1) Is there a way to make Music stay in Songs view (click Songs below Library in sidebar)?
2) With Sequoia (15.3), Go To Current Song and Search no longer work in Songs view -- they always go to Album view. Is there a way to fix this?
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MacBook Pro (M1, 2020)
LA from CA,
I am also running Sequoia. What I am seeing is that if you set your main songs library and all playlists for Songs view, then CMD-L (go to currently playing song) will always land in Songs view. Pls see if that helps, or if you are seeing something different.
ed2345,
Thank you for your reply!
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by "set your main songs library and all playlists for Songs view."
In the sidebar, I click Songs below Library, and that shows all my songs as a list. I can choose which columns to display using View > Show View Options, and I can rearrange columns and sort by them. That's what I mean by Songs view.
I clicked each playlist and chose View > As Songs (does not work for Genius Playlists), and now those playlists are in Songs view.
If I select Songs in the sidebar and search for a song, the found song is displayed in Album view (only the songs from the album, no columns with headers). If I then play the song, Command-L does nothing.
I used to be able to click the 3 dots next to the song title (at the top of the window) and choose Go To Current Song, then click Songs in the sidebar, and the list would automatically display the selected song in the list, as if I had played the song right from Songs view. Now, Go To Current Song displays the song in Album view, and clicking Songs does nothing -- the list doesn't scroll to the current song.
Does that make sense?
How are you searching? If you search using cmd-F it searches in all your library. If you search using option-cmd-F then it searches the current playlist view you are in.
I can't replicate your cmd-L behaviour or the Album view behaviour.
I search my whole library by clicking Songs in the sidebar and typing in the Search field at the top of the sidebar, which is the same as Cmd-F. I don't typically search within a playlist.
What is your experience with Cmd-L and Search?
Thank you for your reply!
I never use "Songs" in the sidebar so have no experience with it. I've never noticed the search at the top of the sidebar until you mentioned it - only been using iTunes/Music for 20 years! If I search in it like you then it finds the song I search for but it puts then in the annoying album-type format. If I use opt-cmd-f in "Songs" then it displays in the Songs view format with columns, etc.
cmd-l works for me as it has always done - it goes to the now-playing track and highlights the playlist in the sidebar if the playlist is visible and not in a closed playlist folder.
lafromca wrote:
ed2345,
Thank you for your reply!
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I clicked each playlist and chose View > As Songs (does not work for Genius Playlists), and now those playlists are in Songs view.
Yes, that is exactly what I was suggesting. Whenever you create a new playlist, Music automatically starts it in that thing called "playlist view," so you need to manually change it to View > As Songs.
Zura's description is pretty much how I use the system, so give it a try. The Filter Field (which you can access by Option-Cmd-F or by View > Show Filter Field) is much better behaved than the search bar.
I guess Opt-Cmd-F is the closest solution for getting the behavior I want. Thank you both!
How can I keep Music in Songs view in Sequoia?
