This is so helpful. My main incentive for buying my MacBook was for entertainment and I have now found the Music app on my iPad pretty useless. I only have access to music, and videos I bought before they put a stop to it!! I can’t buy anymore but the video I most want is available on TH-cam. So I’m going to subscribe to TH-cam.
Wow! You just opened up a whole other library I thought I was destined to not access. Had an old Sony optical drive laying around and followed your instructions. Works perfectly! Thank you thank you thank you. You're a gem!
This is a keeper video. No doubt, I will refer back to it many times as I tend to forget things 🤔 Only thing better than this, is to show also how to custom select & make a 💿 CD.
Make a CD? Why? Where would you play it? Just kidding, some people still have CD players I know. But it won't be long before CDs are like video tapes and cassettes.
@@macmost I'm "that Guy". I have a ton of CDs and have to purchase vintage CD players like Sony etc. They plug into my powered audio home speakers and work well. But now that I can get music from them thru my Mac, I'll probably download to an external hard drive that I have. My car will still read older iPods. Newer 2023 and 2024 cars won't always read all iPods. This has been tremendously helpful like all your videos. You're a life saver Gary.
As ever a concise and very useful explanation of how to use the Music app on its various ways… some of the content I am already using but only after a good few months of ferreting around in the options etc and there are some settings/options I hadn’t got to such as where to get the track names for a CD - very useful for when the CD isn’t recognized immediately. Have found Airplay from my music library and not the streamed version sounds a lot better indoors.
Excellent Share, Gary. I've made my own rips from CDs for years. Some on computers, some on iPhone and to play in autos. Im glad you walk others through the process step by step. 👍🏻 Apple Music has never had a single item of interest to me, with MMUS background.
Very useful indeed. I hated the idea of being 'forced' to use a subscription service, so pretty much ignored the app. Now I can revisit all my music. Thanks Gary
You also can drag and drop a folder (importing) with mp3's , AAC or ALAC (Apple Lossless) files on the Music App. Than it shows the albums in the app. You can also edit the tags. FLAC files are not supported in this app.
Thanks, Gary! I know so many people who are confused by this so it’s nice to have link to send this to them. Also, my current MacBook Pro is so old that it’s running High Sierra and iTunes. However, I’m finally going to upgrade by December so this will really come in handy since I still burn CDs. 😀
WOW Gary you must be reading my mind. I recently had difficulty ripping CDs on my newer MAC mini so used my partner's MAC Air with her plug CD-RW drive. It didn't come up on my mini.
Great video very useful and clear. I am very frustrated by the Music App because of the limited window where you see the length of the song and the cursor that indicates where we are in the song. For instance if use Music to transcript an audio file of a conversation fi, I need to stop and rewind. But the limited width of the window does not allow a precise handling. I have not found in the settings any way to make that window bigger... Can you help me?
@@macmost Thanks Gary! 1) Anyway to upload a large amount of files at once? Upload option? Also I used to have Apple Match and my entire library was loaded up . When I get a free few mo. of Apple Music with a new device say, it still shows up. After the 3 mo. it’s gone. 2) Anyway to access that old uploaded music without a subscription? It was all ripped originally.
@@bobhendricks4024 Not sure what you are asking. You can add as much to your Music library as you like. The word "upload" is confusing here though. You are just adding to your Music App Library, not uploading anywhere. Not sure what you are doing there with switching on and off Apple Music and also using iTunes Match. Sounds like you have lots going on so I don't know how I can help. If you have the ripped files, you can still access them using iTunes Match if you removed them from your Mac and relied on Apple Music to store those and didn't think to re-download them before cancelling Apple Music. You are adding lots of complexity there.
