Apple Music is an awesome music streaming service that provides more than 60 million songs for the audience. It is not doubt that Apple Music is one of the best music streaming services around the world, but it doesn't mean that it has no drawbacks. Usually when you have been using the Music app for a while, you will start facing all sorts of annoying issue, such as 'Apple Music not loading library' or 'Apple Music is stuck at syncing library'. (Related Reading: most reported Apple Music problems & solutions)

Situation A - 'It seems that Apple Music is stuck on loading library. I open the Music app after I restore my iPhone X and it always shows 'Loading Library', 'Loading Playlists' in the music section. How can I fix it?'

Situation B - 'My Apple Music library is suddenly stuck at loading. When I go to 'For You/Browse/Radio/Search' tabs, it keeps showing the 'Loading Library' spinning wheel. I tried leaving my phone on for hours but still nothing changes.'

Now you should know that you are not the only one who have this Apple Music trouble. Wondering if there is a solution to fix it? You've come to the right place! Here're are the 9 possible solutions that we suggestion. Try out and see if they are useful!

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Why Apple Music Is Stuck at Loading or Syncing Library?

You probably feel clueless when this issue suddenly appears, and then become frustrated when you've done everything you can think of yet the issue remains. Yes, same here. That is exactly why we want to write this post, to help you figure out what happen and most importantly, what to do next.

Let's first take a look at the possible factors that might causes the Apple Music not loading issues.

1. You have a large music library, and it always takes forever to load the music library every time you open Music app.

2. Your internet connection is unstable or unusable.

3. A bug after installing the latest version of iOS.

4. You've switched to another Apple ID.

5. You've just renewed your Apple Music membership.

6. Not enough memory on your device. (It causes the issue that most of the albums won't load artwork)

Then, how to fix the issue exactly? The followings are the overview of a few solutions to fix the Apple Music won't load library bug:

1. Restart your iPhone or Android smart phone

2. Check your network connection

3. Turn Sync Library off and on

4. Reset all settings

5. Search a song in library then play it

6. Sign out of iTunes and App Store then sign back in

7. De-authorize computer and re-authorize it again

8. Do nothing and wait until the next day

9. Use an alternative music app

You might already try some of the solutions above, if that's case, you can go to Most Reported Apple Music Problems & How to Fix Them to get more fixes. If not, continue reading this post because we will show you how to perform each of the solution step by step in the next parts.

9 Solutions to Fix Apple Music Library Won't Load

Solution 1: Restart your iPhone or Android smart phone

To Restart iPhone X or 11: Press and hold the volume button and side button for 2 seconds > swipe the 'Slide to power off' to turn off the device > press and hold the side button to turn your iPhone back on. (Learn how to restart iPhone SE, 8, 7, 6, 5 or earlier.)

To Restart Android: Press the power button on your Android phone for at least 2 seconds> tap 'Restart' option on the screen to reboot the device.

Solution 2: Check your network connection

If you are streaming Apple Music online via Wi-Fi or cellular network, make sure the network connection is stable and fast. You can use this way to test your network: open another app on your phone such as Facebook to see if it can load the content successfully. If not, then try turn on and off the airplane mode (Settings > Airplane Mode) to refresh the network connection on your device.

Solution 3: Turn Sync Library off and on

If you have a large music library, it might take longer time, faster speed and larger storage space to upload or sync your music library across your devices. When Apple Music is stuck at syncing your library, try fix it by turning 'Sync Library' (Go to Settings > Music > turn on Sync Library). You can also use this method to fix issues like Apple Music Library Missing or Apple Music Item Not Availabe.

Solution 4: Search a song in library then play it

This solution is provided by a user who had experienced the similar issue previously. Before you try this method, make sure that your device is connecting to internet.

Solution 5: Sign out of iTunes & App Store then sign back in

Another solution that you may want to try is sign out and in iTunes & App Store. Apple Music is a service that requires Apple ID verification. When there is an error in connecting your Apple ID with the Apple Music server, you are not able to access your Apple Music services. Here is how you can solve this issue:

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On your iPhone/iPad/iPod touch: Settings > iTunes & App Store > Apple ID > Sign Out > Sign in with the Apple ID and password.

Solution 6: Deauthorize computer and reauthorize it again

Sometimes you might have trouble accessing your music library in iTunes from a Windows or Mac computer. We recommend you try to de-authorize your iTunes account on the computer first and then authorize it again. iTunes will be automatically syncing your music library.

Also, you should make sure that Sync Library is turned on:

On Mac: Open Music app > Music > Preferences > General > select Sync Library and turn it on > click OK.

On PC with iTunes for Windows: Open iTunes > Edit > Preferences > General > turn on Sync Library > click OK.

Solution 7: Reset your iPhone/Android Phone

Still unable to resolve this annoying problem? You can try resetting your device to factory settings. This can basically fix almost all issues on your iPhone. But you'd better backup your iPhone data first before you start the resetting process in case of data loss.

Solution 8: Do nothing and wait till the next day

When all solutions fail, the only thing that you can do is leave it alone and wait until the next day. Hopefully the issue will be disappeared like it doesn't exist at all.

