coke Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I just installed Catalina. While I have moved to JRiver’s Media Center as my main player, I left songs that I don’t really listen to much at all for the Music app. For some reason, during my clean install of Catalina, when I look in the Music folder, I notice I don’t have a Music folder in there. For me, it’s just Music à Media. So, within the Media folder I have my music files and the Automatically Add to Music folder. I thought I should have a Music folder within the Media folder. For example: Music à Media à Music. Did my installation miss something? Link to comment
kirkmc Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 The path for music in Catalina is ~/Music/Music/Media/Music. The files themselves should not be loose, but if you create a Music folder, go to Preferences > Files, then select that, and check the two options (organized and copy), the Music app should put your files in the Music folder. I write about Macs, music, and more at Kirkville. Author of Take Control of macOS Media Apps. Co-host of The Next Track podcast. Link to comment
coke Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 Kirk thanks for your response! When I try your recommendations, the Music folder I created remains empty. Within the Media folder,I see the Automatically Add to Music folder while the music files I added are still in their respective folders. The Music folder is there, but it remains empty. I have reindexed, rebooted, but nothing seems to work. Before I started adding files, I did check the Keep Music folder organized box, but not the Copy Files to Music Media Folder when adding to library box. Any other suggestions? Link to comment
wgscott Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 2 hours ago, coke said: but not the Copy Files to Music Media Folder when adding to library box. Any other suggestions? I think you need to check that box too (which I believe is what Kirk was advising as well). Link to comment
coke Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 wgscott, I meant that when I initially imported, I didn't have the second box checked. After reading Kirk's reply, I checked the second box as well as the first, and the file I attached previously was the result. For me it didn't work. Link to comment
kirkmc Posted December 28, 2019 Share Posted December 28, 2019 Post a screenshot of the Files preferences of the Music app. I write about Macs, music, and more at Kirkville. Author of Take Control of macOS Media Apps. Co-host of The Next Track podcast. Link to comment
coke Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 It still stops at Media... Link to comment
coke Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 It still stops at Media... Should I toss the plists and start over? Link to comment
kirkmc Posted December 29, 2019 Share Posted December 29, 2019 Try File > Library > Organize Library. I write about Macs, music, and more at Kirkville. Author of Take Control of macOS Media Apps. Co-host of The Next Track podcast. Link to comment
coke Posted December 30, 2019 Author Share Posted December 30, 2019 Hello Kirk I guess I am mostly there? I checked every box you suggested, but nothing seemed to work. I moved the actual music files to an external hard drive. Then, I deleted the plist files while keeping the boxes you suggested checked. I rebooted and I can now add files to the Music app and they are in the Music folder. However, the Files preferences still has not changed. Yeah, I am wondering if this might work itself out in the future or cause further issues. Thanks for the quick responses! Link to comment
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