I use finder to browse folders and my music. i play the tracks/songs from these folders. but the playback speed changed to slower than normal speed. i cant figure out how and where to change to normal playback speed.
I can however right click ..change to a diff player (VLC) and it plays in normal speed.
any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance.
At the right end of the playback controls, do you see ">>"?
Click it, and you can change the playback speed:
Why are you using Finder for music storage and playback..?
Apple provides an excellent music storage and playback App called Music.
see > Add music to build your library in Music on Mac - Apple Support
I'm having exactly the same problem
For example, a 123bpm track is playing around 114bpm...the pitch/key is correspondingly lower too.
What is causing this?
When I drag the track into Ableton Live or Rekordbox the tracks are at the correct speed.
When I go to check the playback speed as other users have said, it says it's at 1x....but it isn't! I've got a manual bpm counter on my phone as well...all sources and apps are telling me the music playing in Finder is slower, around 6-7%. Very odd indeed!
To the person who asked "Why are you using Finder for music storage and playback?" As the OP has said, for easier browsing, i.e., convenience. In my case the music is stored in an external hard drive, which is linked to Rekordbox. I don't use Finder for listening to music. I use it to browse for tracks either on the external hard drive, or ones located in dropbox (which appears in Finder), identify them, and if I want to use them (I'm a DJ) I will drag them into Rekordbox (or a DAW if I need to edit them).
easier when browsing. i use VLC as a preferred player. but when i browsing folder.. tons of them.. i just want to playback.
dont see any controls.
[Edited by Moderator]
Now that you have located and selected the audio file, you must press the [spacebar] to allow Finder to playback that file. There you'll find the control mentioned earlier by @Luis Sequeira1.
got it. i typically press play from the icon. this helps!! thank you.
Music playback from Finder is slower than normal speed
