Music not syncing even though it appears to be

Hello, I have a very annoying problem recently.


I download and import a lot of mp3 files into music, and then sync them to my other devices through the iCloud music library. Recently, tons and tons of mp3s refuse to sync, I select 'Add to Library', and they apparently do, but when I go to my phone they are greyed out and there's the cloud with an exclamation mark in it next to the song. Sometimes it takes several deleting and re-importing and syncing to get a track to sync.


When you go to 'Songs' on the Music app and click on the download symbol icon which supposedly means it was downloaded to the iCloud Library you get this error: "This item was not added to your Cloud Music Library because an error occurred."


I haven't been able to find any explanation. I disabled the sync library and restarted my computer and it didn't fix the problem, I deleted a lot of songs from the library, nothing.


Any ideas? It's seriously aggravating.

MacBook Pro Apple Silicon

Posted on Oct 31, 2022 08:00 PM

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Nov 1, 2022 04:39 AM in response to reid29

iCloud Music Library will exclude tracks that are too large, long, small or short, or have too low a bit rate. Error may indicate a temporary issue and you can try selecting affected tracks, right/ctrl-click and use Add to Library to see if you can fix them. If the issue persists you might try converting to new copies in 256k AAC or MP3 format. Sync Library needs to be enabled for your additions to sync to your other devices/libraries.


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