Solution 9: Use an alternative music app

Using an alternative music app such as Spotify seems like a great idea too. Compared with Apple Music, Spotify supports more platforms and it also offers a free version which allows you to stream millions of songs for free. (Want to know more differences between them? Check out this post - Apple Music vs Spotify comparison)

Conclusion

It's common to run into all kinds of troubles when listening to music online, such as music not loading, music not playing smoothly, etc. If you have enough storage space on your iPhone, I highly recommend that you download and store the Apple Music songs on your iPhone, then you can play them whenever you want without bugs or errors.

System cleanup in one click

Few things give Mac users that sinking feeling more than the sight of a spinning color wheel, rainbow wheel, spinning beach ball of death or SBBOD as it's also commonly known. It’s official name is the Spinning Wait Cursor, and it’s a system indicator. signifies that macOS cannot handle all the tasks given to it at this moment.

Why does it happen? It's a sign that an application is trying to deal with more processes than it can handle at any given time. Sometimes it will last only a few seconds and disappear, when processing cycles are freed up and the application is able to process all the tasks it needs to. Other times, the application will become persistently unresponsive and 'hang'. When that happens, the only solution is to force quit the app.

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Quick ways to stop spinning wheel

To fix an application stuck with a spinning cursor:

1. If and get rid of a spinning ballyou know which app is hanging, press Cmd-alt-escape and you'll see the Force Quit dialog box. The problematic app will be shown as 'not responding.'
2. Select the app and press Force Quit. The app should now quit and the rainbow wheel will disappear.
3. If the app refuses to force quit, or force quitting doesn't fix the problem, the next step is to restart your Mac.

How to stop the rainbow wheel issue

Getting rid of a spinning beachball is only part of the solution. As we said above, it's a symptom, not a cause of problems. Fortunately, there are a number of things you can do to prevent it. The first is to identify which applications are putting the greatest strain on your Mac.

iStatMenus, available in Setapp, is a powerful performance monitoring tools for your Mac. It sits in your Mac's Finder menu bar and allows you to easily check which apps are hogging processor cycles or RAM. And helps you see how well or badly your Mac is running. If you need more detailed information, or need to quit specific processes (rather than applications), you can launch Activity Monitor from within iStatMenus.

The combination of iStatMenus and Activity Monitor will lead you to the apps that are overloading your Mac. The next step is to uninstall them completely and reinstall them, making sure you remove all the temporary and preference files associated with it.

The easiest way to do that is to use CleanMyMac, also available in Setapp. Here's what you should do.

Uninstall apps and extensions

1. Launch Setapp and search for CleanMyMac. Click install and wait for it to install and launch.
2. Look in the sidebar for the Application section and click Uninstaller. The window on the right will fill up with all the apps you have installed on your Mac. Find the one you want to uninstall and click on the checkbox next to it. Click Uninstall at the bottom of the main window.

It's a good idea to remove any apps you don't use. You'll free up disk space and could prevent conflicts with other apps.

Re-index Spotlight

Spotlight is and incredibly useful tool for searching for files on your Mac, among many other things. In order to search your Mac, Spotlight needs to build and maintain an index. Occasionally that index can be come corrupt and when that happens, the dreaded spinning color wheel is likely to appear. Here's how to fix it.

1. In CleanMyMac, click on the Maintenance in the left sidebar.
2. Click the checkbox next to Reindex Spotlight.
3. Click Run.

Free up disk space

macOS uses your startup disk to host virtual RAM and then regularly reads and writes files to it. If you don't have enough free space (at least 10% of the disk's total capacity), your Mac will struggle noticeably and you'll see the spinning beachball more often.

To free up disk space, you can either manually trawl through your startup disk backing up important files and then deleting them, or use Get Backup Pro or ChronoSync Express to back up the disk and then use CleanMyMac to free up disk space. It's a good idea to use Disk Drill to analyse the disk and identify which files are taking up the most space. Disk Drill and ChronoSync Express are available in Setapp.

1. In CleanMyMac, click on Smart Scan and then click Scan.
2. Wait for it to finish, then click on each section in turn and click Review Details.

The results can be enlightening. For example, we found that cache files for the Photos app were taking up 8GB space on our Mac. Uncheck and items you don't want to remove and then click Clean. Repeat for the other categories.

For more information on how to free up space on your Mac, we prepare these quick tips.

Install more RAM

If none of the the above, there is one final thing you can try. As we mentioned above, the spinning beachball can appear when your Mac is using virtual memory and storage space is limited. The more physical RAM you have, the less your Mac will need to resort to virtual memory.

So, installing more RAM will mean you see the spinning color wheel less often. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as it used to be to add more RAM to your Mac. You'll probably need to visit an Apple Store or an authorised service centre and ask them to install it for you.

To prevent that happening in the future, it's worth installing as much RAM as your Mac can take, or as much as you can afford, when you first buy it. Money spent on RAM is never wasted and usually means your Mac will perform better for longer, before you eventually need to replace it.

The good news is that replacing RAM is very much a last resort and that the other steps described above will, in many cases, solve the problem completely.

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