Songs View Jumping to Random Spots After Action

As I look over the list of people with this same problem (‘jumping’) music files, it appears that no one from Apple has jumped in on this discussion nor have any one of those responders who are only to eager and are able to help with assorted challenges with Apple software.

That situation tells me several things that have already been mentioned in various over the last several months of this discussion: 1) Apple has no desire to fix this issue because 2) they do not know how to fix it since moving from Intel to M1 may have reduced those familiar with coding to fewer capable personnel or 3) it is too big of a problem for them to handle other than start back in square one.

There is the possibility that, other than high-end professional production, Apple is moving away from a user-friendly music app for collectors (listeners and fans) at the desktop level, focusing only only iPhones and iPads. The last “Apple events” have been much more about the sizzle than the steak. I am remembering some of the jokes about Windows some years back... .

I am not going to jump ship here, as I have been an Apple fan both at home and in the classroom (in music classes) for along time.

It would be nice if someone would or could join in to help solve this issue. I like a bunch of others am beginning to feel like a Cubs fan...’Wait ’til next year!'

Mac mini 2020, 16GB, 1TB SD, OS 12.2.1

GraceProf, I've actually forwarded this thread to the engineer who was helping me, and I have not heard back. I will follow up in the next couple of days to see if I can get the case reopened and this thread attached.

The weirdest thing is that I recently submitted feedback on a Keynote bug and the iWork team wrote me about two days later and we're in touch trying to identify the problem, which is - btw - much less annoying than this Music bug.

Apple... where are you? Have you guys all submitted the feedback about it? I did.

I dont use Music so much im my 2020 mac but i thought id test it and there is no jumping around.

So im figuring its a chip issue as they are both on the same OSX version.

My issue is with my 2016 macbook only. very annoying as thats where i keep all my my music and the one i take out for djing/sound engineering

Hm the jumping is back after latest upgrade. :-(

I think Music app is the worst on Mac. Zero quality control!? What is happening Apple? Don´t you want people to subscribe to Music. Should we all use Spotify instead? Please fix this annoying bugs?

I assume the problem lies in the html5 GUI in Music app. Call med old, but I miss the "older" GUI which was not html based.

APPLE WHAT ARE YOU LITERALLY F****** DOING? My grandmother can write software better than you. MAN FLIES TO THE MOON, but we can't organize music without THIS ISSUE? You're out of your overpriced mind. this is infuriating to the highest level.

The biggest issue with spotify is that they don't have a freaking master LIBRARY. like there is zero way to manage music on a global scale with Spotify, it's nothing but playlists. I hate it to death more than Apple Music. If you have an artist saved in multiple playlists and you want to show someone/hear all the songs you have by that person, it's not possible.. there's nowhere with a library list of all the artist you have saved and all their respective songs.

Thank you guys for keeping this thread alive. As i've said before in this thread, by far the most frustrating Apple bug I've ever experienced. Nothing else even compares.

Also said this before in here but the Wi-Fi turn off doesn't work for people who use their MacBooks with HomePods.

I will be checking in after every software release. Release 12.4 did absolutely nothing to address the issue, once again. Please fix this Apple! You are better than this!

So sad, I wonder if its an M1 issue, my 2018 Mac Mini never experienced this, now with the Mac Studio, this ridiculous bug, so simple and silly yet so ridiculously frustrating, I rely on iTunes but this makes it almost unusable.

Unbelievably frustrating. I did not find that updates fixed anything. Certainly began with Monterey. Have been on phone for hours with Apple support. No answers. Sorting also does not seem to work correctly. FYI in songs view if playing a song formerly you could click title and it would go to all songs with same name - no longer works? Any help greatly appreciated

Still Incredibly wonky. Jumpy, not saving changes to playlists or library. This is all happening on my MAC which I bought in 2020. Honestly, I just have learned to live with an inferior app. I have put too much time, money on my library to switch.

I've been using Apple Music /iTunes since more than 18 years now. Tons of songs, well managed and tagged. I've spent hundreds of hours with it and a lot of money... But this bug is making crazy. Using Apple Music for tagging and managing songs and playlists is *fully unsatisfactory* at this stage.

Does anybody have a status on if this bug is actually tracked and tackled by Apple? - Or is the number of users keeping song tagging as it is and using only standard playlists actually the majority so that we, as 'effective users', are a minority which can be ignored by Apple?

Any 'official' information available?

Adding my voice to the chorus. Same problem. Usability is nil. Terribly frustrating to not be able to make a single edit or change to a playlist without losing my spot. Happens after every single action.

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.

"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?