Hey Adam, have used and loved Albums on ios for years and am a Premium user in ios and the new Mac app. However, the Mac app becomes unresponsive in MacOS Tahoe. When ytrying to play an album, it spins endlessly then I get an alert saying "it may work if you retry", but it doesnt. If I recall it worked when I first got it. If I reset the application, does that mean I lose all the insights (which I love)?
Are you running the macOS 26.3 beta? Apple broke the music playback API in the first build of 26.3 and there’s nothing to do other than wait for them to fix it in a subsequent build. I’ve reported the issue to them.
If you’re not running the 26.3 beta, please send me a set of diagnostic logs from Albums Settings -> Advanced. In any case, resetting the app is not likely to help here.
Something like that doesn’t currently exist, although I agree it should and have some plans in that area. In the meantime, feel free to email me at adam@albumstheapp.com if you have any questions about anything.
New to the app and love it - one question - I know it doesn’t update metadata (play counts in ITunes for example), but does it count towards plays for Apple Music Replay?
The Mac app doesn't update last play times/play counts in iTunes but the iOS app does. Plays on both platforms count toward your recommendations. I'm actually not sure about Apple Music Replay.
Airplay works with the App "Airfoil" just fine. I use that one to hear "Albums" on all my Airplay speakers.
Now a Remote-App for Albums would be nice....
Hey Adam, have used and loved Albums on ios for years and am a Premium user in ios and the new Mac app. However, the Mac app becomes unresponsive in MacOS Tahoe. When ytrying to play an album, it spins endlessly then I get an alert saying "it may work if you retry", but it doesnt. If I recall it worked when I first got it. If I reset the application, does that mean I lose all the insights (which I love)?
Are you running the macOS 26.3 beta? Apple broke the music playback API in the first build of 26.3 and there’s nothing to do other than wait for them to fix it in a subsequent build. I’ve reported the issue to them.
If you’re not running the 26.3 beta, please send me a set of diagnostic logs from Albums Settings -> Advanced. In any case, resetting the app is not likely to help here.
Hi Adam, yes that’s what the issue is. My other Mac is on 26.2 and it works perfectly there (I tried it yesterday while trying to figure things out).
Is there a link to a comprehensive guide to using the Albums app? I'm having zero luck on Google/Youtube...
Hi Gerrold,
Something like that doesn’t currently exist, although I agree it should and have some plans in that area. In the meantime, feel free to email me at adam@albumstheapp.com if you have any questions about anything.
New to the app and love it - one question - I know it doesn’t update metadata (play counts in ITunes for example), but does it count towards plays for Apple Music Replay?
The Mac app doesn't update last play times/play counts in iTunes but the iOS app does. Plays on both platforms count toward your recommendations. I'm actually not sure about Apple Music Replay.
Awesome. I've been and will continue to be a paying customer. Love it.
…just one question: It doesn't support Apple's "air play" (play my music streamed to another device)? …yet? :)
This is a macOS platform limitation, unfortunately. If this ever becomes possible, I'll definitely support it.
The Apple Music app has it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I should have said that it is a platform limitation for third party developers. Apple can do all sorts of things that non-Apple devs can't.