Music app in Mac OS Tahoe ignoring Stop and Start times for Tracks

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Music app in Mac OS Tahoe ignoring Stop and Start times for Tracks

Ever since upgrading to Mac OS Tahoe, the Music app on my Mac has been ignoring stop and start times that I have manually set for various tracks. It does not seem to matter if they are purchased, imported from CD, or streamed from Apple Music. This has proved very frustrating to solve. This only happens on Mac, both my iMac and MacBook Pro. My iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS devices all follow the correct stop/start times. There was another thread about this way back around the time Catalina came out with some solutions that seemed to solve the problem. I have tried all of the listed solutions, still with no results. That thread was closed so I am opening this one.

iMac 27″

Posted on Sep 25, 2025 5:29 PM

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Sep 26, 2025 7:08 AM in response to unknownposter1

Hey,

I recognized a similar behavior in Tahoe (and downgraded to Sequoia because of that), but it also appears to be present in Sequoia. What I found out by now is that it just seems to appear with .aif or .aiff-files, converting anything to any other format inc. .wav solves the issue and it again works as it should.

It also happens with .aiff-files related to track-individual eq settings and volume presets, also autofader and automatic volume control do not work with .aiff-files., for whatever reason. Extremely frustrating and, for my taste, indiscussable.

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