iCloud scrambles track lists

If my music is backed-up to iCloud, when music comes to my iMac from the cloud, the tracks in my playlists are often scrambled. The only way I know to stop this is to turn of iCloud on my Mac, and I have to unscramble tracks manually. Now I have discovered that I cannot import a CD to my music library UNLESS I am using the sync function in iCloud. HELP!

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 9, 2024 11:42 AM

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