Shuffle does not work on some of the playlists from Apple Music library

From My Library using my playlists, shuffle does not work on some. It’s only a handul of lists this happens with, and I haven’t found any variable that would explain why one list works and another doesn’t.


I’ve read similar threads and tried some of those suggestions. I don’t subscribe to apple music so it’s not an auto play issue. I’ve tried all the usual closing the app, checking for/installing updates, shutting down the phone, and still the same result: when I open the list, I can play it in straight order. When I try to shuffle though, the play window just reads ‘not playing’. When I expand that window it reads ‘no music in list’.



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iPhone 15 Pro Max

Posted on Nov 29, 2024 10:04 AM

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Posted on Nov 30, 2024 1:29 PM

Update: Figured this out on my own. Realized that it was only happening with Holiday music. About 12 years ago when uploading holiday music I chose to exclude it from shuffle. At the time I just wanted to not have holiday music play when i was shuffling my whole library. Ironically, it didn’t work for that, so I just forgot about it. I do have to go back in now and correct that for those discs.

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Nov 30, 2024 1:29 PM in response to Bocia

Update: Figured this out on my own. Realized that it was only happening with Holiday music. About 12 years ago when uploading holiday music I chose to exclude it from shuffle. At the time I just wanted to not have holiday music play when i was shuffling my whole library. Ironically, it didn’t work for that, so I just forgot about it. I do have to go back in now and correct that for those discs.

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