Why does "Music" fail as a player.

Mr..Bee wrote:

No longer interested in giving feedback or reviews because they are generally ignored. In other words a pointless exercise culminating in even more frustration. Only way to get somethings done is to debate them on websites like this that actually have more responses and more commitment. Therefore a better return of judgements on serious issues like this one!

This is a user-to-user technical support forum. Apple's participation here is largely limited to make sure we don't break the rules. Apple doesn't read here for suggestions. Nor will they debate you here. And, no one who does post or read here has the ability to change Music. So, from a making change happen perspective, your posts here will certainly be ignored. In the time it took you to write this post, you could just as easily have posted to the Feedback page where Apple will read it.

Mr..Bee Said:

"Why does "Music" fail as a player.[...]Now after dealing with all that, "Music" now decides to split them into its own idea that they should be in. Having 150+ albums then really confuses the issue immensly!"

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Two Thoughts:

A. Import Properly:

Perform as instructed Here: Import songs from CDs into Music on Mac - Apple Support

Or...

B. Reorganize:

How many songs are there? Just sort them all to how and where they should be. Organize playlists in folders in Music on Mac - Apple Support

If iTunes or Music show multiple instances of an artist or an album then what generally works is to select all related tracks and use Song Info to add say a trailing X to each of the fields that the tracks should have in common:

• For an album; Album, Album Artist, and Artist (if artist is the same for all tracks) *
• For an artist; Album Artist (and Artist unless there are guest/featured artists listed which should not be changed)

Apply the change which merges things together, then remove the excess characters. Occasionally it may help to close and reopen the application between the two renaming operations. Part of a compilation should also be set consistently.

* If tracks are to be synced to a non-iOS device there should be a common Artist and/or the album should be set as a Compilation.

Use the songs view and display the fields Album, Sort Album, Album Artist, Sort Album Artist, Artist and Sort Artist side by side so you see whether or not it is appropriate to edit Artist and if sort values could be causing any further problems. See Grouping tracks into albums for more help if required.

One further tip for really stubborn duplicates. At one point I had three lots of Various Artists in the artists view of my library that wouldn't respond to the usual trailing X treatment. What I found worked was to add the trailing X to start with, but then with each group that the application wanted to keep separate start typing a value and use the autocomplete from say Var... to Various Artists. Picking from the autocomplete lists seemed to work when pasting/editing the whole value didn't.

tt2

Updating the app won't fix issues with metadata. Work methodically through any multiple/split albums/artists as I've outlined above. It is annoying to have to do it, but it can be done, and you'll be much happier playing content from your library when it is.

tt2

Why can they not employ a problem solver like myself to fish out silly issues like this!

You can apply for employment at this link:

Apple - Jobs at Apple

Mr. Bee,

OK, understood. If you would like to contribute at a lesser level of commitment, you can avail yourself of the product feedback link: https://www.apple.com/feedback/

Mr..Bee Said:

"[...]Nothing wrong with constrictive criticism!”

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Provide Apple Feedback:

If something is unsatisfactory, then provide feedback, as mentioned above.

Mr..Bee wrote:

I can see some are getting worked up! Not my intention!

People disagreeing with you doesn't mean they are "worked up".