Music Artwork gone crazy after iOs26.1 has any one else experienced problems?

Update for all!

I’ve been speaking several times with an Apple tech and they’ve looked both my phone and Mac and have seen audiobooks books and Apple TV artwork overriding my audio library which is perfect on my Mac

im getting another call back on Monday but it does sound like it’s the new software 26.1 from what she said.

when I got the 17 it was working perfectly on 26.0 but after the update it’s done some really bad stuff beyond the artwork issues

it deleted all of my playlists ON MY Mac as well as 23,000 songs on my phone it just will not sync. I’m lucky I have back ups of my playlists though with 260+ playlists it took a long time.

Other examples they viewed whist operating my Mac and phone whilst taking pictures and videos for my case saw audiobooks like Anthony Hopkins purchased from their books app has a guitar on fire as the artwork.

i have American Dad Apple TV icons randomly and for example all of my ABBA albums have William Shatner art - I don’t own any William Shatner music or books - so no idea where that’s being imported from.

it sounded like there are a lot of problems affecting the Music App.

I did wipe all of my music library last week and reinstalled it uploaded only 79,000 songs - well short of my 103,200 songs. Music video clips I’d bought from iTunes were also affected by the art issue.

I’ve tried several syncs since and even new purchases off iTunes or CDs don’t sync to the phone and the sync completes in about 45 seconds.

Ive had discussions once with Apple sent so many screen grabs its deleted 30,000 songs off my phone

its using audiobook cover art apple TV icons audiobooks pod cast icons music album art i dont even own.

several books now have Lenny Kravitz as their covers!

it’s becoming a complete joke but its on us.

heard Zero back from apple. Theyve taken control of my mac and phone taken video to show these random changes

can only assume its very few affected or thered be a lot of responses ot a 26.1.1 out already…..

new iphone 17 Pro Max could also be a complete dud of a phone….

too scared to try and sync my 14 in case it wrecks that phone too.

really disappointed with Apples response and lack thereof i know theyve got millions around the world having issues but im paying a warranty not paying a tech to try to fix it - Apple caused it…..

so, unfortunately no luck. But if you have similar friends same prob get them to lodge a complaint

Had art problems over the years. This this is off the charts wacky nothing stays the same funnier that much of the art is from artists I own nothing of!

nothing like previous bugs. Music App is still perfect

9,000 CDs and 102,000 songs and I’ve got

digging deeper some albums are in light text saying not avail in your region - yet they’re CDs I own and there are tens of thousand songs NOT on Apple Music which is why I buy physical as it’s mine and the quality is better. These are fine for the car but songs that have been in library since 2007 are now in fade… all was fine til update

** Update:

Also noticing audiobook covers, book cover art are also now album artworks or music video icons and Apple TV shows on my phone - family guy episode art is replacing music albums - it's completely off the rails...

I've tried so many restarts and the like - and that's what's interesting - the art KEEPS CHANGING with every sync, so it's not like it is connecting something and staying with it even if it's wrong, it just keeps changing! An aerosmith music video I bought off iTunes now has the cover of Anthony Hopkins new audiobook as the art....

Computer shows everything perfectly.

Is it maybe an iPhone 17 Pro Max problem rather than the iOs?

Hi everyone with the same problem.

Apple have been working on it with me and confirmed that it IS the software update 26.1

Here's a response I just got from them. No ETA when a fix will be available though....

Yes, I can confirm that the issues you are experiencing with transferring your entire music library and chaotic artwork are related to a software issue within the current iOS, specifically concerning how music metadata and sync processes are handled.

This is not indicative of your phone being a "dud" or a hardware failure requiring an exchange at this stage. If in any case that there are other issues on the iPhone 14 Pro max, then we can check it further and check all options with your current apple care+ on it as well.

The issue is currently being reviewed by our engineering teams. And hopefully we can get this fixed as soon as possible.

It is still not syncing even the right amount of songs let alone the insanity of the artwork which isn't just affecting the Music App, it has also changed art on my Audiobooks, Apple TV purchases etc.

At one point during a sync, it REMOVED all of my playlists on my iMac so that's another thing to be careful with.

Crazy that such an expensive phone gets an "update" for bug fixes and security but completely corrupts the integrity of your library etc.