Questions tagged [music.app]
Refers to the built in media player app on iOS and, since Catalina, macOS
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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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Apple Music Offline Files on Mac
I have mp3 files for a few albums, all in a folder. When I drag/drop that folder into the Apple Music app, it adds it to the library. I can also use the "Automatically add to music" folder.
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What are the 'Movement', 'Work' and 'Category' sections in the Music app and how do I set them?
I went through some of the View options (⌘+J) in the Music app and noticed three sections that I can't seem to set through a song's Info panel (⌘+I).
Here's an overview of them:
Green arrows. First ...
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Playlist Art Lost in Mac Migration
I bought a new MacBook Pro and migrated all my 30,000 songs and 100 playlists by copying all Music folder content from my old Mac. But all custom artwork I set for my 100 playlists over the last 15 ...
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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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Apple Music, difference between "Add to Library" and "Love"?
I'm coming from Spotify to Apple Music. Using Spotify, I can like a song with a single key press and it is added to my music library. This song is used in Spotify's algorithms for my weekly Discover ...
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Airplay not working from Mac Music app
It was working fine but all of a sudden I can't use my Airplay speaker as an output for the Music app on Mac.
Everything is OK if I choose the speaker as system wide Airplay output, or if I use ...
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How to copy my Apple Music Library from my 2013 MacBook Pro to a new iPad Air?
I am thinking of buying an iPad Air to replace my old iPad Mini. I would like to download the music files on my MacBook Pro to the iPad Air. The Apple Store guy said to just connect the two devices ...
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iPod Classic no longer fully syncs via Apple Music app
I love my iPod Classics. Alas, I am bummed out because Apple stopped supporting it. My 80GB device still syncs perfectly via the Apple Music app on my 2013 MacBook Pro. The 160GB device does not. It ...
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How to prevent music from playing when I connect my iPhone to my car?
Whenever I connect my iPhone to my car via cable, it starts the music player and always on the very same content. If I use siri, as soon as it's done, music will also start even if it wasn't playing ...
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How can I stop iPhone sync'ing "Genius Data"?
Every time I sync my iPhone with my desktop computer, it takes a long time because it insists on sync'ing nearly 5000 items of "Genius Data":
I don't use Genius at all, and would be happy ...
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Adding songs to the queue or playlists doesn't work from search menu in music.app
When I search for a song in the Music app on my Mac and then right click it to add it to my queue or a playlist, I can click the relevant option, but the action doesn't occur. If I then go to the ...
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AirplayXPCHelper consumes 100% CPU when playing music via AirPlay in Music.app
Environment
# sw_vers
ProductName: macOS
ProductVersion: 11.6.7
BuildVersion: 20G630
# system_profiler SPHardwareDataType | grep 'Model Identifier'
Model Identifier: MacBookPro11,3
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Force Music app to sort with prefixes (“The”, “A”, “An”, etc.)
Back in the ol'days In iTunes package, there was a file called SortPrefixes.plist in localisation folders containing several sort prefixes (“The”, “A”, “An”, etc.). Removing them in this file was ...
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Automate switching between EQ presets in Music (iOS)
I listen to music both using my iPhone and a headphone. I need to frequently change between EQ presets in Settings > Music > Presets. Is there a way to automate this, with the new addition of &...
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How does macOS detect and choose my wired headphones?
I have my old-good wired headphones with a mic connected to my mac.
Usually, they lie on the table near my mac.
Sometimes some magic happens when I pick them up, I noticed two kinds of magic:
I'm on ...
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Large Apple Music MacOS library on external SSD - taking hours to save library on quit - how to troubleshoot?
I have a large music library (200GB/14.000 tracks), with files spanning well over a decade. I'm on a temporary Mac for the next month or two, so I'm keeping the files and library on an extremely fast ...
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How can I make sure all music in the music app outputs at the same volume?
My music library has music from a large number of sources, which means that the volume of one song can be very different from that of another, and I'm trying to figure out a good way to make it so ...
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How do I keep music playing when I switch apps on iOS?
When I'm listening to music on my iOS device and open certain apps like games, the music stops. How do I prevent that from happening?
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How do I access macOS Music application Visualizer options?
This can be considered as the follow-up of the question asked related to the now deprecated iTunes how do I access iTunes Visualizer options?, but for the music.app available in macos Monterey. I like ...
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How do I bypass Apple Music on the Music app on Monterey?
On Monterey, every time I try to open the Music app, it nags me to join Apple Music. Moreover, when I open the iTunes store and click to play a song, it nags me again to join Apple Music and does not ...
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Control music on MacBook and iPhone using VoiceOver (iPod version)
I used to have an iPod nano, but the headphones that came with it broke and the newer headphone is not compatible with it, so I stopped using it. I now listen to music primarily using my MacBook and ...
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How to import album into Music without hiccups between songs
I have recorded a concept album in which the tracks all run together. There are no pauses between songs. My mastering engineer has delivered 44.1khz/24-bit WAV files. I imported these into ProTools ...
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Have Music use files stored in iCloud without Apple Music
How can I have the macOS Music app use my own imported music (without using an Apple Music subscription) while still having the music files backed up to iCloud?
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Does Music.app count plays and skips from other devices synced with the library?
I use a MacBook Pro and Music.app on it. I also use my Android with Apple Music downloaded, and have an active Apple Music subscription to sync the two devices. However, in the "Songs" tab ...
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How to move iTunes library from High Sierra Mac to Monterey Mac
I'm setting up a Mac for someone who previously had files scattered across several separate computers. I upgraded the destination to Monterey and have been copying over files successfully.
