Thanks for the detailed feedback. The fixes are planned for MMA Wi-Fi sync. Tracking at:
https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=16063
https://www.ventismedia.com/mantis/view.php?id=20942

-Rusty

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ah, yes, MediaMonkey will update the MMA database by default, not the files.

You need MediaMonkey 5.1+ and on the Sync Profile > Tagging section you need to enable Force files to resync whenever the source files has changed. This will make Sync a lot slower if a lot of changes have been made, but the changes will also be reflected in the Synced files on the device.

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It sounds like scanning is working as expected. When the option for [i][url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHelp:Adding_Existing_Files_to_the_Library/5.0#Setup_how_MediaMonkey_Scans_Files]Only for files with changed timestamp or size[/url][/i] is disabled all files will be re-read (and thus count as updated), if it is enabled all files will be skipped (unless you update them outside of MediaMonkey).

Do you have many files showing in [url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHelp:Library/5.0#DB_/_Tag_Mismatches]DB / Tag Mismatches[/url], if so, you'd want to [url=https://www.mediamonkey.com/wiki/WebHelp:Synchronizing_Your_Tags/5.0]Update tags[/url] on the files listed there.

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