Something must be wrong with your machine. It shouldn’t have a single issue with the tasks you described. I strongly recommend taking it to an Apple Store to see if they can help.

Rip CDs from Goodwill.

Thank god. The removal totally broke my daily workflow.

I’m so upset about this. I was happy to pay $4.99/month to be able to play music on my HomePod without AirPlay since Spotify hasn’t added native support. Why cancel it?