# MP3Tag not uploading all my files
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690
**Category:** Mac
**Created:** [December 1, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690 "2024-12-01T14:33:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/1 "2024-12-01T14:33:37Z")
I have several hundred CD's and downloaded albums stored on my Mac, and I used Mp3Tag to manage the metadata, it worked very well. Now, however, I want to add a new file to the list, but when I open the app it only shows a few CD's, 93 tracks. I am using version 1.8.27, which I believe is the latest, and the Mac is on Sequoia 15.1. The location of the files has not changed since I last used the app.
How can I access all my CD files in the app?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/2 "2024-12-01T15:46:57Z")
Can you please try opening the folder with the large collection via ⌘O or **File → Open...**? It then should list all the files you see in that folder when double-checking its contents via Finder.
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/3 "2024-12-01T18:56:00Z")
Hi thanks for your message. When I access the folder within the app, it lists all 272 subfolders, exactly the same as in Finder, but when I select Open it only uploads 8 folders.
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/4 "2024-12-01T18:59:33Z")
The amount uploaded is 2.75gb, whereas the total size on my disk is 212.67gb - I don't know if that's relevant, or if it's exceeded some threshold?
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/5 "2024-12-01T19:07:47Z")
Sorry I phrased that wrong - obviously you don't upload the full disk, just the metadata. But is there a threshold which stops the upload?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/6 "2024-12-01T19:42:09Z")
> [@RichardADC](#):
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> but when I select Open it only uploads 8 folders.
By "Open" do you mean the "Open with Mp3tag" menu item from the Services menu in Finder's context menu of a folder?
Or is it "Open" from a list of individual files, e.g., from a search or from within another app?
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/7 "2024-12-01T20:53:46Z")
Hi, sorry, I'm quite confused by your question. I can't see an "Open with Mp3tag" menu item anywhere - where is it in Finder? And I don't know what "Finder's context menu" is.
I selected Open from the menu in Mp3tag - the list displayed is the same as when I look it up in Finder. I haven't tried it from any other app.
I've repeated this several times, also selecting all the individual subfolders - every time it just uploads 8 subfolders. If I select a single subfolder not in those 8, it doesn't upload anything. The music playing app I use (Audivarna) has no problem accessing the files.
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### Author:  [@MotleyG](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/MotleyG)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/8 "2024-12-01T21:20:35Z")
> [@RichardADC](#):
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> I've repeated this several times, also selecting all the individual subfolders - every time it just uploads 8 subfolders.
Are you sure you don't have something in the filter? What does the file counter show in the bottom right corner of the mp3tag window?
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/9 "2024-12-01T21:56:52Z")
> [@RichardADC](#):
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> I'm quite confused by your question.
I think, it's me who was confused. I thought that
> [@RichardADC](#):
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> When I access the folder within the app, it lists all 272 subfolders,
it already meant that the contents of those subfolders were listed in Mp3tag and that
> [@RichardADC](#):
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> when I select Open it only uploads 8 folders.
was a different way of loading the files. I now understand that the 272 subfolders are displayed in the Open... window, but are then not loaded when you confirm your selection.
As @MotleyG pointed out, you can check if the Filter field (1) and the status bar (2) and see if the file list is filtered. If so, you can just clear the filter to make the other files reappear.
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2024, 10:14pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/10 "2024-12-01T22:14:28Z")
There is nothing in the filter. I have now cleared all recent filters, and it still only loads 8 of 272 subfolders. I'll send you a screenshot in the morning.
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/11 "2024-12-02T15:32:34Z")
Hello again, I've taken a couple of screenshots to show what has happened:
From the MP3Tag app I selected Open, then highlighted the full set of album folders held on a disk attached to the Mac.
When I clicked on Open, only a small proportion of the albums selected were actually opened. I hope this helps to resolve the problem.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/12 "2024-12-02T16:01:24Z")
Do you get the same result if you open folder "CD Uploads" instead of the individual folders?
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 4:26pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/13 "2024-12-02T16:26:37Z")
Yes I did the screenshot to illustrate the number of subfolders
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2024, 4:56pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/14 "2024-12-02T16:56:29Z")
Can you try this command via Terminal.app while Mp3tag being closed:
`defaults delete app.mp3tag.Mp3tag SecurityScopedBookmarks`
After that, load the **folder "CD Uploads"** (not the individual files) via ⌘O and see if the issue persists.
If the issue persists, I’d need more details. [BackLog](https://eternalstorms.at/backlog/) is an option to get a more detailed insight into what might be causing the issue, where you can set the process to Mp3tag and include all events that are not directly created by this binary.
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/15 "2024-12-03T12:57:13Z")
Hello, I tried that, as below:
then opened Mp3tag and tried the upload. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to have had any effect.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/16 "2024-12-03T13:47:50Z")
OK, thanks for trying, though! This leaves the option to log more details using BackLog (as outlined above).
Before that: I just looked again at all posts from this topic and noticed that the screenshot from Finder reports 2.79 GB for all 265 folders and the 93 files in Mp3tag are reported as 2.75 GB.
It's not a big difference in size, so I'm wondering what's inside all those folders? Can you describe what's missing and, if possible, provide a screenshot of the folder contents that are not listed in Mp3tag?
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2024, 3:29pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/17 "2024-12-03T15:29:57Z")
I hadn't noticed that, however the screenshot I sent earlier was not from Finder, but from the Mp3tag program's Open function, so the figure it shows is (presumably) what Mp3tag sees. If I look it up in Finder, the figure for all the 272 folders is 212.67gb. There are maybe 500 CDs in there, I don't know how many thousand tracks, so it wouldn't be practical to do a screenshot of them all. Strangely, the CDs uploaded by Mp3tag seem to be randomly picked from the list.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 3, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/18 "2024-12-03T15:46:30Z")
I don't know how the recent files and folders view of the macOS open window works, but it might really only list those folders that were modified in **October** (as shown on your screenshot).
Can you try grouping the files by **Name** in the open window? This is done by clicking on this icon
After that, open the **CD Uploads** folder again.
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### Author:  [@RichardADC](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/RichardADC)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2024, 10:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/19 "2024-12-04T10:44:46Z")
Hi I tried that, it still only loads the 93 items.
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [December 4, 2024, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/mp3tag-not-uploading-all-my-files/66690/20 "2024-12-04T13:43:04Z")
> [@Florian](#):
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> It's not a big difference in size, so I'm wondering what's inside all those folders? Can you describe what's missing and, if possible, provide a screenshot of the folder contents that are not listed in Mp3tag?
I'm trying something different now: can you identify one or two folders out of the 265 folders that are **not** listed in Mp3tag, but which you can see in Finder?
Please create a screenshot of the **folder contents** in Finder. Then try to navigate to those folder via **File → Open...**. Can you find the folders?
Also, what kind of storage medium is **folder "CD Uploads"** on (external hard drive, network attached storage, cloud, ...)?
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