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IMore73 Author

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Catalina: Music displays not-downloaded music when in "Only Downloaded Music"

On MacOS Catalina (10.15.2), the Music app (Version 1.0.2.37) displays more than just the downloaded music if I check the menu option "View" -> "Only Downloaded Music".

This is very annoying if you have a larger library.

Does anyone have a workaround for this?

Posted on Dec 17, 2019 11:24 PM

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IMore73 Author

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Posted on Dec 18, 2019 12:24 AM

Found a workaround:

Shut down Music App
Delete entire library from drive (e.g. in Finder)
Start Music App and in the Preferences turn off "Sync Library"
Show all songs in a list, select them all and delete them
(This will ask if you really want to delete them from your Music Library. With the "Sync Library" turned on, this would instead delete the songs from your iCloud library)
Turn on "Sync Library" in the Preferences again
Now, you can download your favourite albums and songs again, turn on "View" -> "Downloaded Music Only", and it will display exactly those.

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