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iTunes over to Music

I have a lot of music in iTunes that I have downloaded from my own CD's and none of this is being recognised in Music. On one forum it says to go to iTunes file menu and "update music" but although I keep my MacBook up to date this doesn't appear on the menu? Anyone?

Posted on Jun 9, 2019 6:09 PM

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Posted on Jun 11, 2019 7:46 AM

The rumours of the death of iTunes have been somewhat exaggerated. iTunes is staying exactly the same except for those who install the next version of macOS 10.15 Catalina where the functions will be split between three new apps and Finder will manage media transfer. See About the upcoming changes with iTunes on Mac - Apple Support for details that have been made public so far.


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Jun 11, 2019 7:46 AM in response to Synergistic

The rumours of the death of iTunes have been somewhat exaggerated. iTunes is staying exactly the same except for those who install the next version of macOS 10.15 Catalina where the functions will be split between three new apps and Finder will manage media transfer. See About the upcoming changes with iTunes on Mac - Apple Support for details that have been made public so far.


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Jun 9, 2019 8:03 PM in response to Synergistic

Synergistic wrote:

I have a lot of music in iTunes that I have downloaded from my own CD's and none of this is being recognised in Music.

What exactly does that last word, “Music” mean?


There is no Apple application named “Music” on a Mac. One typically listens to music using the Mac’s iTunes app.


I will guess perhaps you’re expecting to find your downloaded music in Apple Music. Maybe you subscribe to Apple Music and (incorrectly) think your downloads need to be incorporated into an Apple Music baseline.


If so, you’ve got it backwards. Apple Music gets added to your library, not the other way.


But but you should be extremely careful when thinking of these two items together. Leaving Apple Music, should you do that in the future, will naturally remove any music you may have obtained as a benefit of your Apple Music subscription.

iTunes over to Music

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