Music library not available in Photos. When I go to select music to add to a slideshow, it shows "Open Music to populate this list." of course music is open, but the list never populates
iMac Line (2012 and Later)
What kind of Music are you using with Music? Photos will only show you music that is not protected by digital rights, and that has been downloaded to your Mac. The problem is, that you can save the the slideshow as a video, and that would remove the protection from the protected songs. That is why we cannot use protected music in a slideshow.
You cannot use music downloaded from Apple Music for a slideshow, or other songs in the format "protected aac audio file", only songs you purchased from the iTunes Store, songs ripped from a CD (unless they are protected), songs you recorded using the microphone or saved from GarageBand.
What kind of Music are you using with Music? Photos will only show you music that is not protected by digital rights, and that has been downloaded to your Mac. The problem is, that you can save the the slideshow as a video, and that would remove the protection from the protected songs. That is why we cannot use protected music in a slideshow.
You cannot use music downloaded from Apple Music for a slideshow, or other songs in the format "protected aac audio file", only songs you purchased from the iTunes Store, songs ripped from a CD (unless they are protected), songs you recorded using the microphone or saved from GarageBand.
Hello wadereid,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities. It sounds like the music library isn't populating when trying to add it on a Photos slideshow. I'll gladly do what I can.
Here are some suggestions:
Take care.
Music library not available in Photos
