I am trying to write an automator action that will play an apple music playlist when hitting F4. This works for normal playlists and smart playlists I have created with my own music but doesn't seem to work with Apple Music playlists like the A-list playlists.
Any ideas why this is?
macbook
I have figured it out for anyone else trying to do this -
use application "iTunes"
property playlistURL : "itmss://itunes.apple.com/gb/playlist/the-a-list-electronic/idpl.4705ab1ed97c4f 4bb54f48940faf5623"
property playlistName : "The A-List: Electronic"
tell application "iTunes" to stop
set shuffle enabled to true
set playlistToPlay to a reference to subscription playlist playlistName of source "iTunes Store"
open location playlistURL
set i to 0
repeat while i < 30
delay 1
try
tell playlistToPlay to if it exists then
play it
if player state is playing then return
end if
end try
set i to i + 1
end repeat
Another work-around:
Duplicate the Apple Music Playlist and the playlist will end up in "My Music Playlist".
This allows Automator to play the specific Music Playlist using "Play iTunes Playlist" function that it couldn't before.
Automator Apple Music playlist
