Sometimes tracks skip randomly when not in shuffle mode

This seems to only happen with some albums when played via the library, IE- not via a playlist, just selecting the artist and then album from upper columns )I'm using artist/album column view). I'd say maybe 1 or 39 albums, so not a majority. Take a look at this video, I'm just double clicking track 1 to start playback, and then using command/right-arrow repeatedly to skip tracks, and you'll notice that the tracks skip around instead of playing in order, even though shuffle is NOT on.


http://www.robotovat.com/skip_track_problem.mov


The specific non-sequential order is the same every time, and I can't see anything about the track info/tags that would explain the specific order seen.


NOTE1: I only use my library of local files with the Music app, not any Apple Music streaming.

NOTE2: This only started happening with Music v1.6 and macOS26 Tahoe


(Yes, I have submitted this via Apple's feedback form, but I'm curious if anyone else has seen this in their library)

Posted on Oct 6, 2025 10:25 PM

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Sometimes tracks skip randomly when not in shuffle mode

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