Comments on: AMPArtwork Agent 100% CPU Usage in Mac OS Catalina – *Fixed

By: Nate

Nate — Thu, 05 Jan 2023 18:29:04 +0000

John, thanks for the writeup and doing the legwork. Add me to the list of those dealing with this issue. I just recently moved from Catalina to Ventura and consistently have AMPLibraryAgent using just shy of 100% CPU. One question before I head down the nuclear route – All of my music is store locally with embedded artwork (in most but not all files – I’m working on that). I’d like to maintain my imported dates from the original library as I have a number of automatic playlists that reference that date.

What I was thinking is follow your process through step 8 and then quit out of Music, and replace the Music folder with my backed up copy. Thoughts on this?

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 11 Jun 2021 19:17:21 +0000

Thank you so much for this! Solved this very vexing problem with Music since upgrading to Big Sur. All the best.

By: Kamil

Kamil — Wed, 11 Nov 2020 21:39:24 +0000

Thanks for the help. I also have 37K iTunes library of mostly AIF CD rips over the last 2 decades and am dealing with the issues with Music vs iTunes.

By: ray

ray — Fri, 30 Oct 2020 16:09:25 +0000

Thanks for this. This has been driving me nuts but I haven’t had time to really dig in and chase it down. Following your steps and hoping that resolves it.