From the smallest to biggest issues, OS26 has been a nightmare for managing my music:
1. After updating to MacOS 26, my music library blew up, half of it disappearing. I think I restored most of it (posted previously about this), but problems persist:
2. Access to Apple Music within the app regularly disappears. Only fix seems to be deleting the Music pref file. This works for a while, but then AM disappears again. Annoying because every time I force Music to create a new pref file, I lose all my settings.
3. I often cannot add tracks to my library from AM. Get a 502 error (I can, however, stream any song, just not download it).
4. I often cannot update cloud library.
5. Shuffle is broken. The only way to enable, say, album shuffle is to do a random series of togglings on and off of shuffle, song/album shuffle, restarting Music, etc.
6. Using Remote app to control playback to AirPlay speakers is broken. If I select an AP speaker using the app, Music deselects currently selected track and stops playing. The only fix is to go to Music app on my Mac and manually select a new track, then start streaming again.
7. I have noted that AM has lost at least several albums I had previously downloaded (I have no idea how many in total). Specifically, albums I know for certain I downloaded via Apple Music are no longer in my library, and there is no indication I ever had them (ie, they are not in Recently Added playlist, etc). They are just...gone.
I have checked MacOS firewall settings, I've signed in and out of my AM settings, I've restarted this and that.
What is going on?
1. After updating to MacOS 26, my music library blew up, half of it disappearing. I think I restored most of it (posted previously about this), but problems persist:
2. Access to Apple Music within the app regularly disappears. Only fix seems to be deleting the Music pref file. This works for a while, but then AM disappears again. Annoying because every time I force Music to create a new pref file, I lose all my settings.
3. I often cannot add tracks to my library from AM. Get a 502 error (I can, however, stream any song, just not download it).
4. I often cannot update cloud library.
5. Shuffle is broken. The only way to enable, say, album shuffle is to do a random series of togglings on and off of shuffle, song/album shuffle, restarting Music, etc.
6. Using Remote app to control playback to AirPlay speakers is broken. If I select an AP speaker using the app, Music deselects currently selected track and stops playing. The only fix is to go to Music app on my Mac and manually select a new track, then start streaming again.
7. I have noted that AM has lost at least several albums I had previously downloaded (I have no idea how many in total). Specifically, albums I know for certain I downloaded via Apple Music are no longer in my library, and there is no indication I ever had them (ie, they are not in Recently Added playlist, etc). They are just...gone.
I have checked MacOS firewall settings, I've signed in and out of my AM settings, I've restarted this and that.
What is going on?