Issues and Lags with Apple Music (July 2024)

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Issues and Lags with Apple Music (July 2024)

Has anyone been experiencing issues with Apple Music lately? Over the past few weeks, I've encountered persistent problems with music playback. For example, songs start playing but then stop after about 10 seconds. Sometimes they resume randomly, while other times they don’t continue at all. Additionally, there's a noticeable lag when switching between songs, which disrupts the listening experience.

These issues are happening across all my Apple devices, including my Mac, iPhone, HomePod, and Apple TV. I’ve confirmed that at least five other people in my region are facing the same problems. We’ve all reported these issues to Apple Support, but their troubleshooting steps seem unrelated, such as checking for VPN usage and restarting devices. It's becoming clear that this is likely a server-side issue.

Is anyone else experiencing similar problems with Apple Music? How have you dealt with them?

Posted on Jul 22, 2024 11:43 PM

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stapmkd

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Jul 22, 2024 11:56 PM in response to vernik8

I am facing the same issue with apple music, when i start a song it has a buffering lag of around 10 seconds sometimes maybe more. When this started it was on every 2nd or 3rd song, now it is on every song no exception. Plus i have the same issue with lagging mid song. Honestly it is very frustrating with this happening for the whole experience and the money that we pay for the subscription which is not that cheap for a music service where there are other services which are far more cheap, some even free, and more reliable. Not cool guys.

Best regards,

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vernik8 Author

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Jul 23, 2024 12:14 AM in response to vernik8

Additionally, it’s frustrating because we pay for this service through a subscription, and such issues are unacceptable.This further indicates that the issue isn’t limited to a specific OS version. Any insights or solutions would be greatly appreciated.

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DarkoJ

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Jul 23, 2024 12:31 AM in response to vernik8

Hi,

I am also facing the same issues with Apple Music like the above mentioned. The issues are happening on all of my Apple devices (iPhone 14, Apple TV, Mac Air M2). In the last 15 days there werre only 2-3 days when the Music was playing fine withoug any interruptions. I am not using any VPN's and most probably it is Apple server releated issue because every other application is working fine on my devices and I don't have any network issues with my home WiFi or cellular data.

Best,

Darko

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Jul 24, 2024 03:56 AM in response to vernik8

I am having exactly the same issue. Restarting the app, restarting the machine/router/whatever, clearing caches, running maintenance scripts - nothing helped. C'mon... This is a paid software!

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Jul 25, 2024 09:35 PM in response to vernik8

Same here. I have this problem on my iPhone, iPad and HomePod

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Jul 29, 2024 03:50 PM in response to vernik8

Same here. It is very frustrating. The service we pay for should not have such problems for weeks now. Any sign someone is looking into it?

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Issues and Lags with Apple Music (July 2024)

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