Cannot add m4a to music

I’ve tried importing from the music pulldown menu, opening the files with music as the default app and dragging the files into music. Nothing happens when I do any of these. There are no error or failure messages but they do not get added. I’m running ventura

Posted on Aug 10, 2023 07:43 AM

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ed2345

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Aug 10, 2023 05:04 PM in response to scott M

Scott,

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If nothing happens, or if Music does not appear as a choice, it means the file is not compatible with Music.

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