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Apple Music, when on shuffle, won’t play some songs!

I am having the exact same problem as below. I found this question that doesn't seem to have been adequately answered.


I'm pasting the link to the original discussion as well as copy/pasting the original question. This is a very frustrating issue. Please address.


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Original question:


hello,


when I put my Apple Music library on shuffle, it won’t play all my songs... it will go to the song, but not load then skip to the next song or a couple songs then eventually play a song! But if I go into the actual song through artist or album it will play normally.... I tried resetting my network settings, still doing it. Not sure why shuffle is broken and won’t play some songs like that... any help would be appreciated!


MacBook Pro

Posted on Jul 28, 2022 10:32 AM

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Posted on Jul 28, 2022 5:27 PM

If the song plays when you double-click it, then the file is OK. Two possible reasons it gets skipped when shuffling:

  • It has come unchecked. (If you can't see whether it is checked, set Music Preferences, General, "Show -- songs list checkboxes."
  • The song may be set for "skip when shuffling." You can see this by right-clicking the track, Get Info, Options tab.
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Jul 28, 2022 5:27 PM in response to Monkey_B

If the song plays when you double-click it, then the file is OK. Two possible reasons it gets skipped when shuffling:

  • It has come unchecked. (If you can't see whether it is checked, set Music Preferences, General, "Show -- songs list checkboxes."
  • The song may be set for "skip when shuffling." You can see this by right-clicking the track, Get Info, Options tab.

Apple Music, when on shuffle, won’t play some songs!

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