No, Apple Music on macOS as of 2024-01 doesn’t assist synchronized lyrics for native audio information from ripped CDs or self-produced information. This characteristic is just out there for songs from the Apple Music subscription service.
Apple Music makes use of TTML (Timed Textual content Markup Language) for synchronized lyrics, which isn’t suitable with synchronized lyrics embedded in native audio information, like through ID3 in MP3 or XMP in M4A (MP4 container with AAC audio codec).
Sources
- Official Apple Help Doc: Notes that synchronized lyrics are solely out there for songs from the Apple Music catalog, not for native audio information:
[…] songs with completely timed lyrics that seem line-by-line and beat-by-beat. […] All together with your Apple Music subscription.
If the Lyrics button the Lyrics button is grayed out, you’re enjoying a tune that is not from the Apple Music catalog, lyrics aren’t out there for that tune, otherwise you’re not linked to the web.
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Apple Music Supplier Help: This web page offers data on the way to submit lyrics for songs to be included in Apple Music’s catalog. It additionally outlines the necessities for synchronized lyrics, together with using a selected format known as TTML.
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Apple Music Artist Help: This web page offers directions for artists and songwriters on the way to submit lyrics for his or her songs to be included in Apple Music’s catalog. It additionally mentions the requirement for synchronized lyrics to be in TTML format.
