How do I fix empty Apple Music Library tabs on Mac after Sequoia update?
So this is a bit of a predicament. This actually used to have a workaround but that lately stopped working. This happened a while back with an older Mac version (can’t remember which).
One day I opened the Music app on my Mac and my library showed completely empty… well, kind of. If I clicked on a tab for “Artists”, “Albums”, “Songs”, etc. it showed as empty. But when I opened any of my custom made playlists, they display as normal. This only happened on my Mac by the way, I have no problems on iOS.
I did eventually find a workaround. I would right-click on the tab for “Artists”, “Albums”, etc. and select an option from the drop-down menu called “Update Genius Playlist” (or was it “Update Smart Playlist”?) and that would return it to normal; my songs appeared again. I had to do this every time I added something to my library, but I didn’t mind since I had said workaround.
However, said workaround eventually stopped working after one system update; the “Update Genius Playlist” option no longer appeared when I right-clicked on the sidebar tabs. But I did find out that right clicking on the window where the songs would appear would bring up a dropdown menu with the “Update Genius Playlist” option.
But with the Sequoia update, now that’s not an option anymore either. Right clicking on the area where the songs would appear now no longer brings up a dropdown menu.
This is infuriating and I’ve tried everything. I've unchecked my "Sync Across Devices" checkbox and re-checked it again, & that hasn’t worked. What can I do?
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MacBook Air 13″, macOS 15.3