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I open up Apple Music after the recent update to Big Sur (11.3) and ALL of my playlists (except AM playlists) are duplicates. I delete them, then when I add a song to a playlist it duplicates again. Argh!
iMac, OS X 10.11
Hello AlamoBrent,
Thank you for reaching out in Apple Support Communities. We understand there's duplicate playlists in the Music app on your Mac, which unexpectedly reappears after it's been deleted. We'll be happy to help.
To help troubleshoot this behavior, we recommend to restart your Mac in safe mode. This helps to perform a basic check of your startup disk, deletes some system caches and more. Once you're in safe mode, please restart your Mac as normal and let's remove the duplicate playlists in the Music app. From there, please let us know if you continue to experience the same behavior. If needed, here's how to perform each step:
Kind regards.
Hello AlamoBrent,
Thank you for reaching out in Apple Support Communities. We understand there's duplicate playlists in the Music app on your Mac, which unexpectedly reappears after it's been deleted. We'll be happy to help.
To help troubleshoot this behavior, we recommend to restart your Mac in safe mode. This helps to perform a basic check of your startup disk, deletes some system caches and more. Once you're in safe mode, please restart your Mac as normal and let's remove the duplicate playlists in the Music app. From there, please let us know if you continue to experience the same behavior. If needed, here's how to perform each step:
Kind regards.
Hi bryanr14 -
That actually may have worked. I fully expected it to not. Thanks for your help!! I thought safe mode was for more serious problems but I'll use it in the future if weird things are happening on my Mac in general.
Thanks!
AlamoBrent,
That's wonderful to hear! Thanks for providing us that update. Have a wonderful rest of your day.
Take care.
Duplicate Playlists after macOS 11.3 update
