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Along time ago, in another galaxy, I bought CDs. They were great. Then along came iTunes. I could load my purchased CDs to iTunes files and play them, along with iTunes purchases, on my iPod. The CDs were in files on my PC and were never synched to the cloud.
I now have a MacBook Pro. It has Apple Music. Can I upload my CDs without a subscription? If I did subscribe will my own CDs sync across all devices?
MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 13.2
You do not need to subscribe to Apple Music to sync your CDs from the Mac to your iPod.
The default location for a Music library in Catalina and later is ~/Music/Music with the media files consolidated into ~/Music/Music/Media. After importing your iTunes library you may want to copy your active Music Library.musiclibrary file into ~/Music/Music replacing any older copy there, then use Music > Preferences > Files to reset the media folder path, and File > Library > Organize Library > Consolidate Files to bring all the music into media folder. You can then remove the originals from the old iTunes Media folder.
Follow the guidance in these articles:
Managing your Mac media libraries - Apple Community
Use the Finder to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer - Apple Support
Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community
You do not need to subscribe to Apple Music to sync your CDs from the Mac to your iPod.
The default location for a Music library in Catalina and later is ~/Music/Music with the media files consolidated into ~/Music/Music/Media. After importing your iTunes library you may want to copy your active Music Library.musiclibrary file into ~/Music/Music replacing any older copy there, then use Music > Preferences > Files to reset the media folder path, and File > Library > Organize Library > Consolidate Files to bring all the music into media folder. You can then remove the originals from the old iTunes Media folder.
Follow the guidance in these articles:
Managing your Mac media libraries - Apple Community
Use the Finder to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer - Apple Support
Move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Community
Purchased CDs/iTunes/Music
