Songs View Jumping to Random Spots After Action

I'm on an iMac M1, and the issue is actually worse for me at this point - any interaction with a song on the list causes this behavior (for me it used to only be "Loving" a song). And I have done a complete reinstall last fall and that did not fix the issue.

Same here - Not working.

Funny enough I tried logging out of Apple music and my library and then logging back in. While it is loading the artwork it works perfectly and doesn't jump around, but as soon as that process is complete, it's broken again.

Wonder if 12.3 Beta1 will fix it - I wont hold my breath.

Updated to 12.2 , and trying to sort, it flops all over the place. Also, still cutting random song at :15 seconds (mostly matched songs). Super frustrating. Hard to believe this bug hasn't been fixed.

I pay a monthly fee for Apple Music, annual fee for Apple Music Match, thousands of $$$ in previously purchased music, where is the support?

Having the same annoying bug. It was there with macOS 12.1 and it has not been fixed in macOS 12.2.

I have a 50k song library and it is so frustrating trying to edit any song (rating, renaming, deleting...).

The same thing is happening to me!

When in the "songs" library the list will jump around from the song that is presently playing too usually the bottom of the song list, not playing a different song but jumping to a different spot in the music list. I have to type in the artist I was first listening to to get back to that artist... But then it will do it again! Very frustrating!!!

Another issue I am having with Apple Music is in “View Options” I have checked off that I want to see when each song in a Playlist was “Last Played”. This option always worked before I upgraded. Now it doesn’t work.

They should fix these bugs before they announce an upgrade.

Still an issue here. Im a DJ and use Itunes to narrow down massive playlists into sub segments of 20 or 30 tracks for gigs/mixes. This bug is a nightmare making an already painful process even more unbearable. The screen jumps all over the playlist and I have to move around every time I remove a tracks/move to another playlist etc.

Sort it out Apple !

my 2016 Mac is still doing the random song switch after actions.

My 2020 mac doesn't so im guessing its just an issue with older chips.

Be nice if apple could comment on this thread and clarify the issue

Same here (MacBook Pro mid-2015 running 12.2.1)

For the longest time it was possible (and useful) at the top of a column in Songs View to type the first couple letters of an artist, an album or a song and be transported to the library section starting with those letters. No more.

Also, attempts to scroll down within a column in Songs View (eg. artist) often are met with the view popping back to the top of said column. Weird.

A fix is needed and fast.

Monterey 12.2.1 and still very much have this issue. Huge iTunes Match library of both ripped and purchased songs that Apple Music seems to constantly struggle with, so I assume that's the problem. Very frustrating — currently hitting pause/play twice to get back to what's playing when I'm rating songs. Constantly taking me to the end of my entire playlist. At least I never suffered the lost ratings bug that others describe.

If networking/wifi's the problem, then clearly all Apple needs to do is make refreshes far less intrusive (or far less frequent). I suspect they're trying to constantly sync to the cloud as if we all have tiny music libraries, and as if no one ever uses iTunes Match, because either of those would rapidly defeat any constant syncing. Many of us multitask while working with or listening to music and can't possibly turn off networking — sadly the solution would be worse than the problem.

I've turned off Apple Music library on my Mac for the time being and just using the music I've purchased over the last 15 years and the CDs I've ripped. I still use Apple Music on my iPhone since there is no issues with that. Apple Music works great on iTunes in Windows as well. I wish Apple would just build Music as an actual desktop application like iTunes was versus an app. I will never get over the heartbreak of them discontinuing iTunes among other Apple products.

I cancelled my Apple Music subscription as I couldn't stand anymore this bug. Unfortunately, the Music app keeps jumping to a random place in the library whenever I edit any song.

It is so annoying. At least, now that I am free from the music service, I can manage my library with some other software. I will look for alternatives.

Shame on you, Apple. I reported the bug to Apple months ago, but it seems they don't care at all. Mail has been having the same annoying bugs since Catalina, even acknowledged by Apple, but never fixed. I am not expecting them to dedicate any effort to fix this one.

Apple makes trillions... whether Music works or not. What a long way from the alternative, user-centred company Steve founded many years ago. Nowadays, money seems the only thing they care about.

@Monqueles - thanks for the input. However I do not think this bug is caused/influenced by Chrome. I do not use Chrome, and the bug occurs anyhow.

I‘m not a software developer - but for me it looks that when a Music library object‘s attributes are changed either via the Information dialogue window or directly in the list view, then, when the change/edit function or method ends, the stored ‚return pointer’ for the cursor‘s original list position get‘s somehow overwritten - and provides then a wrong back-jump address for the cursor position in the list. I have not been able to figure out a dedicated pattern in the wrong behavior yet.

I'm using Monterey 12.3.1 and this bug persists. Any time I save changes to ANYTHING in my library, it almost without fail jumps to either the very bottom of my library (!!! is my last artist) or it jumps to some other random spot. But usually it's the bottom of the library. Very annoying. I'm actually shocked at the quality control's steadily diminishing returns since the glory days of iTunes working flawlessly.

As posted before, use your up arrow to return. For some reason for me the jumps have become fewer, maybe I have got use to the magic mouse and how to handle it which I have wondered if it was a factor.