Some of ...
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Retrieving a single track's lyrics in Markdown? (Via automation, ideally.)
A want/workflow desire I've kept coming back to for years:
I would really like the ability to quickly/painlessly retrieve the lyrics of a given track formatted in Markdown (to the clipboard, probably, ...
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How could I wind up with music in Music.app on my iPhone that I've never heard of?
I'm getting ready to move to a newer phone, but with less space, so I'm trying to clean off apps that I don't use and music that I don't listen to. For some mysterious reason there is a TON of music ...
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Keynote Hijacks the media keys
I’m on Monterey, Mac Studio 2022. I use a Keychron keyboard, and use Karabiner to map some keys.
I occasionally have to open Keynote to view powerpoints, but opening Keynote stops the media keys from ...
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Smart playlist in Music reverts changes (macOS)
I have a smart playlist in Music that keeps reverting to an older state after I’ve left the computer and come back a while later. I’ll edit its name and the smart playlist rules, and the next time I’m ...
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iPhone continually re-syncs custom lyrics for thousands of songs
Every time I sync my iPhone to my MacBook, approximately 18,000 of my 30,000 songs will re-run the “Syncing Lyrics” step, which significantly lengthens the time required to sync.
This re-sync occurs ...
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How to get Siri to play songs in my library?
Last night I was driving home and said "hey siri, play metric". Metric is a local band and I have one of their albums on my iPhone. Siri responded by subscribing me to Apple Music and ...
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Apple Music, quick ways to add a playing song to your library and love it?
I'm using Apple Music application on an iPhone and am trying to find quick ways to add songs to my library and/or love the song. I switched from Spotify, where the ability to add a song to your liked ...
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How to avoid that Music app plays ringtones when playing all titles?
Since Apple has decided to replace iTunes by the Music app, I'm having problems with my ringtones. In iTunes, it was possible to select the type "Ringtone" for these, but now there is only ...
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How to import music into iPhone Music player without using a computer
How to import music into an iPhone music player without using a computer (iTunes)?
I want to play and use songs downloaded from the internet to phone directly inside my phone.
Normally I use VLC ...
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