Music app problems in Big Sur

I had the same issue - and was able to solve it by selecting the song, and pressing command key, ⌘ + option simultaneously to move it up and down in the playlist.

Hope it works for you too!

That’s exactly what I was using it for. I ended up disconnecting sync from icloud music library and am using my computer as the holder of all things music. I also started purchasing music from other sources because I don’t have the confidence I once had with Music app. I really think it was a mistake for Apple to attempt to force folks to using monthly memberships. While I realize the store is still available, it’s no longer visible as it once was. I am a musician and while I love Apple products I cannot stand what they have done to that part of their platform.

I am having the same problem with my HomePods. I can play to one at a time but not all of them. I can AirPlay to all of them simultaneously using my iPhone or iPad but not from my iMac since upgrading to Big Sur. I have also noticed that in the little airplay drop-down menu each iPod has a little lock icon next to it.

Good news. If I hold down the option key on my iMac while selecting my Homepods under the dropdown menu for Airplay Music will play to any combination of the Homepods. I once again have my music from my library playing throughout the house. While I am glad this is working again it would be nice if Apple gave you some kind of clue as to how to do this. Hope this works for you also "extankerman"!

After more than 2 years, iTunes/Music still have two same major issues (both introduced with Catalina)

1. The soft divides some random records in two parts...
2. During importations, the soft looses the links to the tracks located on the external drives (TB3). The tracks are well put in the folder, but iTunes/Music looses immediately the links, so you have to drag and drop the folder again to the left column...

For me it looks simple to adjust these two gugs... but it seams hard over for the Apple team of developers...

Verified on 5 different clean installations of course...

I am experiencing additional issues. Playlists not syncing with devices, the mouse is really squirrelly, while trying to change the order of songs in a playlist. It literally is changing the screen (similar to when you swipe the top of the mouse to go back or go forward). I wish they'd do a more thorough evaluation. I also can't seem to figure out where the option to select which playlists I want to copy to a device is? Really don't like the whole Finder thing. Ugh. Help.

I noticed yesterday that I no longer have to hold down the option key to airplay to multiple speakers. Not sure what happened! I am still having intermittent drop outs of music however. There does not seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Just drops out on all speakers but if I look at Music it shows the song is still playing.

I've had similar issues with my playlists, as well. A new thing I've also discovered is that when I click on a random playlist in my iTunes, the dock and main menu at the top completely disappear. Even the image that's used as the playlist artwork disappears. I can play the songs, but no dock or main menu to be found. This has got to be a Big Sur issue. I'm regretting the upgrade I did about a week ago!

Same probleme Here. It always say it has lost connexion. iCloud works perfectly on my iPad and iPhone but I cannot make it work on My Mac since Big Sur.

It's really bothering me as I cannot add new CD or songs I like and make them sync.

I contacte Apple... Nothing works. The only way I was able to upload songs was by sharing my 4G connexion. But it uses a lot of data of course ! It seems like Big Sur don't upload via Wi-Fi or ethernet.

Same issues here, plus:

When notifications are on my Mac, every time a Mail notification comes through Music app stops the tune I'm playing while on the treadmill. Yeah, totally inconvenient.

It seems this update creates too many situations where you have to do more instead of less.

I had to restore my entire library and now am stuck in updating Genius which I know is no longer used. I keep getting an erro message saying Music Library file can’t be saved. An unknown error occurred (-3201) This doesn’t look good.

I'm a bit confused... Since a couple of days, one of my playlists is gone. Normally, if I accidentally press delete, I get the "Are you sure you want to delete the playlist" warning. But not this time. I've gone through all of my other playlists, in case I dragged the playlist into a different one by mistake, but nothing.

Does anyone know if this could be a bug? It happened some time after installing Big Sur. I don't want to start to remake the playlist manually in case there is something I can do to find it. Does anyone know? I'm a bit scared of doing a restoration of the whole iTunes library, in case something else goes missing...

MUSIC APP BIG SUR.....THE OLD ITUNES WHEN CONNECTED MY 6THGEN IPOD TOUCH TO IT I SAW ALL MY PLAYLISTS THAT EXISTED IN MY IPOD,I CANNOT SEE THIS HAPPENING WITH THIS NEW MUSIC APP,WHY??.MAYBE I AM DOING SOMETHING WRONG I HAVE CONTACTED APPLE SO MANY TIMES THE SUPPORT TEAMS THEMSELFES COULD NOT WORK IT OUT EVEN AFTER SPEAKING TO A EMPLOYEE HIGHER UP COULD NOT HELP, I PREFER THE OLD ITUNES WHICH I MAY HAVE TO START USING AGAIN.

HOPEFULLY ANY ONE OUT THERE WHO HAS THE SAME PROBLEM AND RECTIFIED THIS PROBLEM I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM PERSONALLY PLEASE....THANK YOU.....EDWARD

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