Apple Music crashing after iMac Sequoia OS 15 update

Hi All,

I installed the Sequoia OS 15 update on my M3 iMac, and now Apple Music crashes after about 15 minutes of use, when I try to drag a song into another playlist. Is this a known bug, and if so, when is the new update coming out to fix it?

Thanks,

Steven

iMac 24″, macOS 15.0

Posted on Sep 29, 2024 8:35 AM

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Posted on Feb 1, 2025 4:04 PM

Also experiencing this since I updated to Sequoia 15.2, and finally identified the conditions under which this happens:


If you drag and drop a song in a playlist, and that playlist is set to view "as Playlist" in the "View" settings, and the song you try to drag does not have an album title, then Apple Music main thread crashes with a swift::swift_dynamicCastFailure.


If you try to drag the same song with the "View" set to "as Songs", or any other view besides "as Playlist", then there is no crash.


If you edit the metadata of the song to have an album title, and then allow the playlist UI to refresh by clicking on the playlist in the sidebar again, and then attempt to drag the song, then the app will not crash.


In contrast, if you edit a song without an album title to have an album title, save, but do not allow the playlist UI to refresh (so that the UI is still not showing an album title), and then try drag the song, the app will crash.


This is reproducible every time.


This is a SwiftUI bug and has nothing to do with the specific of the song, or even the underlying metadata. The temporary workaround is to view your playlists "as Songs".


OS: macOS 15.2 (24C101)

Apple Music: 1.5.2



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Mar 9, 2025 2:17 PM in response to seymour-apple

I'm having the same issue as the guys who mentioned the music app on Mac keeps crashing when moving songs to another playlist. Mine crashes even when I try to rearrange the song prder in a playlist. It literally crashes every time since I've upgraded the OS X to the latest one. My crash report is below, can someone please advise what this report shows and what I should do to rectify this issue, the report below is like another language to me, don't underdstand any of it, maybe someone on here can make sense of it and reply back to me? Thanks guys!



Mar 10, 2025 6:06 AM in response to Mac Jim ID

My Apple Music is usable again, without crashes, but I am still running 15.1.1. I'm afraid to update! Unfortunately, I have been having song art glitches. If I try to delete the existing art, it won't highlight and give me the option. I found that if I click it "softly," that it will let me select. If I click "firmly" it won't. I don't know if that makes sense. Then sometimes it behaves normally. My 4 pane art preview at the top of my list sometimes shows up as just red too. On my phone it shows up correctly sometimes, and sometimes not. Very frustrating bug!

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