Music library file cannot be saved. A duplicate file name was specified

I purchased A new Mac mini and installed my older computer files to it. Still have the old one. Since it was from the old computer it saves under the same library name on my new mini, it's been fine for a couple of months now I notice the above notice. I'm not sure how to handle this. I definitely want all my music on my new mini as the older laptop is a 2019 MacBook Pro with Intel. How do I save all my music on the Mini and change the Library name? I've got a huge library and don't want to make a mistake and lose everything. Please can someone advise me how to proceed. If I can keep my music on both it would be great but afraid if I try to rename the music library on the mini I will lose everything. I only have purchased music, mostly Apple but also from CD's and other purchased mp3's from many years ago.



Mac mini, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jul 9, 2025 11:50 AM

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Jul 18, 2025 08:40 AM in response to GoNutz

Try holding down option as you launch Music and use the Choose Library button to explicitly reselect your library, typically at ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary where ~ is your user's home folder. You might also try holding down both option+cmd as you launch Music which should open it in its safe mode which may perform some housekeeping on the database.


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