Apple Music reverting changes

Hold down option as you launch Music, click the choose option, and explicitly select your library file, typically ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary. Note also that Music/iTunes may have trouble saving metadata changes when AirPlay is active.

tt2

I filled out the Feedback. This issue has been going on for me for quite a while but the last month it has constantly been working/not working with no reason for the switching on or off. Very annoying.

Hi,

I'm wondering is there a current bug with this in Apple Music as also experiencing the same?

I subscribe to iTunes Match and library is all in the cloud. I have been trying to delete my iCloud library as i want to re-import etc and re-match, tidy it all up etc.

Once i delete the initial files in Apple Music it deletes the hard copy from my drive also, easy enough.

Then as i have iCloud music library enabled my library re-appears after a short while with a downward arrow beside each track. I follow the same process again and delete all these files as i believe that should remove them from the cloud at that point?

Even when i do this, when i re-load music its bringing the old library back again from the cloud, even though i have deleted the cloud content previously as per above?

I tried following your suggestion to use option and select library file, but does help. Also Airplay is not enabled but metadeta changes are still reverting in some cases also.

I'm wondering so i need a new library file etc, but appreciate your thoughts on the above

Best

Simon.

Something someone else mentioned was making one small change in their library and making sure this showed up on their phone before trying to do any more edits. If it doesn't come through try rebooting the computer before trying again.

tt2

Seems its still knackered. Tried all of the above but no joy.

I was hopeful the recent update to OSX Monterey 12.2 would solve this bug issue but it doesn't appear to have.

Been ongoing for several weeks now

Best

Simon.

All,

I have noticed a bizarre occurrence on my external hard drive (where my media is stored) and unsure if it is related to the attached?

I have an external hard drive formatted to exFAT with a GUID partition.

When I import a folder from the hard drive it appears in music and I can play it ok. When I reference the ‘get info’ tab on the file

from music it points me to the correct location of the media folder and where the file should be on the hard drive.

Strange thing is, the file has vanished and isnt there!

My library file is not on the hard drive but in the standard location on the MAC’s music folder with media only on the external drive.

Permissions on the drive are ‘custom access’ and the drive is a WD Elements 1TB, MY PASSPORT for MAC.

For example, i import the folder "Back in Black" by AC/DC. It imports and plays fine and the location of the files via 'get info' is on the external hard drive where they should be.

I now navigate to the Back in Black folder on the hard drive and its empty!

On importing its actually removing the files from the external hard drive. However how then can I still play them?

No idea……. Lord give me strength

Checked music preferences and the box “copy media to folder on import” is checked.

Best

Simon.

What is the media folder location under Music > Preferences > Files?

After you've noticed that the Back in Black folder is empty what does Get Info > File tab tell you about the file location?

tt2

Hi,

It is a bug. Report error to Apple Feedback - Apple Music - Apple

Jim

I'm beginning to suspect this is a back end problem with iCloud Music Library and that you'll need to wait for Apple to fix it.

tt2

Hi,

I agree that this bug still exists in 12.2.

Jim