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Apple Music offline stops intermittently

Looks like this is an ongoing issue that others have also pointed out. In my case I have offline lossless music downloaded and the music just randomly stops playing. After 10 seconds if I hit play again it will start working. I’m not streaming music so it’s NOT a connectivity issue. Restarted, reconfigured Bluetooth headset, restarted iPhone same issue persists. Clearly there is no issue in the file as the track doesn’t play out eventually.


Spotify worked seamlessly offline - can someone look into this?

iPhone 12 Pro

Posted on Jun 15, 2021 1:04 PM

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Posted on Jun 16, 2021 1:12 PM

I’m having the problem when I’m offline

the music stops playing after a few seconds and won’t play when I hit play

and when I skip to next song it happens again

it does get better when connected to internet

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Jul 26, 2021 9:31 AM in response to BNM543

So after trying all the fixes of deleting and redownloading, etc and nothing working I reverted to Spotify. After 3 months with Apple Music I had forgotten how much better the Spotify experience is; ability to seamlessly switch music from phone to Echo device, to home stereo receiver, better curated playlists (IMO), my partner can add music to the queue while listening, and a much better PC app (the iTunes app on a PC is a huge resource hog). And of course, I can now listen to music again whilst not connected to the Interwebs. Granted the playlist curation is a personal taste, but the rest are just better functionality/usability.

Apple Music offline stops intermittently

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