Apple Music does not create the "Automatically Add to Music: folder

##Problem Description:


The initial symptom was that music files added to the "Automatically Add to Music"(AATM) folder were not imported to the original library. The current symptom is that the folder was/is not created when I created a new Music Library.



## Environment

- OS: macOS 15.2

- Device: M1 Macbook Pro

- App Version: Apple Music 1.5.2.56

- Region: USA


What I've tried so far. Read carefully. Reading comprehension is required.


## Original library Path '~/Music/Music'


- Automatically add to music folder didn’t work.

- I tried deleting AATM folder and restarting AM. No change.

- I tried deleting the AATM folder and recreating it from the command line. No change.

- I exported the original library to a playlist file Library.xml

- I created a new music library to see if I can get that to work.


## New Library Path '~/Music/Music 1'


- I noted that there wasn’t an AATM folder created by default in the new library.

- Imported library.xml into the new library

- Error message post import - Some of the songs in Library XML were not imported because they could not be found

- 30 folders under Music were not imported

- Closed and Opened AM - still no AATM folder

- Closed and open AM in safe mode with CMD+Option Keys

- Closed AM, Backed up and deleted com.apple.Music.plist file. Opened AM - still no AATM folder

- Rebooted MBP and opened AM - still no AATM folder

- Performed Music folder security settings procedure for original and new libraries(https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-13743) - no change


Screenshot of original (Music) and new (Music 1) Music Library folders


MacBook Pro 14″

Posted on Feb 1, 2025 08:48 AM

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Feb 1, 2025 09:55 AM in response to AxeBox360

When you deleted the AATM folder did you also remove it from the trash? Never mind, I've done it here and even after removing the folder from the trash and relaunching Music the folder isn't rebuilt. However if I create a new library it does come with an Automatically Add to Music folder, and it works when tested. I'm running a slightly different build.


Under the hood the Media folder is called Media.localized but that shouldn't impact the XML import unless you moved media around. FWIW I created an XML from one test library, and then imported that into a new empty library and it worked correctly. Can you see any pattern in the folders that didn't make the round trip? iTunes for Windows used to have an issue with certain diacritical characters. Quite possible there is a bug in legacy code that manages encoding/decoding of non-ASCII characters.


tt2

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