Mac user (Monterey) and my Apple music wont find my iTunes library. It is directed to Aplle music media not iTunes/ music /media. How do I marry the two folders so that apple Music reads both sets of music files?
Hello Emh162,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We may need some more details in order to provide the best troubleshooting steps. However, since it sounds like you are seeing a separate folder for your iTunes library, dragging it as mentioned in the following section from Import music from a computer to Music on Mac - Apple Support may help.
If a song no longer appears in Music
If a song used to appear in Music but doesn’t now, it may be because the music library or song was moved from the Music folder. To make your songs appear in the Music window again, try the following in this order:
• Locate your Music folder in the Finder on your Mac, then drag it to the Music window. You should see the songs in your library again. If the music library file is included, you will also see playlists, song ratings, and other information you created.
• If that doesn’t work, your songs may be elsewhere on your computer. In the Finder, choose File > Find, then search for a song by title or artist. Or search for “MP4” to find files downloaded from the iTunes Store or “MP3” to find songs encoded in MP3 format. Drag songs (or folders containing songs) to the Music window to add the songs to Music again.
If that's not quite what you're looking for, please let us know if you're an Apple Music subscriber or are you referring to the Music app. Do you see the files that you need to move somewhere on your Mac currently?
All the best.
Hello Emh162,
Welcome to Apple Support Communities. We may need some more details in order to provide the best troubleshooting steps. However, since it sounds like you are seeing a separate folder for your iTunes library, dragging it as mentioned in the following section from Import music from a computer to Music on Mac - Apple Support may help.
If a song no longer appears in Music
If a song used to appear in Music but doesn’t now, it may be because the music library or song was moved from the Music folder. To make your songs appear in the Music window again, try the following in this order:
• Locate your Music folder in the Finder on your Mac, then drag it to the Music window. You should see the songs in your library again. If the music library file is included, you will also see playlists, song ratings, and other information you created.
• If that doesn’t work, your songs may be elsewhere on your computer. In the Finder, choose File > Find, then search for a song by title or artist. Or search for “MP4” to find files downloaded from the iTunes Store or “MP3” to find songs encoded in MP3 format. Drag songs (or folders containing songs) to the Music window to add the songs to Music again.
If that's not quite what you're looking for, please let us know if you're an Apple Music subscriber or are you referring to the Music app. Do you see the files that you need to move somewhere on your Mac currently?
All the best.
Hi there,
The usual approach when moving an iTunes library into Catalina or later is to copy over the iTunes folder, then hold down option as you launch Music so you get options to choose or create a new library. The choose library option should allow you to access and then convert your old .itl file into the new .musiclibrary format, retaining all of your music and playlists. It seems that process doesn't work for reasons in Monterey 12.6 and Music will hang on a spinning radian until you quit it. It is possible to import the media into a new empty Music library, but doing so loses ratings, play counts, date added, playlists, etc. A workaround is to convert the .itl file in Catalina or Big Sur, or upgrade to Ventura. The corresponding media folder isn't needed for the library conversion. Should you need to convert the library, and don't have suitable hardware for the task, or a friend that can help, I'd be happy to do it for you. Send me a link you your .itl file in iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or similar, and I will return the converted library in a similar manner. I've done about a dozen so far. My email address is in my profile.
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Finding my iTunes music on Apple Music
