steelyman
Moderator Emeritus
Here’s something I learned that affects me as a user of Bose products that access music stored on my computer (an iMac).
It’s not new with the recent update to MacOS Catalina but to Catalina in general and more specifically changes involving the move away from iTunes to Apple Music.
I was unaware of this until I imported a new CD into Music and found it doesn’t appear in the list presented by the Bose SoundTouch app. The app is very useful when playing your library on one or more Bose speakers in your home (I’m guessing other products like Sonos offer similar functionality). The app gives access not only to your local library but streaming services.
The root cause seems to be related to an XML-based structure that iTunes used which went away in Catalina. All music I had (a lot) is still available through the SoundTouch app but not newly-imported CDs.
Looks unresolved at this time but I hope a fix will appear soon. A later posting in the discussion linked below suggests a workaround that doesn’t appear to be a fix but rather a duct tape solution.
https://community.bose.com/t5/SoundTouch-Speakers/MacOS-10-15-Catalina/m-p/243506#M81725
It’s not new with the recent update to MacOS Catalina but to Catalina in general and more specifically changes involving the move away from iTunes to Apple Music.
I was unaware of this until I imported a new CD into Music and found it doesn’t appear in the list presented by the Bose SoundTouch app. The app is very useful when playing your library on one or more Bose speakers in your home (I’m guessing other products like Sonos offer similar functionality). The app gives access not only to your local library but streaming services.
The root cause seems to be related to an XML-based structure that iTunes used which went away in Catalina. All music I had (a lot) is still available through the SoundTouch app but not newly-imported CDs.
Looks unresolved at this time but I hope a fix will appear soon. A later posting in the discussion linked below suggests a workaround that doesn’t appear to be a fix but rather a duct tape solution.
MacOS 10.15 has also replaced iTunes with Apple Music. As a result, applications that utilize the iTunes Music Library XML file will no longer be able to function properly. With that said, if you are a SoundTouch user who has added an iTunes source then you will be affected in the following ways.
If you already configured iTunes within the SoundTouch App before updating to Catalina, you will still be able to access your music via SoundTouch after the update, however, any changes made to that music library will not be updated within the SoundTouch App. This includes moving the song files to a new location or removing iTunes all together.
https://community.bose.com/t5/SoundTouch-Speakers/MacOS-10-15-Catalina/m-p/243506#M81725
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