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  • Apple Music bug is syncing playlists with different users' libraries

    From NewsKrawler@21:1/5 to All on Tue Mar 28 05:14:00 2023
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1669513/apple-music-bug-add-delete-playlists-library.html
    Apple Music bug is syncing playlists with different users' libraries

    The Apple Music app has been arbitrarily deleting playlists in some users' accounts and adding other users' playlists into other accounts.

    Over the past few weeks, many Apple Music users have been seeing other
    people's playlists among their own due to an increasingly widespread
    Apple Music bug.

    Depending on how the playlist was created, the action could also remove the songs from the user's library if they've opted to add them to their
    library.

    Once Apple Music accidentally sends the wrong playlists into someone's
    library, it's deleted, which in turn syncs back to the original creator's account and deletes the playlist from there, too.

    There isn't much you can do to stop the bug other than turning off iCloud
    Music Library, which will remove all Apple Music songs from your music
    library.

    It's seemingly an issue with iCloud sync, though it raises some concerns
    about a potential data leak. Playlists aren't sensitive data, of course,
    but it could be part of a larger issue with Apple's cloud service.

    The iOS Apple Music app doesn't allow you to download playlists for safekeeping, but you can export playlists with Apple Music on the Mac as an
    XML file which can then be re-imported into Apple Music if it gets deleted.

    Apple is releasing iOS 16.4 next week as well as a new music app, Apple
    Music Classical, so it's possible that any issues are cleared up with the update.

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  • From Jolly Roger@21:1/5 to NewsKrawler on Tue Mar 28 16:49:24 2023
    On 2023-03-28, NewsKrawler <newskrawl@krawl.org> wrote:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1669513/apple-music-bug-add-delete-playlists-library.html
    Apple Music bug is syncing playlists with different users' libraries

    The Apple Music app has been arbitrarily deleting playlists in some
    users' accounts and adding other users' playlists into other accounts.

    Over the past few weeks, many Apple Music users have been seeing other people's playlists among their own due to an increasingly widespread
    Apple Music bug.

    Depending on how the playlist was created, the action could also
    remove the songs from the user's library if they've opted to add them
    to their library.

    Once Apple Music accidentally sends the wrong playlists into someone's library, it's deleted, which in turn syncs back to the original
    creator's account and deletes the playlist from there, too.

    There isn't much you can do to stop the bug other than turning off
    iCloud Music Library, which will remove all Apple Music songs from
    your music library.

    It's seemingly an issue with iCloud sync, though it raises some
    concerns about a potential data leak. Playlists aren't sensitive data,
    of course, but it could be part of a larger issue with Apple's cloud
    service.

    OUCH... Someone's code is fucking up in a big unintended way. The
    Music/iCloud teams at Apple are no doubt scrambling to nail down the
    root cause.

    The iOS Apple Music app doesn't allow you to download playlists for safekeeping, but you can export playlists with Apple Music on the Mac
    as an XML file which can then be re-imported into Apple Music if it
    gets deleted.

    For those wondering how to do this, just choose File > Library > Export
    Library from the Music menu bar. The resulting exported file is an XML
    file with everything in your library including playlists.

    There's also File > LIbrary > Export Playlist, which exports a given
    playlist as plain text, which may or may not be more useful, depending
    on what you intend to do with it.

    Apple is releasing iOS 16.4 next week as well as a new music app,
    Apple Music Classical, so it's possible that any issues are cleared up
    with the update.

    Hopefully it will be addressed server-side.

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  • From Joerg Lorenz@21:1/5 to All on Wed Mar 29 10:29:02 2023
    Am 28.03.23 um 07:14 schrieb NewsKrawler:
    https://www.macworld.com/article/1669513/apple-music-bug-add-delete-playlists-library.html
    Apple Music bug is syncing playlists with different users' libraries

    Arlen Burnelli, you are an asshole!

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