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Apple Music (mac) duplicating songs thousands of times

https://youtu.be/nLgOZlXWmrQ


Apple Music creates duplicates of songs in my playlist, hundreds, thousands of times. As soon as I delete the duplicate, it automatically adds thousands more. Multiplying beyond control.

See the attached video of it happening. This playlist is supposed to have about 10 songs in it.

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"Apple Music (mac) duplicating songs thousands of times: https://youtu.be/nLgOZlXWmrQ Apple Music creates duplicates of songs in my playlist, hundreds, thousands of times. As soon as I delete the duplicate, it automatically adds thousands more. Multiplying beyond control. See the attached video of it happening. This playlist is supposed to have about 10 songs in it."

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Deletes these in Clutter:


Why the Issue?

This was imported multiple times, likely due to a sync error of pending songs wth Apple's server.


A Potential Fix:


A. New Apple Music Sign In:

So, log out of Apple Music, and then log back in, while this is occurring --things may be pending. Perform my User Tip: Fixing the Music App Stalled in a “Playing Next Loop" - User Tip

Essentially, it is a matter of signing out of your Apple Account in Music and then signing back in. After signing back in, the error message will instantaneously vanish, and you will be able to play your audio files, once more. Here are the instructions to do so, in depth:

  1. Locate: the message
  2. Go to: Account menu
  3. Select: Sign Out
  4. Go to: Account menu
  5. Select: Sign In
  6. Click: Play



Also, Go Here:

B. Finding/Deleting Duplicate Music:

To consolidate, you need to delete the duplicates. Find out how to do so here: Find Duplicate Items in Music on Mac - Apple Support

This is also happening to me. I just began using Apple Music today and after transferring my library over, all of my playlists have songs duplicating like crazy, exactly like in this video. It really sucks. Were you able to find a solution?

"This is also happening to me. I just began using Apple Music today and after transferring my library over, all of my playlists have songs duplicating like crazy, exactly like in this video. It really sucks. Were you able to find a solution?"

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Try as I recommended to the OP.