# Fix/Workaround: custom lyrics broken on iOS 18 (unsyncedlyrics tag))

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-workaround-custom-lyrics-broken-on-ios-18-unsyncedlyrics-tag/66619
**Category:** Mac
**Tags:** player
**Created:** [November 24, 2024, 11:35pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-workaround-custom-lyrics-broken-on-ios-18-unsyncedlyrics-tag/66619 "2024-11-24T23:35:14Z")
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### Author: ![MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/motleyg/32/440_2.png) [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/fix-workaround-custom-lyrics-broken-on-ios-18-unsyncedlyrics-tag/66619/2 "2024-11-25T00:29:44Z")

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For the Windows side with iTunes, any changes you make outside of iTunes are not automatically recognized by the program. As you have found, simply accessing the file can get the metadata to update. This includes the lyrics.

You may be able to force this update using a script. I have previously provided one that can help here.

> [@Force iTunes To Update Track Info After Using MP3TAG](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/force-itunes-to-update-track-info-after-using-mp3tag/58778):
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> For those with IOS devices or are simply using iTunes as your primary music manager, you will find that mp3tag is far more flexible and powerful than the built-in Get Info editor. However any changes made outside of iTunes will not automatically be reflected into any music files that have already been loaded. There are two ways to get these changes to be reflected into iTunes. Open the Get Info panel for each track. This will force iTunes to grab the latest metadata info and overwrite whatev…

You may have to edit it to include the lyric tag, but I'd try it without changes first.

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