Unable to import my music from SSD to Mac

Now it seems that ANY of my music on my external SSD won't import any of my music at ALL. Most of the songs I have on my SSD, is part of my CD collection and YES I own them as well. When I do import on my MacBook computer nothing happens, no existing music ever gets transfer over and yes, I looked into the privacy setting and made sure that it has access.

I UPDATE my IOS, MacBook air and iPhone 15 but nothing is working. nothing back back as a corrupted drive.

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Original Title: Apple Music Has Done it Again

iPhone 15

Posted on Aug 27, 2025 1:11 PM

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ed2345

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Posted on Aug 27, 2025 6:14 PM

For the WMA files, get a 3rd party converter and convert them to MP3 or AAC. WMA cannot be played in Music on Mac and in fact has been functionally obsolete for at least 15 years.

For the files that play, make sure they are referenced in your Music library. If they are not, import them per the steps in here: Import music from a computer to Music on Mac - Apple Support

Once your library is OK, sync the phone the usual way.

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Aug 28, 2025 1:19 PM in response to turingtest2

Connecting over WiFi? The article gives directions to connect over WiFi to pc. How would this help to transfer songs?

Aug 29, 2025 5:56 AM in response to ed2345

Successfully? Yes, I am able to convert the songs, but I still can’t put them on my phone. Is there another format that I need to try because I’ve done one other song as M4A but it’s not working.

Aug 29, 2025 6:44 AM in response to CrazyCat_Lady

The photo above shows how I got everything set up as it’s supposed to be and the format is under a CCM for M4A.

So please tell me what I’m doing wrong here

Aug 29, 2025 6:41 AM in response to ed2345

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Unable to import my music from SSD to Mac