@@macmost I am sorry for my previous lack of clarity. I hope this clears up my questions. 1) A number of years ago- say 15- I had Apple Music match. They uploaded about 30,000 of my songs to iCloud, converted them to higher quality, then were available to all my devices. After a number of years they canceled match and I was no longer able to see any of those songs in Apple Music, or access via iCloud. A few years ago after buying a new iPhone, I had Apple Music free for 3 months. I noticed all my old music was immediately available. Then after my three months trial all the music was gone. So, I know my music is on iCloud, but I don't know any way to access it. Is there a way without subscribing to Apple Music to be able to access my old music that was uploaded to iCloud many years ago? 2) If, I can't access that music. Is there a way to get those 30,000 songs moved into Apple Music without moving them in one album at a time like you mentioned in your last response to me? Thank you! Bob Hendricks.
I have no recommendation there. The one I have is ancient. No idea what is even available now, but they should be pretty cheap so read reviews and roll the dice maybe.
Prof: Thanks for explaining how to disable the “Apple Music” feature. I really don’t plan on subscribing, so it is nice to eliminate that one distraction. Again, thanks for this video.
Not sure what you are asking. Are the mp3 files IN your Music library already? If so, then just navigate in your Library in the Music app to find them and play them.
@@Dave610Jones Not sure what you did, but music you ripped from CDs should still be there. Perhaps at some point you opted to not have those "downloaded" and that's why.
I learnt a long time ago to never ever let iTunes (now Apple Music) manage and "organise" my music collection. If you want to remove anything from the library, Apple's default setting is to also delete it from your hard drive. Manage the music yourself.
Gary, Thank you so much! I have hundreds of music CDs and now (thanks to your excellent presentation) know I can connect an Apple CD player into my MacBook - and copy the music. How do I copy the music from the MacBook to my iPad? iCloud? All of your presentations are outstanding - you're a great teacher!
To do it with iCloud, look at iTunes Match (search). Otherwise without Apple Music or iTunes Match you'd need to sync from Mac to iPad (support.apple.com/en-us/108311)
Thanks Gary. Another great one! I was kinda hoping there’d be a way of accessing all the rips on my Mac via my iPad or iPhone. Some sort of iCloud upload?
Thank you for sharing! Does the Music App in the Mac changes the sample rate automatically according to the file being played, or does it continue to be as before? Thank you before hand!
@@macmost Thank you for aswering. What I meant was if it faithfully plays the file at its native sample rate, without resampling it when it is different from the setting in the Audio setting of Macos.
@@macmost I am refering to the settings of the output device in the Audio Midi utility, where we manually have to change the output settings each time the format of the music file changes. I have read that iOS/iPadOS devices switch sample rate automatically, so I was wondering if this is now the case even with the new music player in the Mac. Thank you for answering, and I am sorry for disturbing you with questions. Greetings from faraway Sweden.
@@guipe43 The vast majority of people never use Audio MIDI Setup. Is there a reason you are using it and changing the settings? Everything should work fine without you needing to use it at all. I'm not sure what sort of problem you are dealing with here, sorry. Do you hear a difference when you switch settings there? If so, choose what sounds best to you. You shouldn't need to change it after that.
Gary: Apparently, the location of the Music Media folder can be on an external drive. What about your Music Library? To save storage space in your Mac (and be in sync with your Music Media folder ), shouldn't your Music Library be stored on an external drive as well? What do you recommend?
The Library part is small. The media is what uses a lot of space. But you can put it on an external drive if you wish, yes. I prefer to keep it all on the internal.
Not really. Even if you could you'd then be switching back and forth instead of having all of your music in one place. If you are afraid of making a bad move and losing your ripped files, just back those up so you can easily get them back if you decide to leave Apple Music and start over.
"The Donnas"! I am impressed! I am still struggling with my old videos in my iTunes Library. I believe that they are no longer necessary there, but many of them date back to the old video iPod days. Is it safe to simply delete them from "Music". Thanks!
Hi, I didn't have any problems with Music app on macOS Sonoma but after upgrading my Mac Pro to macOS Sequoia,Music app is just crash,do you have any suggestions?
@@ritinfek Depends on the "station." You'll need to experiment. File, Open Stream URL... should do it if you have the URL. Other stations have players on their sites. Some may even have their own apps.
