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Is there a way to see previous new music notifications from the Music app?
I regularly get notifications on my iPhone about new releases from artists I am interested in. I'm often not in a position to listen to that new song immediately. I would like to be able to find that ...
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Good app for audio playback of a synced and frequently updated iCloud folder
As an amateur audio producer I like to play songs from my iPhone onto various speakers, including car speakers. I drop bounced tracks into an iCloud folder and the files end up on my phone. So far so ...
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How to find possibly corrupt album artwork in Music app?
Suddenly I have about 10,000 of 30,000 tracks not showing artwork on my iPhone’s Music app.
My MacBook’s Music app shows all tracks on all albums have album art, as shown by quickly scrolling through ...
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Finder sync claims phone doesn't have enough free space (but it does) [duplicate]
I am old-fashioned and listen to downloaded music on my phone. This past week, I've been getting a strange error where the phone refuses to sync with my Mac laptop because there's supposedly not ...
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Deleting music from library also "deletes" from purchase history
I recently discovered that deleting a song from my music library on either my iPhone 15 Pro or my Macbook Pro will also cause it to "disappear" from my list of purchased songs, making it ...
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My iPhone briefly pauses my music when I plug it in, unplug it, place it on or remove it from a charger. How do I fix this?
Sometimes when I place my iPhone on a wireless charger, plug it in, unplug it, or take it off a wireless charger, my music or other media pauses for 1 to 2 seconds.
When this issue first appears, it ...
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How to stream a M3U file on iOS devices in background?
Years ago I asked how to stream m3u radio files (music) on the iPhone. Revisiting my question from the past, none of the IPTV players allow to play the music when the app is in the background / when ...
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Music app on MacBook is stuck loading iPhone
I have my iPhone 7 which I've previously always synced with iTunes on my Windows laptop (there are 60 GB of MP3 files). I'm trying to replace the Windows laptop with my MacBook, which I've never ...
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Loading hi-res music from mac mini to iphone - sample rate not supported
I have a Mac mini late 2014 with macOS Catalina (10.15.7).
I have an iPhone 12 mini with iOS 15.6.1.
In iTunes, I try to sync 192 kHz/24 bit songs, but get the error "sample rate not supported by ...
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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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Looking for an exit from the iTunes <> iPhone Music sync hell by enabling "Sync Music"
Using iTunes (latest) on a Windows 11 laptop and iPhone (iOS 16.2).
I have 4000 songs on the iPhone, and a bit more in the iTunes library (from CDs... ; the lib was manually copied from the Music ...
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What does the Music App on the phone synchronize to the Music App on the mac?
I think it synchronizes the play and skip count only.
But I am not sure about the following:
does the Music App synchronize deletes (from my observation it does not appear to)
Playlists updated from ...
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Play Count and Last Played date not updating from devices
I use Apple Music and iCloud Music Library (and iTunes Match). In the past my play counts from my devices update the shared library. I use this for my smart playlists.
But lately they update only on ...
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How to stop iTunes on my PC to upload random picture on my iTunes iPhone?
I download a lot of music from my PC iTunes to my iPhone iTunes. On the PC you have the option to choose the "Artwork" of each song you have on there, which I always personally choose, to ...
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How to access or export app data on an IOS device?
I have the Bandcamp app installed on my iPhone. This is a music app for indie artists. The Bandcamp app has a section of "downloads" which are songs I have downloaded to the device. Some of ...
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How could I wind up with music in Music.app on my iPhone that I've never heard of?
I'm getting ready to move to a newer phone, but with less space, so I'm trying to clean off apps that I don't use and music that I don't listen to. For some mysterious reason there is a TON of music ...
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iPhone continually re-syncs custom lyrics for thousands of songs
Every time I sync my iPhone to my MacBook, approximately 18,000 of my 30,000 songs will re-run the “Syncing Lyrics” step, which significantly lengthens the time required to sync.
