Favorite Songs from HomePod Mini doesn't show as a playlist in the Music app on my Mac

I have been living with a pair of HomePod Minis in my bedroom for months on end, happily asking Siri to "Add this to my Favorite Songs." I know the playlist exists, because when I ask her to play my Favorite Songs playlist, all the right tunes are there.


However, when I go to the Music app on my Mac, there is no Favorite Songs playlist so I have no way of reviewing (let alone maintaining) that playlist. I'm fearful that if I were to create a new Favorite Songs playlist in the Music app, it'd be empty and I'd lose months of collecting tracks.


What am I missing here?


Aside 1: Newly-created playlists on my Mac are accessible by name on my HomePods.

Aside 2: OSes on my Mac and HomePods are all up-to-date.


Thanks!



iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 13.7

Posted on Mar 12, 2025 12:47 PM

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Mar 21, 2025 4:49 PM in response to JazzboBebopper

Okay, I figured it out (I think).


"Favorite Songs" when appended from my HomePod Minis is not an actual playlist in Apple Music. When I have Siri add a song to my Favorite Songs, the red-heart gets tagged in Apple Music. When I ask her to play/shuffle my Favorite Songs, she just ripples through those red-heart tagged tracks.


In Apple Music, if I show Songs (via the sidebar) and then click on the heart icon to the right of the Genre column, the tunes marked as favorites show up at the top of the list.


So my "Favorite Songs" playlist isn't actually a playlist after all.

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Favorite Songs from HomePod Mini doesn't show as a playlist in the Music app on my Mac

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