Songs View Jumping to Random Spots After Action

Since the update to Monterey I've been experiencing some weird behavior when adding songs to a playlist (or editing info of a song/album). It seems as soon as Apple Music is done making changes, it just randomly decides to jump to a different spot in my current view.


Example: In the Library - Songs view, I went to an album by the artist "Dave". I selected the 12 songs from the album, two-finger click, Add to Last Playlist, and the Songs view jumps down to Jeezy. Do the same thing for a Turnstile album and it jumps down to Various Artists.


All of my playlists are in the "Songs" view (because the default Playlist view is absolutely worthless), so I cannot say whether this happens in other views.


Another, slightly less annoying bug, is that when using the keyboard to jump to the artist you want (in the example above typing "Dave") the first matching song is highlighted at the bottom of the view, instead of the top as it's been since... forever.


Am I the only experiencing/annoyed by these two bugs?





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Posted on Oct 30, 2021 1:56 PM

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Posted on Feb 22, 2023 1:09 PM

After YEARS of having this issue, Apple Help was finally able to think of a creative solution (work-around).

Background: The issue seems to be related to the Scroll Bar itself and how it receives inputs.


The fix that worked for me: Go to System Preferences > General > "Click on the scroll bar to": 'Jump to the spot that's clicked'


If you select that option, it seems to stop happening. If this works for you then you're probably like me thinking "I can't believe it was that simple and I've been suffering for so long."

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Feb 1, 2022 10:57 PM in response to GeoffreyFourmyle

In another thread, with a very persistent software issue that Apple didn’t care about, it seemed to help that someone took it to 9to5Mac to publish a story https://discussions.apple.com/thread/251905264?answerId=254688053022#254688053022


Anyone wants to do that? I cannot as I only rarely encounter the issue now, only when importing audio files while processing audio levels in the background - otherwise okay.

Mar 19, 2022 1:52 PM in response to valsjo

Yep, still zero change with the latest 12.3 update. So incredibly frustrating. I'm losing hope with every update now.


2019 16" intel chip here.


Thanks for the arrow up work-around; even more efficient than the pause/play method.


Turning off the wifi toggle actually did work for me too but then i'm unable to use Airplay & my HomePods which is how I initially listen and rate/delete/sort my music.


It has to be a bug that involves updating with iCloud or something, it's like it reconfigures and jumps your selection every time you edit/rate/delete a song.

May 8, 2022 10:15 PM in response to dblboinger

I have switched to Rekordbox and will not go back now. So much faster and easier to scrub and move between files as there is a wave form for each song in the playlist. Even without the jumping, Apple music lags most times I try and move a song to a folder even on a brand new pumped up MacBook Pro 16. . Seriously give Rekord box a try, this from a 19 year iTunes user!

Jun 7, 2022 12:13 PM in response to jrdave2304

..after this lengthy duration one should grasp the better idea would be to address Apple directly..


• Product Feedback - Apple

//www.apple.com/feedback/ [-a main portal of entry-]


Chose a most likely candidate; which then should open the Feedback Form

where you can enter; to tell Apple the problem ~ or detail a suggested fix.

(When Apple so decides, it then may use your info entered, to contact you.)


Nov 11, 2021 8:42 AM in response to jrdave2304

I'm finding the Music app is very buggy.


Songs View: Making changes to a selection drops the view down to the very bottom of the list, forcing me to scroll back up to the artist I was making changes to.


Songs View: Music app won't remember how I want to sort (Album by Artist/Year). I have to sort the column manually every time I launch the app. (I've had this issue since Big Sur.)


Spacial Audio says it's not available. I'm using a MacBook Air M1 2020.


In "Get Info" view, when changing the genre I have to select the genre. I used to be able to start typing a genre and it would auto recognize. Auto recognize doesn't work since Monterey upgrade.


Bottom scroll bar is always there... even when there's nothing to scroll left and right for.


I've submitted feedback to Apple.

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