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Music library cannot find the location of music files on HD. I can find it manually, but there is no way that a found file gives insight to Music to find other files of the album.

iMac 24″, macOS 12.0

Posted on Dec 6, 2021 2:52 PM

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javaliga

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Posted on Dec 6, 2021 7:01 PM

This article should help:

Change where your music files are stored on Mac - Apple Support

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