Music app on MacBook Pro randomly stops playing

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Music app on MacBook Pro randomly stops playing

I have a 2020 13" MacBook pro (Intel) running macOS Monterey 12.6. The Music app is version 1.2.5.7. If I go to an artist page and click the "play" button (so it randomly plays their music) the music will eventually stop playing. Sometimes this happens after 1 song, sometimes after a few songs. Clicking "play" again does absolutely nothing after the music stopped. I have to restart the app (which, you can imagine, is frustrating). The same occurs in any place where I can hit the "play" button for random playback (e.g. "Listen Now -> My station").

I can, however, hit "play" in "My station" if the music stopped playing on the artist page, but going back to the artist page and clicking "play" again still does nothing.

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.6

Posted on Oct 5, 2022 6:29 AM

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jdo_apple

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Oct 6, 2022 2:41 PM in response to krisrimar

Hello krisrimar,

Thanks for that info and for choosing the Apple Support Communities. If we understand correctly, you are having an issue with playing songs by specific artists in the Music app on your Mac, as it stops playing randomly. First, try running First Aid on your hard drive with the built in Disk Utility tool, as this can correct simple issues like you're experiencing.

How to repair a Mac disk with Disk Utility - Apple Support

You can figure out if unexpected behavior is related to a user file or setting by trying to reproduce the issue from another user account. This process includes creating a new user account, logging in to it, and testing for the issue.

Set up users, guests, and groups on Mac - Apple Support

Cheers!

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