How to Stop Apple Music from Randomly Playing Songs on macOS 15.2

Symptoms

The symptoms of this issue are:

• Apple Music starts playing songs randomly while you're using your Mac.
• The songs play even when you're watching a video on YouTube or any other browser.

Causes

There are a few possible causes for this issue:

iCloud Music Library

One possible cause is the iCloud Music Library. When you enable iCloud Music Library, Apple Music scans your local music library and uploads your songs to iCloud. It then downloads the matching versions from the iCloud Music Library to your Mac. If there's a conflict between the songs in your local library and the ones in the iCloud Music Library, Apple Music might start playing the wrong song.

Siri

Another possible cause is Siri. Siri might be triggering Apple Music to play songs based on your voice commands. For example, if you say "Hey Siri, play some music," Apple Music might start playing a random song.

Background Play

A third possible cause is background play. Apple Music might be set to play songs in the background, even when you're not using the app. This can lead to random songs playing when you're watching a video on YouTube or any other browser.

Solutions

Fortunately, there are a few solutions to this issue:

iCloud Music Library

To solve the iCloud Music Library issue, follow these steps:

1. Open iTunes on your Mac.
2. Go to the "Music" tab and select your library.
3. Click on "Preferences" in the top menu.
4. Go to the "General" tab and uncheck "iCloud Music Library."
5. Click "OK" to save the changes.
6. Quit iTunes.

Once you've disabled the iCloud Music Library, Apple Music should stop playing random songs.

Siri

To solve the Siri issue, follow these steps:

1. Open "System Preferences" on your Mac.
2. Go to "Siri" and click on "Siri Features."
3. Uncheck "Allow Siri when on battery power."
4. Close "System Preferences."

Once you've disabled Siri when on battery power, Apple Music should stop playing songs based on voice commands.

Background Play

To solve the background play issue, follow these steps:

1. Open "System Preferences" on your Mac.
2. Go to "Music" and click on the "Playback" tab.
3. Uncheck "Play Apple Music in the background."
4. Close "System Preferences."

Once you've disabled background play, Apple Music should stop playing songs when you're not using the app.

Summary

In this article, we discussed the issue of Apple Music randomly playing songs on macOS 15.2 and the possible causes and solutions for this issue. We covered the iCloud Music Library, Siri, and background play as possible causes and provided steps to disable each of them.