Questions tagged [apple-music]
Apple Music is a music streaming service by Apple Inc.
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How to find invisible characters in macOS Music app song tags?
I have discovered in my macOS Music app library that I have tracks/songs whose song titles include hidden special Unicode/ASCII characters. I can see this because they look like incorrect letter ...
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Delete multiple songs from Apple Music
I accidentally added a playlist to my apple music that has 300+ songs. I removed the playlist, but the songs are still cluttering up my apple music library.
I can delete them one at a time, but this ...
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How to remove ~/Library/Mobile from Apple Music Media Folder Listing?
I locally manage my music library with Apple Music app, don't enable Apple Music organizing my library, and do not use the Apple Music streaming service. Recently I upgraded to Mac OS 14.3.1 (and ...
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Can Apple Music on macOS display synchronized lyrics embedded in MP3 or AAC (M4A) audio files?
Or does this work only when being online by sideloading the lyrics from the Apple Music subscription service?
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How does Apple One consolidate family member free trial subscriptions?
I've been wanting to start an Apple One family subscription for a little while, just to consolidate all of the charges my partner and I are paying for (it's borderline whether it represents good value ...
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Adding a song to a playlist suddenly doesn't let me choose existing playlists. I can only add it to a new playlist
I used to add songs to a playlist by right-clicking it and then selecting "Add to Playlist." It would show all existing playlists that are not smart. But today, somehow I can't do that ...
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New Mac clean install except for Music?
I'm getting a new MacBook, and I would like to do a clean install of everything except Apple Music where I would like to copy exactly my current set up (all songs, rating, play count, playlist, etc). ...
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How to add image file to mp3 on Mac? [duplicate]
How can I add a picture to the mp3s I have downloaded on my mac? I add an image in apple music but it just doesn't carry over into the actual file. How can I fix this?
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How do you add an Apple Music track to your library with AppleScript?
Given an album ID (e.g. 1646945378) and a track ID (e.g. 1646945384), is there a way to add a track to the library using AppleScript/JXA?
macOS: Sonoma 14.2
Music: 1.4.2.83
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How to get Apple Music to auto-generate custom playlists? Spotify-like
I've been a Spotify user for a while and appreciate that based on a genre, an artist, or even a single song, it can automatically create a playlist with that genre or with similar artists/songs that ...
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Network problem with Apple music when using "Hey Siri"
I often use the "Hey Siri" function to switch between playlists or different artists in my itunes library (mostly while driving). After some recent update sometime within the last year, ...
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All my Apple Music playlists are empty
Yes, this looks like a duplicate of this question, but the former one was asked 4 years ago so maybe things have changed since then. At some point, all my Apple Music playlists on all devices turned ...
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Playing tracks from Apple Music on Mac via iPhone (a la Spotify)?
I have a 2015 MacBook Air running Mojave MacOS. I have an iPhone running the latest iOS. I have just recently switched from Spotify to Apple Music. I liked the feature on Spotify whereby I could ...
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Custom Playlists don't play in Apple Music Classical but only in Apple Music?
I have created a custom playlist in Apple Music Classical. When I navigate to it in Apple Music Classical, and tap "Play", it simply doesn't play. Nor does it play when I tap the first piece ...
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How can I create a smart playlist on Apple Music of my instrumental songs (no lyrics)?
I'm looking to create a smart playlist on Apple Music that automatically creates a playlist or finds all of the songs in my library without lyrics. Is there a way to filter songs that Apple Music hasn'...
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Any ways to see all the songs again under the "Recently Added" tab on Apple Music for Mac?
I've been using Apple Music for a long time and usually navigate through my songs under the "Recently Added" tab. I was able to see all the songs arranged in the order I added them to my ...
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Mac OS Media Key is not working
As to tiles. I try to use Media key (prev track, play/stop, next track). I not working in any APP (such as apple music chrome). When I first use my macbook to now. I use Mac OS 12 to 14, is always not ...
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iOS 17 Apple Music not working
I updated to iOS 17 and now my Apple Music isn't working. every time I open it, it says we've run into a problem try again. ive tried restarting the app, my phone. redownloaded it, signed out and ...
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Fix Music.app metadata from cloud?
Many of the songs in my Apple Music Library have inconsistent metadata (years missing, titles misspelled, etc.) This is weird, because it was once all correct. I suspect that Apple hasn't migrated my ...
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How can I stop Apple Music (via Music on macOS) from playing "related" songs after an album is complete?
I open an album in Music (v1.3.4.56) on macOS.
Note: I have an active Apple Music subscription and am listening via Apple Music.
I double-click the first song and start listening.
When the album is ...
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Replicate and move Apple Music library to different AppleID
My wife and I started sharing the same Apple Music Library via a shared AppleID many, many years ago. This was way before family sharing. We'd like to have our own music libraries moving forward but ...
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Can you favorite a composer or works from an album in Apple Music Classical?
Question about Apple Music classical, specifically about this album and it’s composer:
Can someone check if they can favorite works from the linked album, or if they can favorite the composer of the ...
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Media starts, stops and skips randomly, maybe the keyboard is too hot?
Any media I have playing or active is randomly pausing, starting or (if music/playlist) skipping to the next track/video. This is not an issue to do with a single media client as I get it with ...
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Is there a way to control Apple Music streamed to my Google Home speaker groups from my phone?
I'm trying to switch over from Spotify to Apple Music, but there's a missing feature that's a dealbreaker for me. With Spotify, I can use the Spotify app on my iPhone to control music on a Google ...
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Export / import Apple Music collection between different AppleIDs
Is there a way to export / import Apple Music library from one account to another?
