For unknown reasons, I have many songs that are greyed out, but they are always duplicates of songs that are in my library and are not greyed out. I want to find all of the songs that are in the grey state and delete them. Is there a way that I can filter the catalog to show me only those that are greyed out? I do not want to have to scroll through 17,000 songs to find the grey ones. Thank you.
MacBook Pro 16″, macOS 14.0
Hey xraydoug2,
While there isn't a way to sort only the songs showing in gray, you mention they're usually duplicates. You can have the Music app show you exact duplicates to help narrow the songs down to delete them. Here's more information: Find duplicate items in Music on Mac - Apple Support
There's also some information about songs showing in gray at the bottom of the page here: If songs are missing from your music library after you turn on Sync Library - Apple Support
Song is grayed out
* If the song was purchased from the iTunes Store, authorize your computer to play iTunes Store purchases.
* If you see No Longer Available next to a song that's grayed out, the song was added from Apple Music and was removed from the Apple Music catalog.
We hope this helps.
Take care!
Hey xraydoug2,
While there isn't a way to sort only the songs showing in gray, you mention they're usually duplicates. You can have the Music app show you exact duplicates to help narrow the songs down to delete them. Here's more information: Find duplicate items in Music on Mac - Apple Support
There's also some information about songs showing in gray at the bottom of the page here: If songs are missing from your music library after you turn on Sync Library - Apple Support
Song is grayed out
* If the song was purchased from the iTunes Store, authorize your computer to play iTunes Store purchases.
* If you see No Longer Available next to a song that's grayed out, the song was added from Apple Music and was removed from the Apple Music catalog.
We hope this helps.
Take care!
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