Fix Music Skipping Songs on macOS (Hackintosh)

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Problem

My Music app on my macOS was keeping skipping songs. I suffered from this problem for months and many elegant songs were not able to be played.

I thought it was about my network or proxy as usual. However, my iPhone and iPad work so fine. So I have to find another way.

After reading hundreds reddit and apple forum posts, I found the solution at a corner.

Reason

My macOS is a Hackintosh, modified from Legion Y9000X laptop, only with DW1820A replace. This laptop does not have a Dolby Atom support. Therefore, songs tracked with Dolby Atom cannot be played and skipped reasonably.

Solution

Switch off the Dobly Atom in Pereferences in Music.

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Pereferences

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Switch off Dobly Atom

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