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Music no longer providing Play Next and Play Later options?

Starting yesterday, I can no longer queue albums to play next or play later - the menu options are simply not there any more. Help still claims that they are available. I don't recall, but I may have updated my Music app the day before. I have tried restarting iTunes, restarting the computer, and even updating to the latest OS, but these options, which I have used for years (I typically queue up 5 albums at a time) are no longer there. I now must start each album manually when the previous one finishes.


I am currently using Music 1.3.4.56 on an M1 MacBook Pro, under macOs 13.3.1. My music library consists mostly of CDs I have manually imported into the app - I do not use streaming services.

MacBook Pro (2021)

Posted on May 9, 2023 2:06 PM

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Jul 6, 2023 9:30 PM in response to long_time_apple_iTunes_user

I am on Music 1.3.5.8 and can confirm there are no options to add an Album or a Song to "Play Later" or "Play Next".


I can see the options in the "Song" menu in the top menu bar, but cannot select those options with an Album or a Song selected.


Where did these options go? I am feeling lost on how to setup a once off Playlist now, without creating an actual playlist.


Any ideas?

Jul 6, 2023 9:40 PM in response to frodosghost

I know this doesn't help you immediately, but it might give you hope: A few weeks after I posted the original message, I noticed that the "Play Later" and "Play Next" menu items had returned, and I have been using Music as before ever since then. I don't know what happened since it did not appear to coincide with an OS update or anything like that. Something must have changed, then changed back. (Maybe there are two different implementations of some dynamically linked library code somewhere in the system? Or I was hit by some sort of virus?)

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