Editing metadata in iTunes is pointless: iTunes overwrites it anyway

[hagar]

hi,

After upgrading to Apple Music I noticed (like so many others), that a lot of metadata and artwork of my own music was wrong/missing. I started fixing it in iTunes. And then the magic happens again: iTunes overwrites it back with the old metadata from the cloud??? What gives? Who's music is it? Mine or Apple's!@!@F!#@

So, is there a workaround or should I wait for iTunes 13?

 

[jhfenton]

Try 12.2.1 just released. It's supposed to fix some library issues, including the Matched >> Apple Music transformation bug. (That bug hit exactly 5 Matched songs in my library out of thousands. Why those 5? I have no idea. The metadata on those songs was also corrupted in the same way: The track # became the max track # and the disc # become the "of disc" #.)

 

[flur]

Try 12.2.1 just released. It's supposed to fix some library issues, including the Matched >> Apple Music transformation bug.

But *DOES* it actually fix it? Is there anyone actually willing to try it out? *touches finger to nose*

 

[hagar]

I can confirm this issue is still in the new iTunes version 12.2.1.16.
Also, the heart indicating loved songs does not stick either.

It's weird: it goes fine for a while and changes are saved and even propagate to other devices. But then all of sudden, iTunes goes f*ck you and immediately reverts back all changes you make.

Makes me think it's a server issue. As usual. And definitely not an issue of corrupted songs: the songs that would not save this afternoon, now are all properly updated.

 

[blackboxxx]

I have a similar issue with playlists.
Suppose I have a playlist that I sync to iPhone (I don't subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match).
If I add a new song to that playlist on a Mac, the next time I sync the playlist is replaced with iPhone version — without the new song at the end.
The playlist wasn't modified on the iPhone in any way, I didn't even open Music app between syncs.
The change appears to stick only if I add the song again and sync immediately afterwards.

So if Apple still can't figure out local syncing, is it any surprise that there are even more problems with the cloud?

 

[jhfenton]

But *DOES* it actually fix it? Is there anyone actually willing to try it out? *touches finger to nose*

It fixed all of the problems I was having. It turned all 5 songs back to "Matched." And an album I was having trouble with last week matching as "Apple Music" was added to my library just fine.

 

[crizzly]

iCloud music has always had issues with holding meta-data especially artwork and easy way to fix it. If anyone wants to help please login to https://bugreport.apple.com and duplicate this bug report: http://www.openradar.me/16793321

 

[John6Plus]

Against my better judgement, I thought I'd take iCloud Music Library for a test drive today.

Shoulda listened to my better judgement.

Luckily I didn't apply it to my main iTunes Library location. I first enabled iCML on my iPhone, then opened an empty library on my MacBook, and watched delightedly as it populated with the music that's currently on my phone!

Then I saw the artwork. Well, at least I was warned, and I saw this with Match years ago.
Then I saw the sorting. Ugh. Metadata ignored. Yay. Again I saw this with Match years ago.
Then I tried to mess with playlists. Cannot create a playlist that references another smart playlist! Hey, I remember that limitation from Match's launch. Sniff, made me nostalgic.
Then I disabled iCML as fast as I could find the option. Another old memory from my Match days (or day).

I assume play counts and last played stats are still borked.
And that it downloads massive amounts of data at random times for no good damned reason.

Good to know I never needed to waste more time on Match to see if they fixed that boondoggle, since they obviously haven't.

It's a shame, because I do like the actual service of Apple Music - protip: you do not need to enable iCML to use Apple Music - I just wanted some of the other niceties, at least during the trial. Now I just need to remove the music from my phone and resync it with my main library since I never turned it on there and there's no way what I did on separate devices could have affected that, right? RIGHT?