Search Option Missing in the iTunes music store On MAC

Before the upgrades, itunes was the center of your media experience. If you wanted to play music or watch a movie, it was all. in that one app. When I downloaded a new movie I dragged it over to itunes. From this app I could play it, edit , anything. This same library, same app, had all of my usic, audiobooks, Podcasts. All toegether. Now if I want to hear a song, that I uploaded from my CDs for instance....if I type out the name of the song, I an directed to the STore, so I can buy it or rent it or whatever. But it avoids my personal collection. If I want to play a song that I own, I have to go fumbling thru a long list of 500 titles till I find it. Otherwise I take a chance I may be charged for hearing it. Of course I can go to Finder and SEARCH....but why should I?. If you remember the way iTunes was before Catalina you will see the difference.

Its not a complicated question. Bring up upur music app. Then type out the name of a song or podcast that YOU uploaded. Nothing from the store. ie maybe a song from your old CD collection. A song YOU OWN. You will be directed to the store, where you can rent it or buy it. How "wunnnerful" I can rent my own song. Or buy it again. WHy doesnt it just take me to the song I uploaded. years ago. I dont get it. Im not new to Apple. I have been around quite a while. SO I dont need a lesson. Just fix it or tell me what mysterious way there is now.

I trust Apple now make its own Trap in design.

Please put back the search bar back to original position.

"Top-Right" side.

BTW, I can see Apple now want to KILL iTunes, all off design seem to degrade "iTunes" function.

I'm very very upset and looking to move to other musics shop to buy music.

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I’ve used i-Tunes for years and recently upgraded my laptop.

I want to search the songs in my library, but it takes you out of your library... ???

Why can’t I just search my library and the song appear without it jumping out of my library.

Very very annoying and painful to use, the old way was much much better.

Maybe it's different on a laptop. On my iMac it doesn't take me out of my library. When I search for a song it shows me all the versions of it that I have in my library, i.e. live version, studio version, bootleg version, whatever. Then I click on which one I want and it takes me there.

I figured out where they put the link to the iTunes store and then i could search. Putting everything in the same menu row makes sense to me - one search box to search anything to do with music. The only problem I have ever had with Apple changing things was when they abandoned iWeb as I had a nice website up and running there.

Yes, and it was very easy to create a website. In order for me to edit mine I've had to use my 12 year old Mac to do it because the new one doesn't support it (I also use my old one for Photoshop CS2). Anyway I just designed a new website and it really is better than the old one.

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For reference, I am running Catalina, with iTunes version 1.0.5.14 (the current version as of this post)

SEARCHING YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION CAN BE DONE TWO WAYS. ONE IS A LITTLE-KNOWN SECRET - READ ON!

HERE ARE THE TWO WAYS TO SEARCH YOUR MUSIC COLLECTION IN ITUNES / MUSIC APP OSX:

1. As noted by FoxFilth and others, use the search field in the upper left corner of the Music App (OSX) and after entering some text in the field, choose where you want to search. Pretty basic. BUT this method returns results in clunky playlist format.
2. TO SEARCH YOUR LOCAL SONGS, just like with the old iTunes "Search" field, first click on SONGS (in Library), then click OPTION-COMMAND-F TO REVEAL THE HIDDEN "FILTER" FIELD. This works like a charm for searching your local library. OMG, I was so happy when I found it! Hope it helps you, too! Please click the "Helpful" button below this comment if you think it will help others!

I do not have a search option in iTunes Music store (Catalina)

I DO NOT have a search bar on either side of my iTunes Music Store page, either.

Thats disappears when you are in the "songs' Section . View Artwork is also gone. The search field logs itself out. It is ridiculous.

Honestly how much trouble would it have been for them to make the search bar sticky, like of course people are losing it if they are able to scroll past it.

Categories option is missing from my AppStore how i get it.

Thanks! Worked perfectly !

Nice playlist, Roth91!

Good news: after lots of aimless tinkering, the search window has appeared.