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Why can't I search my iTunes library?? The default switches to search the Store. in the recent past I was able to choose where I wanted to search. I can't believe the glitched iTunes continues to have or develop.
iMac 27″, macOS 10.15
turingtest2 is right -thank you for the tip: go to "view" then "show filter field". Boy! I have had this problem for many months now, and it took going on this forum to find the answer. I think it is insane APPLE does not make that path more obvious. I have used iTunes for decades, bought music for decades from it, and year after year, APPLE seems to be making sure I lose access to my duly paid for library. I guess the point is to force us all to get on an Apple streaming subscription, right? Yep. Thank you: NO.
turingtest2 is right -thank you for the tip: go to "view" then "show filter field". Boy! I have had this problem for many months now, and it took going on this forum to find the answer. I think it is insane APPLE does not make that path more obvious. I have used iTunes for decades, bought music for decades from it, and year after year, APPLE seems to be making sure I lose access to my duly paid for library. I guess the point is to force us all to get on an Apple streaming subscription, right? Yep. Thank you: NO.
What are you looking at when you try? Menu options become enable or disabled based on the state of the application. Select the recently added view, or one of your playlists, and you should find the option becomes active.
tt2
Perhaps you meant iTunes Store? Try selecting something within your music via the side bar, then see if you can enable the filter field so you can search within the section of the library or playlist that you are viewing.
tt2
Correct: you first have to click on "Songs' or "Recently Added" or "Albums", and then, ONLY THEN, does the greyed out "show filter field" becomes dark and clickable when accessed under the tab "View" in the menu. Really, it is not an easy way to find your own stuff in your own library, but that is how Apple wants it to be, hey! Even now that I know the trick, I am encountering the greyed out "show filter field" more often than I should.
Use View > Show Filter Field for library searches.
tt2
This does not work - Show Filter Field is grayed out (unavailable).
I've clicked on ITunes
MacOSMonterey - Itunes Why can't I search my iTunes library
