Ever since the macOS 26 update the status bar doesn't show anymore in the Music app. There's no way to see how many songs are selected or the duration of multiple selected songs. The option to show/hide the status bar is still in the menu, it just doesn't do anything now. Is this a bug? An oversight? Is the status bar being removed but they forgot to remove the menu option to show/hide it?
MacBook Air
you can’t view the MB of a playlist without the status bar. That feature of iTunes was left out of the Music app for some unexplained reason. Many of us have music on our devices. You can’t manage it very easily without that status bar showing not only the number of songs, but the amount of memory it’s going to consume when you sync a device to your Mac music library.
please give Apple feedback here: Feedback - Apple Music - Apple
be clear and constructive. Tell them to put this feature back in.
The Status Bar isn't there
When in Songs view it is at the top, whether or not a song is highlighted/selected.
Not on mine, it isn't. I hate this.
It still doesn’t work for me. Can you do a screenshot?
No I don’t need a screenshot of the sync library bit - I have got past that. I still don’t see a status bar though. Can you give us a screenshot if that?
Hi,
Well i have fiddled about a bit and I can now see the status bar in the views you mention but not in playlists in Songs view which I find the most useful.
A bit more forward though, thanks.
Yes. That worked. Excellent find
This works. Thanks
Same here.
It just doesn't show regardless the settings!
Hi! Just uploaded the screenshots that I hope will help you make sense of the instructions and when the lame version of the Status Bar appears. See my post below.
Where is the status bar on the macOS Music app?
