10 Solutions to Fix Apple Music Skipping Songs

Q: "Has anyone had the same problem as me? The Apple Music app randomly pauses or automatically skips the song to some random location. I have tried multiple methods such as reinstalling the app, logging out and logging back again. Unfortunately, none of these solutions work. This is really bad. Is there any solution?"

Apple Music skip errors are not new, and you're not alone. There are many complaints from users online that Apple Music skips songs. This could be a small bug on the Apple Music server. Apart from this, many other factors may cause your song to pause or skip. Here, we'll provide the top 10 tips to completely resolve the Apple Music skipping issues.

• Part 1. Why Does My Apple Music Keep Skipping?
• Part 2. How to Solve Apple Music Skipping Songs
• Fix 1. Check If the Songs Are Available on Apple Music
• Fix 2. Reset Your Mobile Network or Wifi
• Fix 3. Restart Your Device
• Fix 4. Check Apple Music Crossfade
• Fix 5. Re-sync Your Apple Music Library
• Fix 6. Re-download Your Apple Music Tracks
• Fix 7. Sign Out and Sign In Your Apple Music
• Fix 8. Update the Apple Music App and Your Device
• Fix 9. Turn to Apple Support
• Part 3. How to Avoid Apple Music Skipping Songs
• Part 4. In Summary

Part 1. Why Does My Apple Music Keep Skipping?

"Why is my Apple Music skipping?" There are several reasons for this problem. Here are some:

1. Apple Music's server is currently down. This can cause issues when using the Apple Music app. View also: Check If Apple Music Is Down.

2. Poor internet connection. If your internet connection is unstable or slow, it may cause buffering issues and cause Apple Music songs to skip during playback.

3. Software issues. Issues with the Apple Music app or your device's software may also cause Apple Music keeps skipping. This may be due to a bug, glitch, or compatibility issue.

4. File issues. A specific song or audio file may be corrupted, causing it to skip during playback.

5. Songs not available on the Apple Music app. If Apple Music no longer supports the songs, then you won't be able to hear them and thus Apple Music will skip.

Part 2. How to Solve Apple Music Skipping Songs

Now that we know the reasons why is Apple Music skipping, let's see how to fix this problem. You can follow the 9 solutions below one by one. Or you can skip to Part 3 to find a permanent solution.

Fix 1. Check If the Songs Are Available on Apple Music

Music on Apple Music is provided by artists or record labels through contracts with Apple. If the contract expires, the songs will be removed and those Apple Music songs will disappear. Therefore, when this song is played, it will be skipped.

Or maybe you've gone to another place and that Apple Music song is not available in your region. An easy way to determine if the songs are still available is to try playing them or check if they are greyed out. To avoid Apple Music pausing or skipping, you can delete songs from your playlist.

Fix 2. Reset Your Mobile Network or Wifi

As an online streaming streaming service, you need to have a good network to stream songs online. Even if you download the songs offline, it will still need to check if you a legal user who has subscribed to the service constantly. If the device has been offline for a long time, Apple Music problems may occur.

You can try turning on and then turning off the airplane mode. Or just switch between cellular data and Wifi. Another way is to click "Settings" > "General" > "Reset" > "Reset Network Settings" to start from scratch.

Fix 3. Restart Your Device

Restarting your device usually resolves Apple Music skipping songs issues. You may have too many applications running in the background and the device cannot bear the load, causing the Apple Music application to not work properly.

You can restart your device at any time to fix this issue. Just hold down the "Home" and "Power" buttons together for a few seconds and select "Restart" in the pop-up window. Then check if the problem still exists.

Fix 4. Check Apple Music Crossfade

The crossfade feature in Apple Music allows you to blend the end of one track with the beginning of the next, creating a seamless transition between songs. It allows you to customize the crossfade timing. But the crossfade duration you set may be too long, causing Apple Music keeps skipping issues. To check your Apple Music crossfade time, you can refer to this post: Apple Music Crossfade.

Fix 5. Re-sync Your Apple Music Library

Apple Music's sync library feature allows you to keep your songs, albums, playlists, and other content consistent across all your devices. This helps maintain a consistent experience when accessing your music on different devices and may also resolve some playback issues. So, you can try enabling the sync library feature on your device.

Fix 6. Re-download Your Apple Music Tracks

If Apple Music songs are interrupted during downloading, you will not be able to listen to these songs offline. Please delete them and start downloading them again one by one. Or if the music is corrupted, you can't play it properly. You need to re-download Apple Music songs to fix skipping issues.

Fix 7. Sign Out and Sign In Your Apple Music

All the songs you downloaded from Apple Music are related to your Apple ID. To avoid iPhone music skipping issue, please make sure you have signed in with the correct Apple ID and password. We'd suggest you try once again to sign in and sign out.

Step 1. Open the Apple Music app on your device.

Step 2. Look for the "Account" option and select "Sign Out".

Step 3. Once you've signed out, you can then sign back in using your Apple ID and password.

Fix 8. Update Apple Music App and Your Device

Apple is aware of this playback skip issue and they are constantly updating the Music app to improve the listening experience. To make sure your music app runs well and doesn't get any skip errors, update the Apple Music app. This takes a few minutes.

In addition, in order to increase the overall stability of the device and avoid incompatibility issues, you can also try to update your device system.

Fix 9. Turn to Apple Support

If you encounter any problems with Apple products or services, you can contact Apple Music to get professional help. You can choose to email, schedule a call, or chat immediately.

Also, you can simply submit a ticket from the Apple community, too, the professional experts will help you as soon as possible.

Part 3. How to Avoid Apple Music Skipping Songs

The problem of Apple Music keeps skipping music is very annoying. If you encounter this problem, you can repeat the above process again. But if you think this is complicated, follow us now to learn how to avoid this problem from happening again.

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The best music players for iPhone are VlC, KMPlayer, Vox and much more. If you find any players that you want to play Apple Music on, just convert Apple Music M4P files to MP3, M4A and other common formats. This will help you solve any Apple Music skipping problems. And the process is not difficult at all. Now follow the steps below:

Step 1Import Apple Music tracks for conversion

Download, install, and open the DRmare Apple Music Converter on your PC. You will notice that the iTunes app also launched. Find the Apple Music playlists that you want to listen to and backup. Then just drag and drop them to this DRmare software. Alternatively, click the 'Add Music' button at the lower-left corner to open your iTunes music library and import audio files.

Step 2Customize Apple Music output perferences

The default output format of DRmare Audio Converter is MP3 and it is compatible with most devices and music players. If you want to convert Apple Music to other common formats, you can click on the 'Audio' icon at the bottom right and reset the output format. There you can also customize the codec, channel, sample rate, bit rate and so on.

Step 3Convert and download Apple Music

Finally, just click on the 'Convert' button to start converting Apple Music files at a 30x rate. Once the conversion is done, you can follow the 'Output' folder to find and listen to Apple Music offline on this software. You can also use your local media player to open and listen to these Apple Music tracks. And you don't need to worry about any Apple Music skipping songs issue.

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Part 4. In Summary

If you encounter the problem of Apple Music skipping, don't worry, just follow the above solutions one by one. To avoid any issues with Apple Music app, you can use DRmare Apple Music Converter to convert Apple Music to common audio files and backup them permanently. This way, you can listen to your favorite Apple Music tracks on any device you want, no Apple Music membership is required.