Searching My Library in Music (iTunes) Results in WRONG Songs Playing.

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Searching My Library in Music (iTunes) Results in WRONG Songs Playing.

The Music transition has been just a pain for me, so I'm checking to see if the issue is me.

In iTunes, I'd do a quick search to find all music (let's say..."EPCOT"). I then select "See All." All "EPCOT" tagged results are showing. Next, I start playing one of the songs in the list. After that song plays, Music just seems to select random stuff that is not in the results. This happens whether shuffle is on or off.

Why doesn't this thing just...work? I had iTunes from the first release and never had this bizarreness.

Is Music incapable of playing songs for the search results?

Thanks y'all!

Posted on Mar 6, 2021 5:05 PM

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Answer 1

CarlAVII

Community Specialist

Mar 8, 2021 5:12 PM in response to Adam F

Hello Adam,

We would like to see how we can help. Which version of macOS are your currently running? Are you an Apple Music member? Check out the steps in this link to be sure shuffle is not on: Repeat and shuffle music

Cheers!

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Answer 2

Sean_B1

Community Specialist

Mar 12, 2021 9:36 AM in response to Adam F

Hello Adam,

Thank you for the reply. What you're describing may actually be the Genius feature in Music. You can use these instructions to see if you have Genius enabled:

Use Genius Shuffle or Genius Playlists in Music on Mac

Cheers!

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Answer 3

Adam F Author

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Mar 8, 2021 11:42 PM in response to CarlAVII

Hi Carl,

Thank you for the reply. I'm running 10.15.7. I'm not an Apple Music member. I double-checked that repeat and shuffle are both off (checked the link). The problem is still happening. Songs that aren't in the search results ("All Results") are playing. It appears that the "Playing Next" list is auto-populating with random selections. I've tried clearing and restarting the search results, but the "Playing Next" list just re-populates.

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