Questions tagged [music.app]
Refers to the built in media player app on iOS and, since Catalina, macOS
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How to get metadata for Bandcamp music into MacOS Music
I like music in WAV files. When I import from a CD, MacOS Music goes to the Gracenote database and updates lots of handy information about the tracks from the CD. When I buy music in Bandcamp, MacOS ...
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Apple Music App 1.4.4 / Album covers for m4a files missing
So, album art fail to show in Apple Music App for m4a albums and songs. Works for all other formats.
I can re-add, album for album, but that will take me forever.
Anyone know of a way to fix this bug? ...
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Where am I supposed to store my MP3s for the macOS Music app to monitor?
The Music app seems to default to this convoluted path with multiple duplicate entries when I reset it through settings:
~/Music/Music/Media/Music/.
However, it's not obvious at all where the actual ...
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How Do I Stop Music.app from Opening And Playing Whenever A New Audio Device is Plugged In? [duplicate]
I have a USB hub on my desk which is connected to a set of speakers. Whenever I plug my Macbook into the hub, Music.app opens and starts playing the alphabetically first album in my library.
This is ...
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AppleScript (Music.app) error: Can't get duration of current track
I have a simple AppleScript for starting a random video on a random position in Music.app as Automator application and as a startup login item. In the half of cases I get an error:
The action "...
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Can Not Deauthorize a Computer in Music
I reached the limit of five authorized computers per account.
The error message points one to this help page.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118292
Here is the twist. I don't have 5 computers, I ...
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Multiple tags in Music
I separate tags using the semicolon, but macOS' inbuilt Music app doesn't appear to recognize them as separate tags.
As a result, I see entries, such as "Cover; Dance" and "CoverJazz&...
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How to remove ~/Library/Mobile from Apple Music Media Folder Listing?
I locally manage my music library with Apple Music app, don't enable Apple Music organizing my library, and do not use the Apple Music streaming service. Recently I upgraded to Mac OS 14.3.1 (and ...
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Copy subset of Music library to second computer, preserving metadata?
On my primary Mac, I have a fairly large music library. I have a secondary Mac with a smaller hard drive, so I’d like to copy just a smaller collection of my favourite music across, for listening ...
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Get Smart Playlist to pick up tracks that are in playlists but not added to library?
I have a folder of playlists "Weekly"
Inside there are manual playlists containing tracks I have added
Some of those tracks have been marked as favorites (starred)
I create a Smart Playlist,...
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Adding a song to a playlist suddenly doesn't let me choose existing playlists. I can only add it to a new playlist
I used to add songs to a playlist by right-clicking it and then selecting "Add to Playlist." It would show all existing playlists that are not smart. But today, somehow I can't do that ...
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How do you add an Apple Music track to your library with AppleScript?
Given an album ID (e.g. 1646945378) and a track ID (e.g. 1646945384), is there a way to add a track to the library using AppleScript/JXA?
macOS: Sonoma 14.2
Music: 1.4.2.83
I know you can do ...
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All my Apple Music playlists are empty
Yes, this looks like a duplicate of this question, but the former one was asked 4 years ago so maybe things have changed since then. At some point, all my Apple Music playlists on all devices turned ...
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Any ways to see all the songs again under the "Recently Added" tab on Apple Music for Mac?
I've been using Apple Music for a long time and usually navigate through my songs under the "Recently Added" tab. I was able to see all the songs arranged in the order I added them to my ...
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How to make a truly random playlist
I have a playlist in Music.app that contains over a thousand songs. My iPhone doesn't have enough storage to accept all of them without deleting apps. So I created another playlist that says to take ...
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