Maintaining Large Local Music Libraries on Mac Lacks Native Tools for Duplicates, Metadata, and Format Issues
Mac users with large local music collections struggle to find duplicate or missing files, compare playlists, audit metadata, detect fake or upscaled transcodes, and repair rare formats — tasks unsupported by Music.app itself. This is a maintenance burden for offline libraries that don't rely on Apple Music streaming.
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