Adding to Playlists in Shared Library = Remove From Cloud?

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Adding to Playlists in Shared Library = Remove From Cloud?

Howdy - I have an Apple Music subscription and have synced my library with the cloud. Now, when I try to add a song to a playlist on my Mac I get a message saying "Cloud Music Library playlists can only contain songs from your Cloud Music Library. If you continue, xxx playlist will be removed from your Cloud Music library and will only be available on this computer."

So are the playlists in the cloud library just frozen in time and any change requires a re-sync? Cuz that's...less than ideal.

Side note: please do not tell me all the reasons why I should actually like this btw, cuz that's also less than ideal. If I liked it I wouldn't be on here looking for a solution.

iMac 21.5″, macOS 11.5

Posted on Oct 29, 2021 10:13 AM

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turingtest2

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Oct 29, 2021 2:00 PM in response to dunderhead

Match or uploaded is good. Removed typically means that these items were selected in another library or a device and removed from your iCloud Music Library. You can select, right-click, and use Add to Library to have them matched or uploaded. Once that is done they should add to your playlist without causing it to be removed from the cloud. The only potential gotcha would be if you had tracks purchased with a different Apple ID as these too are excluded from your cloud library.

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turingtest2

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Oct 29, 2021 1:16 PM in response to dunderhead

See Identify cloud status icons in your music library on your Mac or PC - Apple Support. If you add ineligible content to a playlist then it cannot be shared in the cloud library. You cannot add something that has a cloud status of duplicate, error, or ineligible. Resolve those issues first, then you can add additional tracks to the playlist.

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Oct 29, 2021 1:34 PM in response to turingtest2

Aha, thanks! OK, so if you'd be so kind I'd love to learn how to resolve that status since now I have a bunch of "removed" tracks. Everything else looks like it's either "matched" or "uploaded." Right clicked to see contextual menu but it doesn't show an "upload" option...

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dunderhead Author

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Oct 29, 2021 2:08 PM in response to turingtest2

Brilliant! I was wary of "add to library" b/c all those tracks are already in the local library but now status for most is "waiting" and a couple have converted to "matched" already so we're looking good. Thanks!

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turingtest2

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Oct 30, 2021 2:03 AM in response to dunderhead

You're welcome. 🙂

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Adding to Playlists in Shared Library = Remove From Cloud?

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