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Music - Missing Features, Bugs, Issues & Troubleshooting
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Funny enough, iTunes on Windows has the same problem but Music on iPhone works as I would expect it.
So smart playlists act different on different devices.
Maybe this will be fixed when Music for Mac is completly replaced by the iOS version...
This is strange as almost all of my Smart Playlists have a 'rating' criteria and I don't have this issue. I have some with ratings that don't show unrated songs and I have another playlist specifically for songs not yet rated and even if I rate one song on an album, the remaining songs stay in this playlist until I rate them.
It's like all the music in my local library has gotten quieter after updating, I don't even know how to explain it. All the Apple Music streamed music sounds much louder, it's very bizarre. Anyone else heard of something like this?
I am unable to add mp3's to Music after the 11.6 Big Sur upgrade.
Nothing happens when I drag and drop.
My music is on an external HD.
I have called Apple Support and they have no clue what is happening even after a couple of hour long sessions when they had access to my screen.
Anyone else experience the same?
Nothing happens when I drag and drop.
My music is on an external HD.
I have called Apple Support and they have no clue what is happening even after a couple of hour long sessions when they had access to my screen.
Anyone else experience the same?
I have a Very Large Music Library on an External Drive and have not had this issue.
Good to hear you do not have the same issue.
Would you know how I can troubleshoot?
I checked "Preferences" and my library location is pointed correctly at the external HD. I can also play songs that I imported before I did the Big Sur 11.6 update so I guess my HD is not the issue.
I just cannot add new songs as nothing happens.
I moved over from the old iTunes - is that likely to be the problem?
I'm also using a migrated library from iTunes. I've got over 80,000 tracks in my library, too. All I ever use is the "Add to Music Library" folder. Nothing fancy.
Yup, plenty. Haven't had any issues. Almost all tracks I've added get matched, too.
Ratings are missing in this view: View As Albums > Click an album to reveal its song list. In this view I used to see track number, song name, rating, track time (I'm pretty sure). But now I don't see rating being shown anymore. How do I make it show ratings in that view?
Sorting of “Various Artists” under Artists view is wrong for me. Various Artists appear in between L and M instead of in V. How is it for you?
So if I go into a Playlist and click on View As Albums and click an album to view the song list, I still see track number, song name, rating and track time. So I'm not sure why you don't see ratings. Can you see star ratings in other views? If so, that's very odd.
Yes, I do see ratings in other views, e.g. View As Songs, Get Info for each song, etc. Very odd and annoying!
This problem started immediately after I used the Music library in another Mac over a network. What I did was: I quit Music on the original Mac, mounted the shared volume on a remote Mac, launched Music on the remote Mac using the remote library, used it for a few hours just to sync the library onto an iPhone, quit Music, unmounted the shared volume, went back to the original Mac and launched Music again, I then realized ratings are not showing in the said view anymore.
Solved: I have to switch on: Preferences > General > Show Star Ratings. I'm sure it was switched on before, but somehow Music decided to switch this off for me ... flaky app!
I thought about suggesting you check that, but since you could see them in other views it wouldn't make sense as a suggestion.
Lots of things in Music.app do not make any sense! 😤😤
Is it just me, or is there no longer a way to search the iTunes Store?
When you search an artist (upper left search bar), only the results in your library shows up. And when you click the artist's name from the search results (hoping to aggregate all of their available music in the store) it still only shows what's in your library.
So have they turned the search bar on the upper left hand side of the app into 'Search your Library' only, even though the iTunes Store is in view?
When you search an artist (upper left search bar), only the results in your library shows up. And when you click the artist's name from the search results (hoping to aggregate all of their available music in the store) it still only shows what's in your library.
So have they turned the search bar on the upper left hand side of the app into 'Search your Library' only, even though the iTunes Store is in view?
When you search using that search bar, two buttons on the top right appear "Apple Music" and "Your Library" which switches where you want to search.
Bingo. I had to Google how to search the Store the first time I tried. It's terrible design.
Ah, yes, that's where I thought it was, but it wasn't showing up for me. I just restarted and now see it. But yeah, terrible design. Navigating through this app from the iTunes Store to your library is just terrible.
Isn't this the Big Sur thread? So what's with your, "it was fine in 12.3.0" and "12.3.1" both of which are Monterey versions?
A moderator is expected to follow the rules about posting, to avoid confusion right? Sorry if that sounds snarky, but it is your mistake and that version change is confusing.