Mac application plays tracks in incorrect order
under review
Henry Jalonen
Coinciding with me updating my Mac from Sequoia to Tahoe, which might be culprit here, I've discovered that Longplay no longer plays albums in correct order. They always play in the same order, albeit not sequentially by the disc and track number. On some records the playback order looks like track title alphabetic order, on other albums it makes no sense to me.
The song title in the now playing screen and mini player is the one it should be playing, not the one that's actually playing.
I'm running the latest MacOS 26 beta 5, released earlier today with Apple Music library only. If you need help debugging this or to verify the fix, I'm more than happy to help, this is rather frustrating issue.
Adrian Schönig
under review
Henry Jalonen
Thanks for your report. I understand that this is frustrating! I'm investigating this issue currently.
Could you please go to
~/Library/Group Containers/7N3B54ALZK.app.longplay.Longplay/Logs
in the Finder and email the file for the day the issue happened for you to words@longplay.app?Would also be good to know a few more things: Are those albums downloaded locally or are they streaming from Apple Music? Are they from the Apple Music library or did you upload them through iCloud Music Library?
Thanks for your help.
Adrian Schönig
Henry Jalonen I can reproduce the issue in macOS Tahoe beta 5. The Apple Music framework always sorts the tracks in alphabetical order ignoring the requested order by the app. I haven't yet found a way to address this. I've reported it to Apple (
FB19491503
), but will keep looking.Henry Jalonen
Adrian Schönig Alright, thanks! So perhaps no need to send log files over then?
Adrian Schönig
Henry Jalonen: Yeah, don't worry about those.
Adrian Schönig
Henry Jalonen This looks to be resolved in Tahoe Beta 6. Can you please check and confirm?
Henry Jalonen
Adrian Schönig Unfortunately, after upgrading to Beta 6 it still plays in alphabetical order. I tried to boot my Mac after the upgrade, but didn't make a difference.
Adrian Schönig
Henry Jalonen: Indeed, it is still broken. I think I accidentally tested a DRM-free album which goes through Longplay's internal player that has no such issues — rather than the Apple Music one.