Apple Music cutting out

poor advice. Apple needs to fix the issue, not me spending hours removing then reuploading music. Also, it's Apple Music streaming that does this...

wow, this worked for me! I've been dealing with skipping music on my Mac for ages - first a 2016 MBP and now a 2021 M1 Pro MBP - when using either AirPods Pro or AirPods Max.

Ticking the "Lossless audio" checkbox under Audio Quality did the trick - no need to switch between High and Lossless quality. Unticking the checkbox reintroduces the issue.

Actually, now that I'm looking at this screen, what does this checkbox even do? My working configuration is to enable Lossless but select High Quality (instead of Lossless) in the following two drop downs. The checkbox seems to conflict with the dropdown and does not make sense to me.

Were you able to resolve this issue? I have been having the same problem and it is very frustrating.

This is happening with more and more songs on my Apple Music and it’s extremely irritating. A song starts, and then just stops cold about 15 secs in. They need to fix this!

Hello Kori,

It would appear from your post that Apple Music is having multiple issues.

Be sure to power cycle the iPhone. While simple, this can refresh the iOS, apps and connections.

If the issue continues, tap on Settings > Music and toggle Sync Library off. Wait 15 seconds and then toggle it back on. 

If it is only an issue with certain tracks, remove those tracks and download them again.

Cheers.

How do i find these settings

Same issue here - Toggling the quality between HiRes and Lossless seemed to fix it for me straight away.

Preferences>Music>Audio Quality

Change Wifi-Streaming from Lossless to HiRes and then back again.

The change seems to be instant, so if you are listening to a song you will hear it cut briefly while it switches between the 2 modes.

I never had this issue when I had Verizon. Now that I switched to AT&T it started happening. I believe it has to do with signal. Admittedly my Verizon wireless service was much better than why I have now. It is really frustrating especially since the music is downloaded so it should not be pausing. PlayStation does something similar. Even if you own a game and it is downloaded digitally to the console, when your wifi goes it you are unable to play that game. It’s horrible and very annoying.

I've been dealing with this issue all morning - AirPods Pro didn't work - Sonos had the same issue when Airplaying from my MBP - I plugged my laptop into the Apollo Twin X with studio monitors and had the same issue - restarted my MacBook, no change - restarted internet, no change. SO ... I went into my Music Preferences, downgraded to regular audio from Hi-Res, then re-upgraded to Hi-Res ... haven't had the issue since. It must have had a glitch in streaming the Hi-Res audio.

I found a solution … I went into my Music Preferences, downgraded to regular audio from Hi-Res, then re-upgraded to Hi-Res ... haven't had the issue since. It must have had a glitch in streaming the Hi-Res audio. Lmk if this helps you.

Experiencing this same issue... Apple music cuts out periodically from iMac only when streaming on a hardwired excellent WiFi connection. When I stream from my old iPhone 8 that has never been updated, it streams perfectly. Another case of Apple updates completely ruining my music experience that I am paying a lot of money for! I am beyond mad and frustrated... trying to keep it clean.

this happens to me all the time. No reason as I do nothing. One of the foibles of Apple cloud services. Not great at all.

I tried doing this now none of my music is loading back to my apple music :)

did you sort it out at all? It happens to me constantly. Stops playing mid song. Have to quit Music app and start again. Happens on my iPhone and brand new macbook M1 too.