Questions tagged [music.app]
Refers to the built in media player app on iOS and, since Catalina, macOS
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Adding a searched for album to an iPhone that has manually managed music enabled in macOS Music
After much hesitation I've decided to try Apple's Music app on Sequoia (15.5). I immediately feel like I don't "get it":
I have an iPhone connected with its media "managed manually"...
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Why is iTunes Remote unable to pair?
My iTunes library (M1, macOS 12) does not appear in iOS (17) “iTunes Remote” app. It worked a few years ago with my older Intel MacBook. I tried the common troubleshooting steps ChatGPT recommends, ...
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automate getting ANY artwork for apple music (in 2025)
I have a large apple music library on my pc (around 180 GB). There's a LOT of missing artwork. There's a LOT of music that's not on Apple Music or Spotify in my library - a decent percentage of the ...
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Mac OS Music app adding " 1" at the end of file names after refreshing track tags
I have a similar issue as this : iTunes put a "1" at the end of many of my song and video titles. How can I fix this?
My Music app is renaming some files with the " 1" at the end, ...
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Music app keeps launching on login after update to sonoma 15.4
After recent update to Sonoma 15.4, the Music app keeps launching on login.
I do not have the Music app in login items. but it keeps launching upon login. and if I quit it, it will launch again.
Tried ...
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Apple Music Get Info no longer updates more than one songs metadata when has been modified by another application
iTunes and Apple Music create a cache of the music metadata when songs are added, this means that if we modify the metadata of songs with another aplication that Apple Music is unaware and continues ...
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Apple Music as a server
I have a home server (MacMini M4) to which i can connect from the outside through an IP address managed by a VPN server.
I want my Iphone to be able to play my music, stored on my server, wherever i ...
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Keyboard Shortcuts for Music.app
I'm on a MacBook Pro, macOS 15.1 Sequoia and Music.app 1.5.1.24
I've long been bothered how Apple forces me to see things as a Playlist view when I open in a new window. I want to go directly to View-&...
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What is the difference of adding an audiobook to iTunes or Books app?
What is the difference of adding an audiobook to iTunes or Books app ?
As far as I can see, adding to iTunes (Music) I can find (easily) the file location with "Show in Finder" context menu.
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Music application - find albums w/o a tag for total number of tracks
I'm using macOS Sonoma 14.6.1 and Music 1.4.6
I like to curate my added music so each album has not only Track Numbers but also the Tag box for total number of tracks.
In the Track Column I want to ...
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Batch modify metadata for local music files in the macOS Apple Music app using regex
I would like to batch modify metadata for local music files (mainly AAC in m4a, with some mp3) in my local music library from the macOS Apple Music app using regex.
Specifically, I'd like to retitle ...
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How Import xml file in music
I have a folder containing the xml files of playlists exported from itunes. How do I automatically import them into music with a script?
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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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Is it possible to automate Music.app to play a random album by one specific artist?
I have lots of 'albums' in my library in Apple Music which are by a certain artist. I find these good to work to. They are all relatively similar (dance music mixes.)
I would like to make an ...
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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 ...