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Shuffle button on Music on my Mac doesn't work. It looks like it activates, but it does not start a series of songs. I can only play individual songs from the Playlist. When playing the same Playlists on my iPhone or iPad, shuffle works grea.Suggestions??
iMac 27″ 5K, macOS 11.1
I also went to Preference>General, but the was no "Show -- Songs list checkboxes" option.
Hank - Make sure you are looking in the Preferences for Music, not for the Mac. It should look like the below:
I also went to Preference>General, but the was no "Show -- Songs list checkboxes" option.
Hank - Make sure you are looking in the Preferences for Music, not for the Mac. It should look like the below:
Hank,
If it only plays one song and then stops, that usually means that your songs have come unchecked. To resolve: Set your library for View > As Songs. If you don't see the checkboxes, go to Preferences > General, and enable "Show -- Songs list checkboxes."
One more thing, if your Mac is in Dark Mode, you need to switch temporarily to regular mode. Then... make sure the songs are all checked.
Thanks ed2345
I set library for View>As Songs, which didn't solve the problem. Still no shuffling on some, not all, Playlists.
I also went to Preference>General, but the was no "Show -- Songs list checkboxes" option.
Confusing how some Playlists will shuffle and others won't
Thanks - Hank
I was in the wrong preferences - switched to Music preferences, which had this type of screen. Was somewhat different as it had more options.
But, I'm still not getting shuffle to work. When I go to a playlist or album and hit shuffle, it either doesn't work at all or goes to the first song in the list, plays it and then stops. As I mentioned, there are a couple of playlists and albums on which shuffle does work, but those a just a few.
Appreciate all you trying to help. Is it possible the Music is corrupted. Can it be reinstalled?
This problem only started when I installed Big Sur.
Thanks - Hank
All the songs are checked by default. Sometimes they come unchecked accidentally, like in early January when people try to uncheck their Christmas songs and accidentally uncheck all. :-)
Anyway, happy to help, and glad things are working now! Enjoy the music.
hankwms wrote:
They are not checked.
OK, that is why it is not shuffling!
Command-A and check any empty checkbox will check all the ones in the view.
Hank - One more thing. You can see the checkboxes now? If your Mac is in Dark Mode, go to Mac System Preferences > General and change Appearance to Light. Can you see if the songs are checked?
They are not checked.
THANKS!!! Is having to be checked new. I never did that before and everything seemed to shuffle fine.
REALLY appreciate your help
Shuffle doesn't work on Mac
