In Tahoe, Apple Music's crossfade option does not apply on the stop time I've set up for my songs

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In Tahoe, Apple Music's crossfade option does not apply on the stop time I've set up for my songs

Hello Apple Community,

Since I upgraded my Mac to macOS Tahoe, I'm encountering what I think are some bugs with Apple Music :

when I set up manual start and stop time for a song, the player does not display those new start and stop time when I play the mentioned song. The initial duration of the song is still displayed which can be a bit misleading since it has been set up differently.
it leads to another bug. I have set up a crossfade of 4 seconds between the songs of my playlist but this crossfade seems to be applied to the songs and their initial durations only. Which means when I set up a different stop time, there is no crossfade anymore.

As a trainer, I use Apple Music to create curated playlists where I can select the moments of the songs that are best to motivate my students. But having no crossfades between them clearly deteriorates the experience.

Are those bugs already taken into account? Will a fix be implemented soon? Is there a workaround?

Thank you for your answers!

Best,

Axel

MacBook Air, macOS 26.0

Posted on Nov 5, 2025 12:30 AM

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TheLittles

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Nov 6, 2025 12:55 AM in response to axelflabert

"In Tahoe, Apple Music's crossfade option does not apply on the stop time I've set up for my songs"

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Music App Crossfade Bugs:

A. View the Help Menu:

View the Help Menu, and see if there is anything that is a bit different, when it comes to the play time operating a bit different in crossfade. If something is not consigned with what you're seeing, then it is a bug, and you should report it to Apple.

Screenshot:

and...

B. Provide Apple Feedback:

Do Your Part: Report this to Apple. Apple won't get back to you directly, but the more feedback they receive on this, the more they will know what is occurring, and what should be looked at.

Go Here: Feedback - Music - Apple
Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
Select: "Feedback" for the "What Apple Music feature is your feedback about?"
Comment: on when you came across this issues, and how you have troubleshot it thus far (include the URL to this post)
Proceed from there as necessary