Cloud Library (Apple Music) not syncing properly from Mac to iOS/iPadOS devices

Nope--didn't last. But logging out and back in is faster than rebooting the system.

Okay, so...I've tested it this morning on my Mac and it seems resolved for me, at least, even despite there not being a macOS update yet. I deleted an album I no longer wanted and it stayed gone, and I made metadata changes to another album and removed some of the tracks, and the changes seem to have stuck, even after updating my iCloud Music Library a few times and shutting down and relaunching the Music app. Hallelujah!

I have been having this issue persist for the last three days. I've been trying to add/delete songs and also change metadata to songs on Mac and none of these changes are showing up on my iPhone (iOS 15.2.1). I've refreshed the library several times, restarted both Mac and iPhone, and nothing has worked. Anyone else have any suggestions?

Updating to Mac OS version 12.2 did not help. I tried synching Music metadata again the day after updating the OS on my Mac. Star rating changes on my iPhone appear almost instantly on my Mac but Mac side changes do not appear on iPhone.

On second thought, mine WAS fixed up until the 12.2 update. Now it seems to have reverted back and is no longer saving changes. I did notice, however, that deleting an album from my iPhone seemed to stick, just not from my Mac.

This is ridiculous, Apple. Come on!

My experience with this situation is that it goes back and forth between working properly and then not working properly. Seems like half the time, I make edits on my MacBook Pro's Music app and the changes stick, but then the next time I do so a few weeks later, it's back to not working. Terribly frustrating. I'm using a MacBook Pro (15-inch, 2018) running Monterey 12.3, and an iPhone 12 (current iOS) as my only two devices using my Apple Music account. Here's hoping the new native Music app will help...geez.

Clearly, it was not fixed for everyone, myself included (it worked as expected for while, but reverted back to losing changes) – I spent about an hour making updates to my library yesterday, and everything I did reverted back). I'm done even attempting this. 🤬

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I have the same problem. Actions like adding ♥️ or ⭐️ on Mac are not reflected on my iOS device. It works randomly. Rarely on a first try. Works without any problem if I made change on iOS device. I have this problem from few months, maybe year.

This is extremely frustrating. I rely on apple music and icloud to work. And its not. I pay several hundred dollars for itunes match, apple music, and icloud library. I buy music. the library wont sync. I need a refund. I need this fixed. If I cant get it fixed, I will leave apple music and keep music in another software without using apple. there was nothing wrong with itunes. Since the music app, nothing is working right.

It's off and on for me, personally. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn't. Very inconsistent.

It wasn't saving changes just a couple of weekends ago, then yesterday, I gave it a shot and it just worked suddenly – no reverting back of the changes I made. I'm completely baffled by this. There have been no recent updates to affect anything, so anyone's guess is as good as mine! 🤯

I just tried again – made a few song title metadata changes, and they seemed to stick. 🤷‍♂️

I've had this problem for months, too.

It was "fixed" for a couple days after the last point release of Monterey (12.3.1) but the day after I celebrated being able to edit playlists on my Mac w/o losing the changes, the problem came back and hasn't gone away.

So I hope the release of this week's RC does fix the problem but it'll need to work for more than a few days before you can know for sure.

Definitely not fixed for me I can't even make alterations to Apple purchased tracks (on Mac) without deleting them and starting over

Only alterations that stick are those that I make on iphone/ipad

Same here! On my new MacBook with a fresh system everything works like usual.

On my old iMac with a system that was updated several times I can't access the music library since MacOS 12.2.

Welp, I got edited and didn't even use an actual "swear" word...haha. It did say "I'm done even attempting this until Apple gets their 'ACT' together." There, fixed.

I'm sorry to hear that....have you updated to latest ios ? Currently 12.3