How do I control whether the search bar in the Music app is searching "Your Library" or the "iTunes Store" given that these tabs only show up to select between on less than 10% of my searches?
When the tabs don't show up, it defaults to the iTunes Store, even though I know I have search results within my library that should be returned.
OS: Monterey
MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.3
Feathers,
The following was discovered by another user on the Forum. Pls see if it works for you:
"The [View -> show filter field] is consistently greyed out when I try it, however... I found that it is only greyed out while I have the results of a search on-screen. "
Also, make sure you are in Songs view.
I came here as I had the same question and may have found a fix after reading this on the link given by ed2345:
"If you can’t see iTunes Store, choose Music > Preferences, click General, make sure iTunes Store is selected, then click OK."
I wondered what would happen if I unticked iTunes in Music>Preferences, and realised that I could also untick Apple Music, so I did both, quit the app, relaunched, and when I clicked the Search box it showed 'Searching Your Library' in the middle of the screen.
I was then curious to see what would happen if went back and re-ticked both boxes, so I did that, and now, after quitting the app and reopening it, when I click in the Search box it shows all three options in the top right.
After various searches using all three, and moving between, Artist, Songs, Albums etc on the left, to test its resilience, it appears that these three search options are now permanently fixed and selectable.
Yeah, Search is kind of a mess lately. Search for music in Music on Mac - Apple Support
Make sure the search bar is empty, which helps the tabs appear.
If you are looking within your own library, View > Show Filter Field is often more suitable.
Yep, I clear the search bar in case that's effecting things. I just checked 'Show Filter' and it was greyed out/not clickable. However, that's a sample size of 1, so I'll have to check on that more in the future.
Searching your Music Library
