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Music keeps crashing. I recently unsubscribed to Apple Music but I have many songs on my computer. In this OS I can no longer find a library.

Will the Music app not work on my Mac Pro laptop if I don't subscribe to Apple Music?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 16, 2022 1:24 PM

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Posted on Apr 16, 2022 2:44 PM

Try holding down option as you launch Music, wait until the prompt to choose or create a library, click Choose, then browse to and open your library, normally ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary. You can hold try holding down option+cmd when launching Music to open the library in safe mode which may repair certain internal errors. You do not need to subscribe to Apple Music.


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Apr 16, 2022 2:44 PM in response to dayrefrompensacola

Try holding down option as you launch Music, wait until the prompt to choose or create a library, click Choose, then browse to and open your library, normally ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary. You can hold try holding down option+cmd when launching Music to open the library in safe mode which may repair certain internal errors. You do not need to subscribe to Apple Music.


tt2

Music keeps crashing. I recently unsubscribed to Apple Music but I have many songs on my computer. In this OS I can no longer find a library.

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