I have used Apple Music with one account and have a lot of albums added to my collection. Now I have changed my ...
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Actual requirements for iTunes Match?
I decided that I want to sign up for iTunes Match. But I'm not sure how I can, or even if I can.
I visited the "Subscribe to iTunes Match" page on the Apple Support site and it says, "...
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Can HomePod stream from Apple Music without all accounts being on one family group?
How to use a HomePod with several Apple accounts?
I currently have a family plan for two people: myself and my friend. I also have a HomePod, on which I listen to my music.
My friend has an Android ...
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Skip Currently Playing Song when Dislike Selected in Apple Music
When using Apple Music and a song plays that I don't like, I click "Dislike" but the song continues playing as if I might want to continue to listen to the song. Wow.
If I instead tell Siri &...
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Apple Music, difference between "Add to Library" and "Love"?
I'm coming from Spotify to Apple Music. Using Spotify, I can like a song with a single key press and it is added to my music library. This song is used in Spotify's algorithms for my weekly Discover ...
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Remove russian songs from iTunes with AppleScript
I am from Ukraine and as you know we have a big war with Russia.
Earlier, I used to listen to many Russian songs, but now I want to remove all of them from my iTunes library in order not to give ...
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Get audio variants (dolby, lossless, AAC) of songs in apple music library using apple script
Apple Music API can return all audioVariants of a song. I'm trying to get this info using apple script but unable to figure out.
I need the highlighted information (Dolby Atmos, Lossless Audio, AAC ...
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Apple Music Home Sharing: Skips song and doesn't play audio when Bluetooth speakers/headphones are connected
Since a while back, I can't get Apple Music's Home Sharing (Media Sharing) to work on the local network. If I access the library on another MacOS computer, the library content will display fine, but ...
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Why is Siri no longer searching Apple Music?
For over a week now when I ask Siri to play something it won’t search Apple Music and it will reply that couldn’t find it on my library. I tried restarting, removing and reinstalling the app, ...
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iPod Classic no longer fully syncs via Apple Music app
I love my iPod Classics. Alas, I am bummed out because Apple stopped supporting it. My 80GB device still syncs perfectly via the Apple Music app on my 2013 MacBook Pro. The 160GB device does not. It ...
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Applescript permissions in Mac OS 12
My music licensing business uses Filemaker and quite a few Applescripts as part of its day to day operations. For years we have been running everything on OS 10.14 without any issues. We recently ...
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AirPlay mechanism in Layman's language
I am wondering how airplay works, e.g. I have this set-up:
MacBook Pro
Bose Home 300 Speaker (2.4GHz Wifi only)
Wifi modem-router 1 (Wifi5GHz)
Wifi router 2 (extended from 1 with an ethernet cable, ...
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OS compatibility for older Mac
Can my Mac Pro (Mid 2010) use Mojave? Right now I am using 10.13.6.
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Are there expiration dates on music added to my Apple Music collection?
I add some songs or albums to my collection/library.
Sometimes, in a few months, they seem to be automatically removed and I need to re-add them.
The songs and albums are still available, not like if ...
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Large Apple Music MacOS library on external SSD - taking hours to save library on quit - how to troubleshoot?
I have a large music library (200GB/14.000 tracks), with files spanning well over a decade. I'm on a temporary Mac for the next month or two, so I'm keeping the files and library on an extremely fast ...
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How do I play all songs shuffled of an artist?
I mean all songs of an artist that exists in Apple music.
The songs should include those that are not in my library.
I couldn't find a way on iOS or macOS.
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How do I bypass Apple Music on the Music app on Monterey?
On Monterey, every time I try to open the Music app, it nags me to join Apple Music. Moreover, when I open the iTunes store and click to play a song, it nags me again to join Apple Music and does not ...
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Since the Apple Music and iTunes Store catalogs differ at times, do I need both services in order to more completely match my music?
I just noticed that some of my songs that Apple Music is marking as Uploaded rather than Matched, are actually greyed out on the album page within Apple Music. If I try to add these streaming versions ...
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Does Spatial Audio offer any advantage without Head Tracked Stereo?
I suppose neither traditional headphones nor AirPods in Fixed Stereo benefit from spatial audio objects.
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MacOs: Prevent Apple Music from launching when clicking AirPods Pro
I love that my AirPods Pro seamlessly switches between devices. It's not perfect, but it gets it right probably 85% of the time, which is good enough. The problem is that sometimes it thinks I want to ...
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How to search own library in macOS' Music?
In macOS' Music app, I'd like to be able to search only within my local library (I have no interest in the streaming service):
However, there seems to be no options with the search bar, so it ...
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Missing option to cancel Apple Music subscription
I have the Apple Music 'individual' subscription, and now I want to cancel it. But when I go the the settings it does not show the option to cancel subscription.
It only gives an option to ...
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How to replace the non-lossless songs in my playlists with the lossless ones
Many songs in my playlists are not tagged as lossless when I play them.
I then go to the album and select display entire album. There I can see, that most of the time, there is a different version of ...
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Does Music.app count plays and skips from other devices synced with the library?
I use a MacBook Pro and Music.app on it. I also use my Android with Apple Music downloaded, and have an active Apple Music subscription to sync the two devices. However, in the "Songs" tab ...
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Does Apple Music include FULL iTunes Match functionality, or not?
I've been unable to get a simple, clear conclusive/official answer to this question:
Does Apple Music truly include all of the feature set of iTunes Match?
Bonus question below.
My situation:
I am a ...
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How to add all songs in your apple music library to a single playlist at once?
I figured out a couple of songs get removed from apple music overtime, I want all my library songs in a single playlist so that I can keep an eye on the number of songs I have, currently I have over ...
