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Music - Missing Features, Bugs, Issues & Troubleshooting
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Of course, but that's not HomePod as default on Apple TV (Aka Home Theatre mode)
No, I mean we don't get lossless in iTunes (other than what your local library holds)
Bug I've noticed across albums since the update. Matched albums show up as 'Matched AAC media file" but half are 'Uploaded' and half 'Matched'
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You'd think that means the Matched are proper and 'Uploaded' are overwriting, right? Wrong
So delete from library, re add all the files and re-add to library....
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...now the Matched have a file size and the Uploaded are 'Stream'? And the Matched wont play in Lossless, but the 'Uploaded' will! lmao
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Finally after removing and downloading, over and over, several times, they all now show up as Matched and actually work properly.
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Dont know if deleting from my library and re-adding helped, or if it was the download/remove/download combo that fixed it, but TONS of my albums are like this right now
You'd think that means the Matched are proper and 'Uploaded' are overwriting, right? Wrong
So delete from library, re add all the files and re-add to library....
...now the Matched have a file size and the Uploaded are 'Stream'? And the Matched wont play in Lossless, but the 'Uploaded' will! lmao
Finally after removing and downloading, over and over, several times, they all now show up as Matched and actually work properly.
Dont know if deleting from my library and re-adding helped, or if it was the download/remove/download combo that fixed it, but TONS of my albums are like this right now
My understanding is that almost nothing has changed in the Music app in Monterey so all the bugs and missing features from Big Sur and Catalina are still the same in Monterey.
Every year I hope that they got their **** together with the music app but so far it’s the same as far as I’ve heard (I’m not a beta tester).
Every year I hope that they got their **** together with the music app but so far it’s the same as far as I’ve heard (I’m not a beta tester).
Ok I understand now.
Of course the app will always deceive if it never receives a proper update.
What annoys me the most is that it seems to be a web based app now and it's slower than ever before. It doesn't feel native. Something's not right if I compare it to the rest of macOS.
Of course the app will always deceive if it never receives a proper update.
What annoys me the most is that it seems to be a web based app now and it's slower than ever before. It doesn't feel native. Something's not right if I compare it to the rest of macOS.
I must say, I always appreciate @ErikGrim keeping this topic alive and current.
Sad to see this is still the case. Three major OS releases and it’s still poorly optimized for any display larger than 13”.
I‘ve only just started noticing this on Big Sur (probably because they’re so small in the UI) and find it hilarious. Clearly none of the relevant engineers at Apple (where music is “part of their DNA”) utilize this 20 year-old functionality.
It's a bit strange how Apple doesn't devote any time to their macOS Music app. Even if they don't care about their old iTunes customers who build their library by importing and buying music, the music app is still the way that all the Apple Music subscribers get access to their music so having a stable music app should be in their interest.
i'll add
- they removed the album view slide down from iTunes and I'll never forgive them
- album art is bigger in Artists View than in the actual Album itself. (imo, if its a page about that album, the art should be showcased, maybe add a wallpaper fade, really highlight it. As it is right now its a ton of empty grey space)
i dont see this at all, looks fine on my end
edit: oh ****, guess i had to zoom it in to notice the aliasing around the stars versus 'heart' (screw that heart, 5-stars for life)
How reliable is it? No issues like music loss?
Do you use iTunes Match or iCloud music library?
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Sounds great! I might actually consider updating from Mojave to Big Sur if I can still use iTunes. It has been the main reason for not updating int he last couple of years ?
Same! I still hate them for removing iTunes coz it was much better than Music
The worst thing is this is a regression from iTunes where of course the stars are retina!
Yup, and it's a ticking timebomb as I'd want to move on to M-series Macs as soon as the new big iMacs are here :|
Anyone else having this issue on Music, noticing it particularly in Songs view - when clicking on thing, Music 'fat fingers' the selection
ie, I click to rate a song 5 stars, but clicking the star is like i missed the rating entirely and just slammed (double clicked) the song title or play?
same thing happens when trying to edit other fields, if i try to time my double click to edit (slowwwwly) it just acts like i quickly double clicked to play
so right now half the time i cant rate tracks, or edit fields, because it just wants to play with every click
and its really inconsistent and cant see it coming when it does, adding to the frustration
ie, I click to rate a song 5 stars, but clicking the star is like i missed the rating entirely and just slammed (double clicked) the song title or play?
same thing happens when trying to edit other fields, if i try to time my double click to edit (slowwwwly) it just acts like i quickly double clicked to play
so right now half the time i cant rate tracks, or edit fields, because it just wants to play with every click
and its really inconsistent and cant see it coming when it does, adding to the frustration
What exactly does Apple have against Music on the Mac? Surely Tim, Craig or any of the senior execs use it and no ones said at any point can we just sort out this crap?
Seriously you've got enough resources. Just get a team of people in a room and get a new app built and shipped.
The amount of videos Apple have uploaded for WWDC on how to build great apps in SwiftUI etc and they have the cheek to have this Music app hanging around on their latest OS. And it's not like it's Grapher or something but one of their core services. Talk about the elephant in the room.
Just sort it out Apple, please.
Seriously you've got enough resources. Just get a team of people in a room and get a new app built and shipped.
The amount of videos Apple have uploaded for WWDC on how to build great apps in SwiftUI etc and they have the cheek to have this Music app hanging around on their latest OS. And it's not like it's Grapher or something but one of their core services. Talk about the elephant in the room.
Just sort it out Apple, please.
It really makes no sense. Music is core to every user's experience, and music/itunes is ubiquitous to Apple's image. Like you said, clearly all the people in charge use it, how did they allow it to get like this, this long?
This is a company that seems to put out a fully revamped Safari on an annual basis just for people to install Chrome/Edge/Firefox. The obvious conclusion is that Music users are a captive audience so who cares, but that's not the case, with with Lossless being the new feature, its clear they want to take on Spotify....and they kick that off with a botched presentation, open beta software, and no android support (ffs they couldnt be bothered to rebrand the Windows app...)
It. Makes. No. Sense.