This is the second time that the Apple Music application has lost my music library. The actual files are still there, but nothing shows up when you open the app. I found that the app would randomly resets the file storage folder to a new location, thus “losing” the library file. It appears this happened when Apple switched the app name from iTunes to just Music. That is fine and all, but why mess with the default folder setting when people have thousands of music files already organized? Again, who codes this crap? Does Apple do any software QA or just let app go out the door with tons of bugs?
Old file location: …/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music
New location: …/Music/Music/Media
Why? Is this some kind of vanity bullshit to just rename the folder path so the new app cannot find previous music files? I could not remember how I fixed the problem last time so I Googled again. Almost every article is about iPhone/iPad, even if I specifically type “Mac OS” in the search terms. In the end, I had to use Time Machine to restore the library file from a week ago. After churning for 10 minutes, I get an error message that says some of the music cannot be restored because the app cannot find them. Sigh… all the files are in ONE folder. It ended up restoring about 6,000 songs but I have no idea how many are missing.
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I just found out that the restore process inserted another folder in the file path. Now most of the songs are in …/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Music, while a bunch of files/folders are left in the old file location. WTF Apple? I have no idea how to fix this. Additionally, the songs that are “missing” in the restored library are in the newly created Music subfolder. I guess I will try to restore the music library XML file again to see if that fixes things.
Seriously, I need to fine a replacement for Apple Music since each time I restore the library file, the app loses track of when songs are added so everything shows up in the “Recently Added” playlist. I guess you get what you paid (free) for.
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Ugh, even worse, Apple Music managed to split some artist’s songs into the old Music folder and the new additional Music folder. I was going to copy all the files from one folder to another, but with duplicate folder names and songs spread across both of them, I cannot do a simple drag and drop but have to reconcile all the folders first. Seriously, this is totally f*ucked up.
I think Apple is messing up the Music app on purpose so we will all subscribe to Apple Music and forget about downloading MP3 files. I got Spotify Premium instead since it seems to have more K-Pop and C-Pop music.
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