Tahoe broke my AppleScript for Music

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Tahoe broke my AppleScript for Music

I had a simple setup: every day at a specified time, a Calendar event would trigger an AppleScript.

The AppleScript was simple enough: all it did was tell the Music app to play the specified playlist.

set volume 1
tell application "Music"
 activate
 play user playlist "name of playlist"
end tell

The script was working just fine, until I updated to Tahoe.

Now, all it does is play just one song from the entire playlist.

You don't even see any of the other songs in the "Continue Playing" section.

Please help! How do I fix this? What am I missing?

iMac 24″, macOS 26.0

Posted on Oct 6, 2025 7:56 PM

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Answer 1

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MacFanGurl Author

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Oct 12, 2025 2:36 PM in response to MacFanGurl

So... I wandered over to Reddit to see if others have been facing a similar issue. And I found someone with a similar issue.

In there, I found out that there is an issue that Apple needs to fix with connecting the Music app and AppleScript. Meanwhile, another user said that the Scripting function works with catalog (library) songs.

I asked Perplexity to help me write an AppleScript with this info, and here's the script I got. Thought I'd share it here, in case someone else needs it.

tell application "Music"
set songList to {¬
"First Song Name", ¬
"Second Song Name", ¬
"Third Song Name", ¬
"Fourth Song Name", ¬
"Fifth Song Name", ¬
"Sixth Song Name"}
repeat with aSong in songList
play (first track of playlist "Library" whose name is aSong)
delay 5 -- Wait a few seconds for the command to register
-- Wait until the song finishes before playing the next one
repeat while player state is playing
delay 1
end repeat
end repeat
end tell

Worked like a charm! ✨

This new script will certainly help tide things over till Apple fixes this issue.

Thank you all, for your inputs and insights. 🙏 I really appreciate it.

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Answer 2

turingtest2

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Oct 7, 2025 5:18 AM in response to MacFanGurl

The same script works here. I assume the playlist works normally if you select it and then start playing the first track? Make sure that all items in the list are checked, as unchecked items are skipped during track to track or shuffle playback.

tt2

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Answer 3

Nov 5, 2025 8:33 AM in response to MacFanGurl

I had the same problem. Simple scripts to select a Playlist and then start playing that playlist result in only playing the first song. It also causes some weird lag in actually playing the music on occasion. This is the code I used that will select the playlist and then start playing it.

tell application "Music"

try

set thePlaylist to playlist "PlaylistName"

end try

play thePlaylist

end tell

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Answer 4

Oct 11, 2025 1:51 AM in response to MacFanGurl

Where did you find the script? If there’s a source maybe the author published an updated version? If you aren’t familiar with script writing some AI tools might be able to help you create a new one that works with the current OS and all you have to do is paste it.

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KumarMP

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Oct 18, 2025 8:41 AM in response to Waffle0027

all the steps.. checked songs in playlist. made new script in Tahoe. still does not shows track being played in playlist and stops after first track. all this points to Tahoe(26.0, 26.0.1), and will have to wait for 26.1 to fix this!

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MacFanGurl Author

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Oct 7, 2025 11:23 AM in response to turingtest2

Hi,

Thank you for testing this out, and for replying.

Yes, the playlist works normally when I click on either play or shuffle when I do this manually.

However, when I use this script, it ends up playing just one track and then stops. This happens with all the playlists. And yes, the tracks are all checked.

I even tried to fiddle around with the Automation feature, now within the Shortcuts app on my iMac. Nothing seems to work.

I really don't know what I'm doing wrong here.

Is there any way to test or check if something could be amiss?

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MacFanGurl Author

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Oct 9, 2025 10:48 AM in response to Waffle0027

Hi,

Thanks for replying!

How should I revise the script?

I also checked the permissions in the Settings - Privacy & Security and re-enabled my script/app.

Nothing works. Not for my playlist, not for any other playlist.

Is there a way to check if something is amiss? That way, we can identify the actual issue and resolve it.

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VikingOSX

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Nov 5, 2025 1:39 PM in response to MacFanGurl

I happen to have a playlist named Internet Songs. In it, I dragged and dropped the .pls file from the radio station website so the playlist looks like this:

Note that Highlander Radio is the third item in this song list. The following AppleScript gets a list of all of these and their URLs and then chooses item 3 (Highland Radio) which plays continuously. I do not subscribe to any of these Internet radio stations.

use scripting additions

tell application "Music"
	activate
	set theCelticChannels to (every track of playlist "Internet Songs")
	-- play Highlander Radio which is the third entry in this playlist
	-- Site: https://tunein.com/radio/Highlander-Radio-s165851/
	-- Apple Music location: http://51.161.115.200:8094/listen.pls?sid=1
	play (open location of item 3 of theCelticChannels)
end tell
return

Tested: Tahoe 26.1

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Answer 9

Oct 7, 2025 11:44 AM in response to MacFanGurl

You might have to just revise your script as OS updates tend to change the code in some software components

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Answer 10

MacFanGurl Author

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Nov 5, 2025 12:23 PM in response to MacFanGurl

So it looks like MacOS Tahoe 26.1 fixed this issue! 🙌

I updated my Mac last night, and tried out the old script and it worked! 🙌

Thank you everyone for all your insights and inputs! 🙏

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