Apple Music skips beginning of every song

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alexplac Author

Level 1

6 points

Apple Music skips beginning of every song

Apple Music cuts out a bit in the beginning of every song I try to listen to.

I do not use the app to stream music. I only listen to music I have already stored on the device as mp3 files.

Not sure when this started but I noticed it first when I updated to Tahoe.

It is less than a second of audio missing but this still breaks the experience for me.

Changing random settings and browsing Google did obviously not help at all - otherwise I wouldn't be bothering people here.

MacBook Pro 14″, macOS 26.1

Posted on Dec 13, 2025 2:45 AM

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Answer 1

TheLittles

Level 10

203,617 points

Jan 28, 2026 11:11 PM in response to Throwaway87

“This unfortunately is a long-standing problem with a couple other threads here. So far I haven't seen a solution. I don't know how to make Apple care.”

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To the OP and All those Affected.

This seems to be catching on. So, report this to Apple…

Report this to Apple:

Do your Part: Report this to Apple. Apple may not get back to you directly, but the more feedback Apple receives on this, the more they will know what is going on, and what needs to be fixed in upcoming updates.

Go Here: Feedback - macOS - Apple
Select: "Bug Report" for the "Feedback Type"
Select: “Applications/Utilities” for “Feedback Area”
Comment: when this all started, and how you have troubleshot it thus far. Include the URL to this thread.
Proceed from there as necessary

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Answer 2

xWauwau

Level 3

722 points

Jan 24, 2026 1:51 PM in response to alexplac

What I am not certain about – on my MacBook, to be able to play local files using Apple Music, it will automatically upload them to the Cloud (as AAC), and I wouldn't know of any other way to play aforementioned local files using Apple Music… am I not getting it?

Also, maybe more importantly, do you have an Apple Music subscription? Because that might be part of the picture.

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Answer 3

Jan 24, 2026 1:45 PM in response to alexplac

I have the same problem. When I back up the track to catch the beginning , music plays the previous track instead.

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Answer 4

Jan 28, 2026 10:37 PM in response to alexplac

This unfortunately is a long-standing problem with a couple other threads here. So far I haven't seen a solution. I don't know how to make Apple care.

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