iCloud Music Library unavailable

I was updating my Music Library and trying to sync it because several downloads were not showing up. When I signed out and signed back into Music on my Mac, it would try to update the iCloud Music Library for several minutes before giving me an error (4010) and saying it's unavailable. I've cleaned out the cache, signed out and signed back in, restarted, signed out and signed back into Music on my iPhone, deleted some of the latest music files I've downloaded, and just about every other piece of advice I can find online. I've been unable to sign in since yesterday. Are there any fixes for this? I use my Mac to edit and update my playlists, so this is important to me. I do subscribe to iTunes Match.

Posted on Dec 5, 2025 4:31 AM

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Posted on Dec 5, 2025 9:34 AM

Try holding down alt/option as you launch Music and explicitly re-choose your library, typically at ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary. It seems that Music can occasionally be attached to a cached copy of the library that then cannot update correctly.


Try holding down option+cmd as you launch Music which opens it in its safe mode. This may perform some consistency check and repairs on the database.


Try File > Library > Update Cloud Library. Does this now complete successfully? If not what error is reported. Full text and code please.


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Dec 5, 2025 9:34 AM in response to DamonP1975

Try holding down alt/option as you launch Music and explicitly re-choose your library, typically at ~/Music/Music/Music Library.musiclibrary. It seems that Music can occasionally be attached to a cached copy of the library that then cannot update correctly.


Try holding down option+cmd as you launch Music which opens it in its safe mode. This may perform some consistency check and repairs on the database.


Try File > Library > Update Cloud Library. Does this now complete successfully? If not what error is reported. Full text and code please.


tt2

iCloud Music Library unavailable

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