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coolaaron88

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Having issues with all of the album at for each of the artists in my library becoming all the same from one song from that artist. Attached is an example.
 

Shirasaki

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If you have a backup of your older version iTunes library files, you can revert to Mojave or whatever system you are using before upgrade and keep using iTunes.
If you don’t have one of those though, you are probably out of luck.
Catalina beta 1 sync function is basically broken. It destroyed my entire music library on iPhone and iPad, deleting lots of artworks and songs randomly.
 

Ansath

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It could be the same issue I had with TV & Films, existing artwork all appeared missing, but removing and re-adding them worked. Music has otherwise worked fine for me. If you do file info on those songs, if the original artwork is still there, then it will be fine on a later beta update.
 

coolbreeze2

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"Wooooooo, WHEE!! I got it, I got it, and I got to report it!" (as said by Ted Lange as Junoir on That's My Mamma) YOU HAVE 5G!!

Which iPhone do you have? Who is your carrier and what area of the country are you in?
 
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coolaaron88

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It could be the same issue I had with TV & Films, existing artwork all appeared missing, but removing and re-adding them worked. Music has otherwise worked fine for me. If you do file info on those songs, if the original artwork is still there, then it will be fine on a later beta update.
I figured it might an issue with it being Beta 1, I'll see if it corrects itself in Beta 2
 

Madonnnaaaaaaaaa

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Yes I’m having issues with the new sync tool in finder saying the syncs complete and all my music library is on my phone however GB’s or stuff hasn’t transferred and won’t transfer no matter what I do
 

coolaaron88

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Yes I’m having issues with the new sync tool in finder saying the syncs complete and all my music library is on my phone however GB’s or stuff hasn’t transferred and won’t transfer no matter what I do

Guessing this issue wasn’t fixed with Beta 3 either?

EDIT: Actually looking at the release notes for Beta 3, they say it’s still an issue.
 

Shirasaki

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Yes I’m having issues with the new sync tool in finder saying the syncs complete and all my music library is on my phone however GB’s or stuff hasn’t transferred and won’t transfer no matter what I do
Luckily I jump out of Catalina immediately after installing iOS 13 so my library is still intact In high Sierra and iTunes 12.6.5. I feel sad that you did not do that.
 

karnsculpture

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My library is fine, but I can't seem to permanently delete anything. I want to do this because I'm gradually upgrading the bitrate of tracks I own, making new rips from CD mostly. I've not lost anything but do have duplicates. I can add new music and have it show up on all devices, but the duplicates I delete keep coming back.
 

Madonnnaaaaaaaaa

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I’ve managed to get it all synced now. Literally took forever, however a lot of album artwork won’t show despite embedded in the metadata. Common problem from what I see on the forums here
 

Shirasaki

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I’ve managed to get it all synced now. Literally took forever, however a lot of album artwork won’t show despite embedded in the metadata. Common problem from what I see on the forums here
Yes, it is a problem in beta 1. Not surprised to see the problem still exist in beta 3.
 

Ansath

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Finder is not showing any media from my library in the Sync menu on Beta 3 so
It’s gotten worse. Hopefully Beta 4 brings at least that back!!
 
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