"The album has been deleted"... wait, which album?

[mrvco]

Core Machine (Operating system/System info/Roon build number)

2018 Mac Mini, MacOS 10.15.7, Roon Build 1.7 (667)

Network Details (Including networking gear model/manufacturer and if on WiFi/Ethernet)

N/A

Audio Devices (Specify what device you’re using and its connection type - USB/HDMI/etc.)

N/A

Description Of Issue

I had the Roon application open on my Mac Mini today, went to have lunch and when I came back and woke the Mac Mini from sleep Roon was displaying a dialog saying “The album has been deleted”.

I have a backup of my FLAC library, but how do I know what album was actually deleted so I can replace it? I check the OS ‘Trash’ folder and there is nothing in there. There is also nothing in Roon’s ‘History’ indicating that anything was deleted. Also, is there a setting in Roon that prohibits deletion of files from the storage library?

[wizardofoz (Mr Fix It aka The Wiz)]

if you have tidal or qobuz maybe it was one of those? streaming services can remove albums due to licensing.

[noris]

Hello @mrvco,

Did this issue only occur when waking out of sleep mode? It is possible that this is just a display artifact from putting your Mac to sleep and waking it up.

[zappyroon]

DirEqual is a fast and inexpensive tool for MacOS that lets you compare directories and check for missing files or different file data. I use it regularly for keeping my library copies in sync.

[mrvco]

It wasn’t a display artifact, there was a dialog box (‘ok’ iirc) that had to be clicked to clear it. I’m guessing some keys were pushed at some point prior to the Mac going to sleep. I really was just wondering if there was a log somewhere that might show if / what might have been deleted or whether there was a way to disable the ability to delete actual song files from the library in the Roon UI.

[noris]

Hi @mrvco,

@mrvco

I really was just wondering if there was a log somewhere that might show if / what might have been deleted

You can access Roon logs by using these instructions but reading them is a bit trickier.

If this behavior re-occurs, can you please let me know the exact local time + date you see the error appear and send me the log set for review?

[mrvco]

Just woke my Mac Mini from sleep this morning and got the message again. I grabbed a screenshot this time. Last night I paused playback and let the Mac go to sleep and know 100% for sure that no keys were inadvertently pressed between then and when I woke it up this morning. I checked the album that was playing (Tidal, not local library) and it is still in my db w/ no change so I’m pretty confident now that nothing is actually being deleted. I’ll take a look at and grab the logs this morning.

[noris]

Thanks for the screenshot @mrvco, do you by any chance recall the exact local time + date you saw that message? Or if it re-occurs can you please note this and send the logs? Thanks!