Music App - Search error: "Something went wrong. Please try again later."

I've had the same issue today. Some testing has led me to conclude that I can search successfully if I only input a single word. As soon as it's multiple words, I get the error.

I'm not aware of any workarounds, other than hoping whatever you're looking for has a unique word in it.

A quick check on the status page doesn't indicate any current issues with Apple Music.

That said, it happens sometimes that the Music app acts up.

Parts of it are essentially web pages that are being loaded within the app.

You've already tried signing out and signing back in as well as restarting your MacBook.

Only other thing that that comes to mind offhand is to make sure you don't have a firewall, VPN or other process that could affect your network connection in ways that might inadvertently block (parts of) the Apple Music service.

This could also be happening at the network level (e.g., modem, router, etc.) so if you do have another device on hand like an iPhone be sure to test if that one shows any issues as well while connected to the same network.

If all else fails and the issue persist then I suggest you reach out to support at https://getsupport.apple.com/topics

Click on "Show more" under Apps & Services and select Apple Music.

I am also having this issue. Just wanted to let anyone else affected that I have reported this issue up to Level 3 support at Apple and they're handing it off to the development team.

It does not appear to be account related as we did some testing, including using a fresh account on the same machine with the same issue. Appears to be specific to that version of Apple Music or MacOS. This is occurring for me on OS 14.7.

Can confirm this works for me too. One word search and no error. The only thing that has changed for me is that I just got a new iphone 16 pro max. Nothing else has changed. I am on OS 14.5

Happy to see it's not just me. Hoping for a quick fix.

Same issue, started today, but only on MacBook Air, not my iPhone which is fine.

Just yesterday signed up for Apple Music+ and search was fine. Weird.

Tried the one word search and it worked, but worthless when first and last name are common w/hundreds of results.

Frustrating, hoping Apple is working on a fix.

In the meantime, I'll try updating system from Sonoma 14.4.1 to Sequoia 15.0.1 to see if that helps. If so, I'll post results.

YES! It took hours, but installing Sequoia 15.0.1 absolutely worked.

I'm now able to successfully search using multiple keywords on my MacBook.

Issue resolved.

Same problem. It's been going on since October 10th. I've tried signing out (on all devices) and signing back in. Didn't work. I've tried re-starts etc.

Can't find a fix.

I’m experiencing the same issue. The Music app on my Apple TV is also affected. What parts of the country do you who have the issue live in. I'm in the midwest. It could be a server issue on Apple’s end.

Same for me on macOS Sonoma 14.7 on an M1 MacBook Pro.

Happens in Safe Mode and only affects searches with multiple words (but not all multiple word searches).

For example, searching "the fly" works but "learn to fly" fails. Searching "the time" works but "what time is it" fails.

I've been asked to reinstall macOS and if that fails it might be escalated to the senior team. I'm not doing that right now as it's affecting multiple users.

This does not affect macOS Ventura as I have a MacBook Air M2 on 13.5.1 and that's working.

Same here, it has been going on/off for some weeks, seems the place where you will type you search term is rather touchy.

Sometimes I take my iPad and get the answer promptly, mostly, but its a strange situation.

Music has been rock solid "always"

GreyT

I have just now updated my MacBook Pro to Sequoia 15.0.1 and that fixed the music search item :-)

GreyT

Don't want to update the OS (facepalm) for one app, will wait for the fix.

I have the same problem on my iMac macOS 14.7 and Mac mini macOS 14.7. It doesn't appear on my MacBook Air M1 with macOS 15.0.1.

One word searching is a workaround for me since I use the Mac mini as a streamer connected via USB to my Hegel amplifier. I hope this gets fixed.