How Long is my playlist in Apple Music Tahoe?

I've been creating playlists for 25 years in iTunes/Apple Music. Always known the exact number of minutes and seconds for a playlist, or any selected group of songs within a list. Apparently now in Tahoe that information is not available at all. This is a serious problem. I don't need any 'new' features. I need basic functionality. I'm mostly using music I've created myself in Logic. Yes, I'm a professional musician. I need to know exactly how long my set list is! Can anyone suggest a workaround? I am desperate. Thank you, Apple Community🙏

Mac Studio, macOS 26.2

Posted on Jan 31, 2026 5:48 AM

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Posted on Jan 31, 2026 5:57 AM

Bob, Change the playlist view settings (at least temporarily) to View > As Playlist and View > Show Status Bar. Then you will see the required information at the top left. (You might have to scroll the header away.) Example in screenshot.


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Jan 31, 2026 9:29 AM in response to Bob Lyons

You could script it and assign the script to a keyboard shortcut. Getting the duration of a playlist isn't too hard - this is clunky (I'm not a coder really) but it works OK.


tell application "Music"
	set thePlaylist to the name of the view of front browser window
	set theTime to the time of the playlist thePlaylist
	display dialog theTime
end tell


The duration is displayed in dd:hh:mm:ss


If you want to have a go at it then the following link explains how to create a Service script. You can then add that Service to a keyboard shortcut.


Mac Automation Scripting Guide: Making a Systemwide Service


Getting the duration of a selected bunch of songs is a bit more complicated, but I'm sure it's doable. I've not updated to Tahoe yet in hope.

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