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Audio Files Imported to iTunes Turned into Streaming Audio

I am using iTunes to organize the audio files I am creating with GarageBand and to create my own albums. iTunes Match used to sync these albums to my four Macs without problems.

This worked until I signed up for the AppleMusic trial in addition to iTunes Match.

Suddenly the iTunes Library on three of the four synced Macs was showing quite a few of my own songs as "Apple Music Audio File".

When I create a smart playlist with the rule:

Artist contains Leonie and iCloud Status is Apple Music

I find 17 of my own creations that are all of a sudden Apple Music.

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And after the AppleMusic trial ended I could not play them any longer. When I tried, I got the prompt to renew the Apple Music membership.


turingtest2 helped me clone the one good library to my other four Macs and to start over.


This helped for a month or so, but now more and more of my own audio file songs are turning into "Streaming audio" for a change, no longer Apple Music Audio file, with the iCloud status "waiting".

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I'm using OS X 10.11.5 on all Macs, with the newest iTunes.


Should I try to restore the iTunes Library again on the three synced Macs from the one good master copy?

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5), 2,8 GHz Intel Core i7, 1TB SSD

Posted on Jun 26, 2016 11:42 PM

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Posted on Jun 27, 2016 10:46 AM

Eek. I've seen iTunes decide to treat files on the local network that were addressed by a UNC path as internet streams before now. What I don't understand is how an internet stream is supposed to get loaded to iCloud. 😮


I suspect rolling back to a known good version of the library is the only way to resolve. What do you see as the location on the file tab for one of the audio tracks?


tt2

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Jun 27, 2016 10:46 AM in response to léonie

Eek. I've seen iTunes decide to treat files on the local network that were addressed by a UNC path as internet streams before now. What I don't understand is how an internet stream is supposed to get loaded to iCloud. 😮


I suspect rolling back to a known good version of the library is the only way to resolve. What do you see as the location on the file tab for one of the audio tracks?


tt2

Audio Files Imported to iTunes Turned into Streaming Audio

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