iTunes Remote app and Catalina Music

Yeah, for me too this change was a dealbreaker. I have transferred all my music to my Mac-mini, and use it as a music server, so I really need the remote app.

Had to use time machine to revert to previous operating system. Not changing to Catalina again until fixed.

Hey! Thanks for the tip! Worked great... One thing I noticed after reinstall. If you go in and turn on home sharing, the app defaults back to the previous behavior, showing content but not playing... Weird. Im wondering, if all you have to do, to get it to work, is turn off home sharing in the remote app...???

Anyway, thanks again!

-JAY

Yup... Catalina 10.15.2. using Apple Music app and the "Itunes remote" app on the iphone and ipad. This started after Catalina/Music app was released.. Before Catalina update I was smooth sailing...

Hi. Thanks for that. How big is your Music library on your Mac? Mine is isn't large but by doing that, it takes forever for the playlists to appear. That's fair enough but when the security screen pops on and you go back to Music, you have to sit and wait for Music to scan or do whatever it is doing. Although the functionality of the Remote is there, the speed is just too slow. Dunno. I've done all the stuff you suggested some time ago and would still like the Remote fixed. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hi John,

Brilliant. I updated all my stuff but only now had a chance to follow your instructions because I noticed that my Catalina Music did not appear on the remote. It does now.

All I did was turn off HomeSharing in the app and turn it back on. Then connect manually for both iPhone and iPad. But I suppose it would be better to get rid of it all by deleting the app and re-installing.

What I have noticed is there is some latency when going back to the playlists; some not much. Also I had two Mojave iTunes libraries connected and they have disappeared completely. No problem as they were the ones I was using when I couldn't connect to Catalina Music.

All I can say is "Cool"! and of course thanks.

Bill

And one more thing...

After posting this and realising that there may be several ways to make this work and that it isn't automatic, I would just think of the procedure as a kludge and not a fix.

I think Apple rolled this out as it would ruin the holiday season for people who got new Macs (they all ship with Catalina).

It does not allow users with family networks of Catalina and Mojave (for example) to share each other's playlists as it did before.

I should imagine a fix will be along in 2020. I hope so.

Bill

Thanks for the update on restoring basic functionality. Volume and speaker selection are back in the Now Playing section of Remote for both phone and watch. The lack of support for Apple Music / Remote is an ongoing concern and hopefully an Apple department will realize Sonos and others are much better options for whole home audio. So frustrating!

So the remote app us updated and is supposed to work with Music in Catalina...

Not for me, I can only control my Movie library? I have the latest IOS and Mac OS and all units on the same network.

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

This is on my iPad

This is on my iPhone

You wonder what Apple are playing at. I installed Catalina to see what it was like before I bought a new MacBook Pro. No need to buy a new MacBook Pro because I know that won't work either. Hmmm

Agreed.. This is a flaky fix.. Not very intuitive... But, it does work for now!

Done and dusted then!

Finally.....