I am running Big Sur on my Macbook pro and I don't like the Music app because it won't play some songs or albums. It won't let me add them to my library and they are all legitimate CD's I bought and burned to my hard drive. Nothing bootlegged or downloaded. This stinks and I would like it off of my Macbook without hurting any other system files.
Any ideas?
Or should I just leave it there taking up space and download VLC which works!
Thank you
Joe Cal
Or should I just leave it there taking up space and download VLC which works!
Joe,
Music and VLC each take about 100-150 MB, which is not that large as applications go. Unless you're super-tight for space, I recommend you keep them both, since they each have their strengths.
ed2345,
I have plenty of space so I guess I'll download the VLC. I hope I like it and it plays the songs and albums that the MUSIC app won't accept.
Still can't figure out why I can't add certain CD's to the MUSIC folder or import them.
I usually just put the CD in my CD player and it automatically adds them. Unless it is some copywrite issue but I doubt it.
The are CD's that were made by the Electric Light Orchestra back in '75. They are store bought so I don't understand.
Thanks for the reply
Joe Cal
Just found out how to get the songs to get added to the MUSIC app library.
I had to drag and drop them into my "automatically add songs to the iTunes library folder"
I had no clue the iTunes media was still on this Mac?
Well, issue solved but I still don't know why I can't add them directly to the MUSIC folder.
Thanks for eveybody's help!
Joe Cal
Do you get an error message? Just drop the files into the "automatically add to music" folder. Then open Music, they should appear in your library. I do it all the time.
muguy
I tried that and certain CD's won't get added.
No error messages at all.
removing the Music app from my Macbook pro
