Some songs randomly don’t play.

Hey Earl3536,

We'd be happy to help out. Sounds like some songs randomly aren't playing in the Music app of your Mac mini.

This is more often than not related to a connection issue, but could also be an issue with the content attempting to play. To start, make sure you don't have a VPN enabled on your Mac, and ensuring you have a strong reliable connection with your home Wi-Fi. If you do, but still experiencing this behavior, restart your modem/router and test further.

If things still don't improve, try testing in safe mode to further isolate the issue. To do so, restart your Mac and hold the Shift key until you reach the login screen and test further. For more info, check out: How to use safe mode on your Mac - Apple Support

If all else fails and only impacting some songs, delete them from your library and add them back.

The steps above should help us further determine the root of the issue and we look forward to hearing the results.

Take care!

Are the songs which don’t play, were they purchased from Apple, or something created with Logic or GarageBand?

If it’s Logic or GBand then it’s most likely the;

export of the file with,

• encoded format;AIFF,WAV etc
• the sample speed; 44khz to 192khz or
• bit depth; 16 or 24 bit

try exporting with AIFF, 44khz, 16bit depth

which is standard CD audio