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Joseh64
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Bad Apple Music Saving and Syncing

Why does Apple Music sync suck? Everytime I save down a song onto my playlist on my mac, it doesn't actually save it. Its so frustrating to spend a listening session adding new songs to my playlist but in the end nothing was actually saving down. This translate to other deices under the same network as well. Has anyone else experienced this?

Posted on Oct 26, 2026 4:49 PM

2 replies

poonam_kumawat
User level: Level 4 (1,080 points)

Oct 27, 2026 10:01 AM in response to Joseh64

Try this on your Mac:

  1. Open Music ->Settings -> General and make sure Sync Library is enabled.
  2. Choose File -> Library -> Update Cloud Library, then wait for it to finish.
  3. Check whether the songs appear on Apple Music on the web. If they do, the changes reached the cloud; if not, the Mac may not be uploading them.
  4. Don’t turn Sync Library off and on or delete the playlists yet. Apple warns that disabling Sync Library removes downloaded music from devices.


If new songs still won’t save, back up your music library before trying more disruptive fixes.

Joseh64 Author
User level: Level 1 (4 points)

Oct 27, 2026 10:13 AM in response to poonam_kumawat

Thank you poonka, but that does not work. I've already followed these steps from different post.

Originally posted at discussions.apple.com/thread/256383598