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Today I've been trying to search for songs on the Music app on my MacBook Pro 16" 2021 (M1 Max) and every time I type in 2 letters it won't allow my to type in a third, the wheel comes up and the app shuts down. Any ideas how to fix this? I have a large library and need to use this feature.
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Actually found a solution for a problem that probably won't ever be fixed on the Music app. I dug deep on the support boards and if you click "view" and then go to "show filter field" you can search that way.
Actually found a solution for a problem that probably won't ever be fixed on the Music app. I dug deep on the support boards and if you click "view" and then go to "show filter field" you can search that way.
Hi Cindy,
It sounds like your Music app is crashing when you use the search feature, and we can help.
You mention that you're seeing the wheel, how long have you waited for this process to complete? How large is the large library in question?
Are you able to use Spotlight Search to find these songs? Try searching a song title in Spotlight.
Here's how to search with Spotlight:
Let us know if that helps.
Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.
Hi Cindy Rosenblum,
If you would like to try other ways to search for music on your device, here's a link to help: Search for music in Music on Mac - Apple Support
For further support, contact Apple Support here: Contact - Official Apple Support
Have a great day.
I don't know exactly how long it takes to crash but it seems to be 5 minutes or less. I can't tell you how large my library is because I can't find anywhere on the apple music app where it tells you the total amount of songs you have. On iTunes this was easy. It must be over 10,000 songs though.
Searching through Spotlight isn't the answer. That will not help me be able to find the songs in the music app in order to drag them to a playlist, which is what I use the search feature in Apple Music for. I've done some research and it looks like this is an awful bug that needs to be worked out. Funny how the search feature works fine in the music store though.
You might try holding down option+cmd as you launch Music to open it in safe mode. This may do some housekeeping on the library which might help with the original issue. As you have found however, the filter field is best for searching for content within your library.
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Thanks, but need a way for the search in the Apple Music app to work.
Thank you, I will try this and see what happens.
Music app closes when trying to search for a song
