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I can't browse Apple Music on iTunes (desktop)

My Macbook Pro runs OS10.10.5 and iTunes is 12.8.1.3 and my apple music subscription is up to date.


However, I get a blank page when I click the 'For You', 'Browse' or 'Radio' buttons from the browse tab in iTunes. I'm able to access my own Library and the iTunes store with no issue.


I followed the recommendations as written here - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/250159907

Rebooted in Safe Mode. Also set up a new user account. Issue persists.


No issue on my iPhone using the same account.


Please help.

MacBook Pro 13", OS X 10.10

Posted on Apr 19, 2019 10:29 PM

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Posted on Aug 29, 2019 7:06 PM

Running El Capitan 10.11.6 here and I too started seeing the three pages ("for you," "browse," and "radio") just spin a few weeks ago. I don't know exactly when this started happening because I normally use iTunes on a more up to date machine, but this has worked for as long as I can remember ... until recent.


I tried all the ideas seen here but found the only thing I could do that did work was to log out on the current iTunes, then remove the iTunes app (I used sudo in terminal and removed the /Applications/iTunes.app), removed my library files (not the actually music) and then downloaded and installed iTunes 12.4.3 https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1892?viewlocale=en_CA&locale=en_CA which does work (albeit with the older interface). I'm happy and this seems like a very reasonable workaround for this older machine.


Hope this helps others....

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May 10, 2019 12:46 AM in response to jonbarratt

iMac late 2009 - OSX El Capitan ; iTunes 12.8.2.3


Had same issue since 4 days ... Called to Apple Support, and after reinstalling OSX El Capitan still same problem... Phoned again to Apple Support with 'senior support member' : problem had nothing to do with my (old) computer nor my OSX ( although problem occurred mostly with El Capitan en older OSX) nor iTunes version but something went wrong in the connection with the Apple Server for Apple Music... he was going to address the problem with the iTunes/Apple Music developers...

This morning the problem was solved at least for me ...

I am again lucky owner of a Mac...


May 17, 2019 12:40 PM in response to jonbarratt

Important detail: I was waiting for it to "fix itself", but nothing happened until I reset the iTunes cache, and immediately Apple Music showed up again. (iTunes>Preferences>Advanced>Reset iTunes Cache). I think the combo of Apple fixing something on their end, plus resetting was what made it work again for me. (on El Capitan).

May 21, 2019 3:14 PM in response to jonbarratt

Well...


The problem with Apple Music remains, but now it's changed.


I can now browse Apple Music and the For You tab and play songs, but trying to add an album or a song to my library pops up a blank dialog box with an animated busy icon that never goes away. Then in the Activity popup, I see "Adding item to library - Canceled".


Argh.


I have a Mac Pro that just missed the cut-off date for upgrading past El Capitan. If Apple Music is going to be OS-dependent I may have to switch to Spotify or something else.

May 24, 2019 11:02 AM in response to jonbarratt

I started experiencing this issue today on my 2017 nTB MacBook Pro, updated with the latest version of Mojave. I initially reset the iTunes cache as suggested on previous posts here, but that did not resolve the issue.


With iTunes "quit" on my MacBook, I opened Apple Music on my iPhone and pressed on the "Browse" and "For You Tabs" and waited for them to load. The next time I opened iTunes, the tabs that were previously blank now had content. I think the issue might have something to do with Apple's servers.

Jun 27, 2019 5:39 PM in response to jonbarratt

Well, I was hoping not to find others with the same problem as I, but here we are. I cannot access the iTunes Store either. It makes it hard to buy anything new when that happens. It all started when I "upgraded" to Mojave 10.14.5 a few weeks ago. I was hoping it would "fix" itself, but alas, here I am. I am using a 2017 iMac (Retina 4K, 21.5 inch) desktop. Can anyone help? With all of the previous replies I've seen, it looks as though Apple may not have a "fix", either. Thanks!

Jul 4, 2019 7:06 AM in response to jonbarratt

Hello, I was wondering if there are any updates to fix the issue the other apple users have reported? I have the same exact issue on my imac 27 inch, mid 2015 system. This issue came out of no where; in which I was surprised as it does get used much.


Issue: No access to itunes radio, can't browse, can't access for you, screen is blank unless you click on "store"

Aug 13, 2019 2:16 PM in response to jonbarratt

Had the exact same issue back in May this year on my Macbook Pro (OS X El Capitan, 10.11.6) and now has cropped up again.


I contacted Apple Support a number of times about this and always seemed to get the same response to just update to macos Mojave which I can't do due to compatibly issues with a number of applications that I use for work.


Pretty disappointed as a paying subscriber. I am already considering switching over to Spotify.

I can't browse Apple Music on iTunes (desktop)

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