Songs View Jumping to Random Spots After Action

Sometimes clicking on the line in the field before the field being edited it may not jump. In my case it almost always jumps to the very end of the library, sometimes after a pause of a few seconds it jumps back. Most times I have to scroll back to the line edited which remains highlighted, fortunately, but scrolling thru hundreds of songs to get there is tedious. And when I was applying artwork to 40 songs, the program also selected all the songs below the 40 (offscreen and not noticed) and changed all the art and took me 4 hours to correct (no undo available). And Music does not permit direct editing of playlist names, only on the playlist listing which means moving your pointer to the right and editing before moving back to the next playlist to edit that name. And some dialog/edit boxes launch into the same position, covering up part of your playlist and while you can move it, the next time it is back in the same spot and no memory of where you last put it, requiring you to move it again. I have not found a set of actions to have a consistent response. Music is definitely a very poor replacement for iTunes, more labor intensive for simple tasks, not ready for users that edit text and import CD's and music files and make unique play lists. And it takes a long time to quit. I run Music on a MacStudio and Monterey 12.4 and iTunes on my iMac with HiSierra is a better program with none of these bugs.

I have just bought a Mac Studio and have the same problem with Apple Music / Library / Songs.

I have found that tapping the up arrow (you may have to do it twice) returns you to your previous position after making changes.

Hope this helps in some small way. Certainly saves me a lot of time. Let's hope Apple is onto it by the time Ventura comes out.

Thank you, the up arrow is a big help.

Interestingly using a song named aaatest sorts at the end of capital letters, following Z and before numbers. Renaming to Aa atest still sorts after capital Z. Renaming As atest does sort properly.

What exactly is Safe Mode for the macOS Music app?

I'm having this issue of the song list jumping around too. It's awful. Based on the suggesting above, I tried launching Music in Safe Mode (close the app, then relaunch it while holding down Option & Command keys). The problem doesn't seem to exist in Safe Mode.

Safe mode refers only to running the computer system software. You shut down and hold the on button until the computer comes up in safe mode and then you run the music software. Bottom line is that its a widespread problem, my new Mac Studio the first time running the program had the problem as many others have testified. The only helpful workaround so far that I heard was given above by Nooby5au to tap the up arrow key.

"You shut down and hold the on button until the computer comes up in safe mode and then you run the music software."

That's not what I asked about. Reread my comment, as I explained it quite clearly. I'm not talking about restarting or rebooting the Mac. I'm talking about closing the Music app and then, while holding down Option & Command keys, click the Music icon to open the app. The Music app opens in "Safe Mode." But what exactly is the difference between running the Music app in Safe Mode vs running it the normal way?

Guys one workaround that helped me was creating a playlist out of whatever songs/library I was working on. Playlists do not jump around after you make a change etc. Not a fix for every situation but surely a helpful tool for some.

Sorry, missed the distinction. An old article from 2008 says "iTunes safe mode (hold cmd-opt on start iTunes) only turns off plug-ins". I am not aware of that feature in Music, however there is the ability to filter songs for language in playbacks for "safe" listening.

Yeah, it's hard to search for info on many Mac apps since they use generic names. Mail & Music are the worst. Safe Mode is also hard to search because searches bring up rebooting, restarting, and the band Safe Mode, etc.

I've never used any iTunes/Music plug-ins, but I noticed that opening Music in Safe Mode stopped the playlists from jumping around... but it also seemed to prevent me from being able to download music from Apple Music.

I've had this issue of playlists jumping around for years, but it seems like it's gotten significantly worse recently. I'm running the latest update of Monterrey on a late 2014 Mac Mini, but above, people have mentioned having the problem with new M1 Macs too. I have no reason to believe a Monterrey update will solve the problem at all.

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My god, does no one go back and read through threads? If you’re actually serious about this bug go back and read through the whole thread so you’re educated about what’s being discussed. It’s not that hard. Everyone is literally just repeating the same exact thing that’s been said over and over so nothing productive is being brought up in here.

I just said on page 12 I updated to 12.4 and it’s still occurring. I post after every single MacOS update on here.

I also saw more people saying if you turn internet and/or Wi-Fi off the bug doesn’t occur. That’s already been discussed in this thread dozens of times. It’s not even a good workaround. You can’t use HomePods etc. with wi-fi off which I’ve said twice in here now.

It’s only been happening since Monterrey. You’re the only one out of 14 pages I’ve seen that’s said this has been happening ‘for years’. I’ve been following this issue since last September or whenever Monterrey released.

Interesting, I believe you. That makes me worried it won't get fixed on MacOS Ventura then :/.

Sorry for the angry responses everyone I'm just so incredibly frustrated by this bug that affects me every single day.

It is unbelievable to me this bug is still around after so long. It's such a basic thing and so incredibly frustrating. Does no one at Apple use Music? Apple use to care about Music a lot now it seems like barely an afterthought.

I'm using 12.4 and the Apple Music App is still extremely riddled with the bugs and jumpy issues listed here. Also, does anyone else's volume get muted when switching to a bluetooth speaker via Air Play in the Apple Music App?

For me, having a music library of about 19 thousand songs, this is incredibly frustrating. I'll be in the middle of a song on my laptop (via headphones) and all over a sudden it has jumped to a completely random spot in my list of songs. Not to mention anytime I want to do any kind of edit to the MP3 file, be it new cover art, giving it a different genre, renaming the album, etc. it jumps to either the very top of my list or to the bottom after I make the change it doesn't stay on the song I am listening to or making changes to. SO...I made a playlist called "MY MUSIC" and put EVERY SONG in my iTunes in it. If nothing else, while using this list (my songs are grouped by artist, not song title) I can listen to an album and the list doesn't move around on its own. Like most here, this began when I downloaded Monterrey IOS and no one at Apple Tech has any suggestions on how to make it stop.