This re-sync occurs ...
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How to get Siri to play songs in my library?
Last night I was driving home and said "hey siri, play metric". Metric is a local band and I have one of their albums on my iPhone. Siri responded by subscribing me to Apple Music and ...
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How to prevent music from playing when I connect my iPhone to my car?
Whenever I connect my iPhone to my car via cable, it starts the music player and always on the very same content. If I use siri, as soon as it's done, music will also start even if it wasn't playing ...
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Declining a call on iPhone 12 Mini (by pushing side button) while I'm on Zoom Meeting on iMac opens Music app and starts random music track
I really had no idea how to name this question, yet it now describes my problem.
So I was over a Zoom call / meeting on my iMac with Bose headphones connected. Suddenly someone phoned me but I couldn'...
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Finer volume adjustment in iOS
I use my iPhone to listen to music while I sleep. I usually gradually reduce the volume as I get more sleepy and sleepy, then I turn off the music by pressing the down volume key again when the volume ...
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How do I add music to an iPhone from a Mac laptop without replacing the library on either device?
I am trying to add music from a laptop running MacOS 12.4 to an iPhone 7 running 15.5. When I try to do this no matter which options I select, I get a message saying that syncing the two devices will ...
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Playing local (on device) music files
I have a sizeable CD collection, all of which I've ripped and converted to MP3. While connected to my home network, I copied many of these files from my Samba NAS share using IOS's built-in files app ...
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How do I retrieve a list of all my songs on the iPhone?
I have a large collection of mp3 files that I want to listen to on my iPhone. I do not have an Apple Music subscription.
I have used iTunes on Windows to add a subset of my songs to its library and ...
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Music library on external drive & iPhone sync: how functional is it?
I'm moving to a Macbook after long time on a desktop. I found a good bargain on a basic M1 MB Air, which is powerful enough for me but it is 256gb SSD, which is definitely enough for the useful things ...
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Iphone Music Metadata/Encoding data showing & hide
I play .mp3s via my iPhone Music application. However on this album, there is additional metadata / encoding data (unsure what the correct terminology is here) that is displayed below the Play and ...
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MacBook dead; get music from an iPhone?
My mom's MacBook Air recently bit the dust and thus took all her music with it. Since I do not own an adapter for the old SSD, it's been sent to archive first for when I get a proper adapter again. ...
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Does the Music app still exist for iphones?
I'm trying to get my iPhone 12 (running iOS 15) to play music (originally from CDs, not locked to any Apple account) that I synced using iTunes from an older mac. I've seen instructions referring to ...
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how to add ordinary music files on Apple music in iphone?
I have a 14 in macbook pro running Monterey and an iphone 13. I also have a 500 MB 10-hour white noise m4a music file. I'm able to airdrop to iphone 13 and play the music in Files app on iphone, but ...
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Why 'downloaded music' in music exceeds the 'optimise storage' size?
I have set the the option of 'Optimise Storage' to 16GB for my Music app in iOS.
My expectation is that, with the option 'Optimise Storage' on, the Music app will cap the storage to 16GB.
However the ...
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iPhone vs. iPad sound?
About 3 years ago I got a Bose QC35 and an iPhone 7 at same time. Listening to my music was a new experience then, mostly because of Bose I think. Before I used an iPhone 3GS with the earphone that ...
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Newly added music not syncing to my iPhone after getting a new Mac (10.14.6 macOS Mojave), but iTunes library is identical
I replaced my old Mac Pro 1.1 tower with a newer 5.1 tower (running 10.14.6 macOS Mojave). I have a secondary drive that I hold multimedia on, including my music library. I removed this drive from my ...
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iPhone: How to sync large library of MP3 + flac files from Win10 laptop
I am a longtime android user looking to migrate to iphone (to get better privacy).
I think I have everything solved except for one thing: My music library.
I am old school, in that I have a large (120+...
