CD music not shared from old (Intel) Mac to new M2

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CD music not shared from old (Intel) Mac to new M2

I have two Macs, a new M2 and an older Intel model. The old Mac has the CD and I used it to import some CDs into Music. My goal was to listen to CD music on the new Mac, but it's not seeing CD tracks. Both Macs use the same Apple ID. Everything is up to date, all that.

The attachment (see below) appears to be good. I also tried both library names the same. No good.

Sharing is not enabled on the new Mac, but even if I do enable it, it turns sharing off after a minute or two.

Maybe media sharing cannot be between devices of the same Apple ID? I do too much work between the two Macs that changing the Apple ID of the old one is not an option. I can ignore this trivial issue.

Any ideas? Thanks.

MacBook Pro 16″

Posted on Sep 4, 2024 9:07 AM

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Answer 1

Sep 4, 2024 9:12 AM in response to Tim Murray2

Media Sharing is done across the same Apple ID. That's specifically how it works.

To access the old mac's library from the new one, open the Music App on the new one, and click on the downward arrow next to the Library section in the sidebar. It should then list available shared libraries.

Click on the library from the old Mac to load it.

click here ➜ Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support

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Answer 2

Sep 6, 2024 7:08 AM in response to Tim Murray2

Home Sharing needs to be enabled on both Macs. And it has to be enabled with the same Apple ID.

Please follow the steps in the link below carefully:

click here ➜ Use Home Sharing to share media from a computer to other devices - Apple Support

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Tim Murray2 Author

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Sep 5, 2024 9:58 AM in response to Phil0124

Thanks, but the other library is not there (see below). I also examined the old Mac to see if there was a preference similar to "share this Mac's music library" but I didn't see anything. By the way, I shared files off the old Mac and can see its screen, if you were wondering if those worked.

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Answer 4

Sep 5, 2024 2:33 PM in response to Tim Murray2

Don't click on the "Edit" label.

Click on the downward arrow next to the "Library" label.

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Tim Murray2 Author

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Sep 5, 2024 7:23 PM in response to Phil0124

That's it, I don't have that arrow on the new Mac; however, if I enable sharing on the new Mac, the old Mac sees the new Mac's library.

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Tim Murray2 Author

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Sep 6, 2024 8:25 AM in response to Tim Murray2

During this first round, when I enabled sharing on the new Mac, sharing would disable itself after a minute. Now it is on and staying on.

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Tim Murray2 Author

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Sep 6, 2024 8:27 AM in response to Phil0124

Sharing is on for both Macs (see my post of the 5th, where I said "...however, if I enable sharing on the new Mac...) and both use the same ID (see my initial post).

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