Now I'm ...
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Can you access the mp3 files of songs you've purchased on the iTunes Store?
I'd like to purchase several mp3s to download to my Android phone on the iTunes Store on my Mac (due to the fact that I don't want to buy entire CDs for a single track or use an online service for ...
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ios shortcuts app - create playlist - results do not save to apple music library
I have attempted to recreate smart playlist functionality by using the ios shortcuts app.
I have created a shortcut with 2 steps
Find All Music
filters set to find specific songs
Get 25 Music Items
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Why is the CD/DVD unmounted each time it is accessed?
I recently connected my LG external CD drive to my M1 Mac Mini running 12.1, and I have an odd problem: whenever a CD or DVD is accessed (tested mostly with CDs), the disk is immediately unmounted.
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View unmodified bytes of a filename on APFS
How do I view the bytes of a filename as it’s stored an APFS volume (i.e. without going through Unicode normalization)?
Context: I migrated an old iTunes library to a new Music.app library, and ran ...
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How can I batch update album art for my old iTunes collection in the Music.app world?
I have a very large iTunes collection from years of collecting and ripping CDs. In the past, "Get Album Artwork" usually did a decent job, but not always. If I look back about 10 years, ...
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iPhone - How to turn off the music widget (on the lock screen)?
How to close the music widget thing (see screenshot below) on the lock screen?
So:
make it stop playing music (and wasting battery*)
make it disappear from the lock screen
It can not be swiped to ...
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Remove Apple Music in the Music App
I have my own music saved in a folder, which I imported into the music app in macOS Monterey. They can be found in this section:
However, I have a problem. I don't want the Apple music section to be ...
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On post-iTunes Macs, can you create a playlist with music and podcasts? If so, how?
In the old iTunes days, both podcast episodes and music tracks were available when creating a playlist. (I like to mix things up when going for a run without having to manually switch things around in ...
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Music app shows a -x dB for some songs
Similar to this question I have a few music files inside music.app that plays very quietly.
After opening "Get Info" of the songs, the last tab shows a "volume" with - 3db (or less ...
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Music app - half my songs are really quiet, within an album
I've just started using a Mcbook Air(Big Sur, 11.5.1, M1 chipset) after being a Linux/Windows user for years. I brought over my MP3 collection from my old Thinkpad and imported into the Music app.
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transfer music library from iTunes on Mojave to another computer with Apple Music on Monterey
I have one computer running Monterey (Mac Pro) and another one running Mojave (Macbook pro). I want to transfer my iTunes music library (all audio files and playlist and rating information) from the ...
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Stop F8 key from launching Music (the new iTunes)
(macOS 10.15.7 on MacBook Pro 13" 2020 Intel-based)
I would like to keep using the F-keys as standard function keys (without the need of pressing fn at the same time). I even want to keep the ...
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Music on Mac OS: hide huge playlist title area, when viewing playlist “as Songs”?
In the Mac OS Music app (formerly iTunes), when viewing a playlist or smart playlist “as Songs”, there’s a huge playlist title/header area. Is there any way to hide or shrink this header area? At ...
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Playing media opens Apple Music icon on Menu Bar and small controller panel in menu bar
Playing media files such as videos in, for example, VLC player triggers a music.app icon to appear on the Menu Bar, with a small control panel (play and skip controls). Apple Music itself does not ...
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Apple Music download error "Too Many Devices"
I'm using Music.app (née iTunes) to play music on macOS with an active Apple Music streaming subscription.
When I press the "Download" button, I get the error:
Too Many Devices
To play ...
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How get Mac Music to update its library data based on my folder structure
I started my shift towards apple products over 17 years ago when I purchased my first iPod (yes the click wheels one :-)).
I started by using iTunes software for managing my music library, then I ...
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How to reset permissions to "control iTunes"?
TL;DR: If an app asks permission to “control iTunes” (in MacOS 10.14), and the user denies it, how can this be reversed?
I can’t find anything in System Preferences nor Music preferences to reverse ...
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Compare 2 folders and move 'not duplicates' to a new folder
Folder 1(210GB) contains the contents from Folder 2(198GB) plus some extra files.
All files are music.
Looking for a way to find out what is in Folder 1 that isn't in Folder 2.
Hope that makes sense.
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Why does Apple Music split up albums?
I have Loscil's "Endless Falls", and Music thinks it's three albums. I've checked the metadata, and they all have the right artist, album, and track x/8. Any ideas?
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Apple Music plays the beginning of my songs then restarts the song and plays it in full
I have a lot of music imported into iTunes (Apple Music) from CD and vinyl collection, all imported by album. When I want to listen to an album, it inevitably plays the 5 seconds of a song, then loops ...
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Album Artwork not syncing to iPhone
Currently running the most recent version of iOS and I am on Mac OSX BigSur. I try to sync a new album to my phone and it carries over everything except for the album art.
Things that I have tried:
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How can I copy Music library from one Mac to another
I am attempting to copy my wife's Music Library to a new user on my iMac.
Update 2021-04-09
My previous attempts failed. I thought this may have been due to attempting to copy from Catalina to Big Sur....
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iPad to control Mac Pro computer audio system
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Mine
MacPro macOS
11.0.1 Big Sur
My wife's
iPad Pro
iPadOS 14.2
Stereo system
MacPro has a hardwired digital connection to my stereo system's DAC.
No other available inputs (wireless or ...
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Undo artist / album change in Music
I accidentally changed the artist and album of every track in my Music library. How do I change it back? This is Music 1.0.6.10 on Catalina.
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