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Apple Music playing a different song then selected

When I select a song from a list in Apple Music a song further down the list will play.


Subsequently all songs from the one I picked to the one playing will do the same thing.


This has happened to a number of different songs at different positions in the list.


If I delete one of the songs that will not play correctly and import it again, it will work.


I have hundreds of songs and it seems to be doing this to a large number.


This is occurring on a Mac mini and has had a software upgrade and still doing it.

Current version is Sonoma Version 14.0

Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Mac mini (2018)

Posted on Oct 5, 2023 8:28 PM

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Posted on Feb 21, 2024 7:58 AM

I upgraded to 14.3.1 this morning, and am having the same issue with Music. It doesn't play the song I want, instead it choose 1 of 3 different songs from my my main song list. It doesn't matter which song of 10,000, it just plays these three. Driving me crazy - how can this be fixed?

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Feb 20, 2024 11:40 AM in response to Raemod

I'm having the same issue. If I click on a song it plays another. If I right click on the song I intended to play, > View in finder, it will bring me directly to the appropriate file, I double click and it will play just fine in iTunes and from thereon out. . The files are all stored locally on my m1 mbp's drive. My music collection is ~70Gb so clicking on every one isnt desirable, and I'd prefer not to lose my play counts... If I remember correctly didn't iTunes used to have a function in the file menu that verified the valid song location and attempt to correct any file path discrepancies based upon similar file path discrepancies? I can't seem to find that. I'm also just playing via songs.... Playing through playlists, the songs that won't play still won't play.

Oct 7, 2023 4:45 PM in response to DerekM87

Thank you for getting back.


- I have not selected a playlist, I select songs and pick from the list.


After your question I did try and play from a play list, the same thing happens.


- If I try to play the one above the wanted song does not play.


- No errors or messages it thinks for a few seconds then the incorrect song is played.




If I delete the song from the song list and copy it over again it works.


I have about 1000 + songs and it has done it to about 25% at random.


I only noticed this when I added a few new songs and wanted to clean out some.


This is occurring to previously playable songs also.


I performed a sync to update songs on my iPhone and all songs play as expected on the iPhone with Apple Music.

Oct 7, 2023 12:53 PM in response to Raemod

Hey Raemod,


To help us better isolate this issue, can you confirm the following?

  • Does this happen only with one specific playlist or any playlist you create?
  • Are you able to play the intended song if you try to play the one above it?
  • Is there any error or message when the intended song won't play?


Let us know and we'll follow up based on those details.


Cheres!

Apple Music playing a different song then selected

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