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How to make Siri on AppleWatch not connect to my AirPods and not interrupt my music playing?
Who didn't get it from title, here's my case:
I often setup timers and add items to my reminder list using Siri on my AppleWatch. But I also often listen to music (from AirPods, using my iPhone). But ...
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Music on iPhone/iPad grouped bizarrely despite being fine on iTunes
I have some 'albums' in my iTunes library that look fine to me:
However, when I sync them to my phone and iPad, they become grouped in really weird ways:
If I play the album, all the songs are ...
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New iPhone not recognized by Apple Music on macOS
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When I open Apple Music (v1.0.6.10), it lists only my old phone under devices . It does not show my new iPhone.
I generally don't use Apple Music, but I would like to put 2 songs (a friend ...
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Cannot add my own music to my iPhone using the Music App
New iPhone user here.
I have a few mp3s from music that I recorded myself.
I cannot seem to find a way to add them to my phone.
I have them on 'Music' on my computer and can play them normally, ...
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Sync of iPhone copies all songs every time
Macbook Pro 16" running the latest version of Catalina,
iPhone XS running iOS 14.1
I sync the phone and computer using a lightning cable, I don't use iCloud.
Sync used to take five minutes, now ...
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Is Spatial Audio used while listening to music on AirPods Pro?
When I'm listening to music from my iPhone (iOS 14) with my AirPods Pro, I don't want Spatial Audio on because I don't always have my phone near me - will this affect my audio?
I prefer to leave the ...
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iTunes sync complaining about songs that don't exist
I had an album in Music ripped from an MP3 CD. Creator had "titled" the tracks with numbers. The import changed them to .m4a
I exited from Music, changed the tags, including the album name,...
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Prevent AirPods from opening Mac's Music (iTunes) app?
How do I prevent my AirPods Pro from launching my Mac's Music App (formerly iTunes) when I squeeze the stem to play?
I wear my AirPods Pro pretty much all day and I'm constantly switching between my ...
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Cannot download music on iPhone
I have Apple Music subscription. I am able to hear and download music on my Mac, but I cannot download music on my iPhone. I can hear it on iPhone, but when I press download I see endless round ...
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Downloaded Music Missing from iPhone Music Library
I'm having a bit of a problem with my music library on my iPhone. All the downloaded songs marked as explicit have randomly gone missing from my iPhone 11 Pro. I can see that the files are still in ...
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How can I stop from having my music transfer between my iPhone and my HomePod?
What initially seemed like a clever feature turns out to be ridiculously annoying: the transfer of a song between a HomePod and an iPhone.
I have a HomePod in my office, on my desk, and whenever I ...
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Does ITunes compress audios synced to iPhone
I have a few mp3 320kbps audios I need to pass onto my iPhone, however I need the format to be exactly the same and I don’t want any compressing to be done to the audios. I wanted to know if when I ...
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How do i change GarageBand Keyboard Notes Label?
i want to change my keyboard note labels, my label is here.But i want "d e f g..." note labels. Thank in advace
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iPhone 11 plays random music without prompting, what's going on?
My wife's iPhone 11 running iOS 13.3.1 seems to randomly start playing stuff from the music app. We don't have Pandora or anything like it on there. The music seems to play in random situations; I ...
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How to assign per-song EQ for music on iPhones?
Is there a way for the iPhone to automatically choose an EQ for songs, or if there was a way to assign an EQ for each song? I don't want to be constantly changing the EQ for each genre (e.g., hip hop, ...
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iTunes USB sync deleted all playlists from my iPhone
I just synced my iPhone XS to my MacBook over a USB cable for the first time in a few months because I had some MP3 files I’d added to my iTunes library manually that I wanted to transfer. After the ...
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How to play background music and video of other app at the same time in iPhone?
In iPhone, it is possible to play background music and video app at the same time?
For example, I played background music using AVAudioPlayer framework. It works as well before other video or music ...
