Metadata not saving on AIFF files
I'm trying to manually enter metadata into songs I've composed for submission to sync libraries.
I followed these steps:
- convert WAV file to AIFF
- bring up AIFF file in Apple Music
- right click and bring up "Get Info" to open up Metadata window
- manually enter all relevant metadata
- click "ok"
- drag AIFF file back from Apple Music into folder
- open AIFF file
I have also tried this by simply opening the file back up using "finder". The metadata is gone completely.
I have also tried dragging the AIFF back from Apple Music into the original folder, deleting the old file without metadata and re-opening the file in Apple Music again, only to find the metadata I had just entered is completely gone again.
It seems there is no ability to save metadata, even with files that are supposedly compatible with housing metadata. All forums and online advice is old and offering irrelevant solutions that do not fix this issue.
I have a 2018 Mac Mini.
Mac OS Big Sur v 11.4
Apple Music v 1.1.5.74
Why is Itunes automatically erasing the metadata of all tracks, even when they are AIFF and not WAV?
How is it possible to have the metadata not disappear?
AIFF is supposed to be able to save metadata. But the issues are identical to what I was facing when I was trying to save metadata in WAV files. This is an absolutely essential thing to resolve for all composers and people who submit to music libraries since without metadata, people cannot find us to tell us they want to use our track.
What is the solution for this seemingly very simple yet impossible to solve problem?
Is this due to using Apple Music and not Itunes?
