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Apple Music won’t load

Apple Music won’t load on my iMac! The “for you” “browse” and “radio” tabs at the top will not load. I just get the spinning loading logo and it never loads! Running OS El Capitan 10.11.6 iTunes version 12.8.2.3. Any help appreciated! Thanks!

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Aug 13, 2019 2:48 PM

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Posted on Sep 18, 2019 11:17 PM

I've had this issue for weeks and thought it was because I hadn't done an update. Now running iTunes 12.8.2.3 and El Capitan 10.11.6. Stuck like everyone else. It works from my iPhone and if I change a playlist on my phone, it changes in iTunes. No access to search other music, browse, or anything else. So frustrating.

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Sep 22, 2019 9:47 AM in response to Jayxtee33

I have a two-year-old MacBook Pro. Same issue. I could go to the trouble of downgrading the iTunes version but if I'm hearing right, that creates sync issues which defeats the purpose. My workaround is to do all my Apple Music updating from my ipad or phone. I would just bail, but I have thousands of songs from my personal library in the cloud that would not be available on another streaming service.


What a loser company — not even the guts to acknowledge to customers that their product is faulty.

Sep 26, 2019 10:44 AM in response to Leaphart3

When I went to update my iPad to iPad OS 13.1 today, iTunes told me that it had an update it needed to apply to itself.


Imagine my surprise when Apple Music started working afterwards.


So, a fix appears to have been pushed, not sure how to trigger it other than launching iTunes. The update process did not go through the App Store for me, so it's possible it won't show up there, and you have to specifically launch iTunes to get the update.


The app version remains at 12.8.2.3 on 10.11.6.

Oct 9, 2019 3:25 PM in response to paweuwro

I am on the new Mac OS 10.15 Catalina that has the new Apple Music app that replaces iTunes. Still have the same issue. It's going on 3 months for me. I have been in touch with Apple Support and at this point its in the hands of the Apple Music engineers. What is very disappointing is I contacted them close to 3 months ago when it started and they still can't fix it.

What I have found is I can log out of my account in Apple Music (on Mac) and click on any of the Playlist in the Browse section. It pops right in and I can see all the music. Log back in to my account and it goes back to the dreaded white screen with spinning icon in the middle. This is on ANY Apple Music playlist.

Every day I open Apple Music on my Mac, go to a playlist with the hope that it will be fixed and every day I am disappointed.

Oct 10, 2019 2:14 AM in response to dvlee

Likewise, no spinning icon now which does suggest someone is working on the problem! Was thinking of getting a new iMac - after all current one is 10 years old and has served me well - but seems like this problem may still be there with Catalina and new Apple Music app. I've already spent hours on live chat and phone with Apple Support so not sure where to go from here ...

Apple Music won’t load

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