I still use mine like the old iTunes. If I remember correctly, the first version of iTunes didn't have any way to attach art. Music is, hands down; my most used app.
All my previously purchased music disappeared except for a few cassettes I digitized a month ago when I quit my apple subscription. Ok. I see that my library showed up on. my iphone but not on my Mac desktop.
I filled my iTunes account on my iPhone 5 with torrented music in 2012. Can't remember how I did it but it worked and it worked great. 14 years & an iPhone 7 later which I'm still using my son laughed when I didn't couldn't get my head around Apple music. The iPhone 5 free earphones still work!
I can access my own library which contains ripped CD's and MP3's previously purchased via iTunes. But I can't find a search bar to search for new music to buy. There are adverts for some cheap songs to download but they are not ones I have an interest in. I did find one post on the web that stated that you can no longer purchase music via iTunes, you have to subscribe to Apple Music, is that correct?
You certainly can purchase new music from iTunes. Not sure where you read something that said otherwise. Just go to Music, Settings, General and check Show: iTunes Store. Then look for iTunes in the left sidebar.
I’ve already carried over my old library from iTunes and synced it with my iPhone and my iPad I lost my entire library once, I pulled it from my old iPod, but sadly the iPod I had broke i just use my phone for music now
So, I've got Version 1.4.6.32 of Apple Music, on Sonoma 14.6.1 which appears to be the latest version for my M1 MAC mini. I don't see the Search options you show, because (as you stated) I do have a subscription to Apple Music. I've tried to keep my music separate due to a big problem I had before this with Apple's previous service "iTunes Match" whereby it got confused between their Music and my Ripped CDs. With my MAC mini if I plug the SuperDrive into a USB extender it doesn't recognize it!
How MacOs Sequioa with Music app? I have lot of music bought from bandcamp with custom cover arts. Does it somehow change it back to its originals or I can still keep my own cover arts? I have old MacOs Ventura and am afraid of upgrading to newer version due to me having local files and losing ability of editing metadat etc.. did it change too much since Ventura??
@@leniwsek MacMost is about "getting the most from your Mac." So I'm always going to recommend updating to get the latest features. You pay for these new versions of macOS when you buy your Mac, so why turn them down and stay stuck with old versions of the OS?
I have gotten mixed answers but mostly say this is to be true without a subscription. If you have stored lossless files ALAC for example in 16 bit 44.1 it will not play in that format it converts it to AAC256 is that correct? I know on the phone that’s true.
If you aren't using Apple Music, and just ripping your own CDs, then you can certainly import them as lossless. Look in Music, Settings, Files, Import Settings.
@@KillerPowerslave If you rip the songs as Lossless, then they would be lossless and those would be what plays back. Nothing to do with Apple Music, the subscription service. You are just playing your own local files.
@ you should look into it iso supposedly cuts it to aac 256 for plant back on phone not sure about iMac Apple has told me this as well but didn’t sound sure
Anyone have any recommendations for external drives for Macs? I’ve looked at a few and they seemed to be windows centric and the Apple drive has ejection issues.
My general settings doesn’t look anything like that. I am subscribed to iCloud+ but not Apple Music. I have a “sync library” check box and some options for listening history and then no way to remove Apple Music in the show: section.
@@macmost Thanks for a prompt answer! I'm in the process of acquiring one. So you're saying it will appear when I connect my Mac to an Airplay device? I thought the way that I connect was the icon on the Music app
@@cachaitos I'm thinking that the button isn't there for you because no Airplay device is available on the network. Once you get something else that uses Airplay, it hopefully will appear. Otherwise the button serves no purpose.
That shouldn't be the case. AAC is an open standard that should work almost anywhere today. And better quality and smaller sizes than MP3, which is quite an old format.
I have loads of my own audio on the app, all my CD's etc. I have been afraid to sign up for a free trial of Apple Music as I was afraid my library would be deleted. So no worried then?
Worry a bit, because it would be easy to make a mistake. But the solution is simple: back up your ripped music. Just make a copy of that folder on an external drive so you have it. Then you could always start over and drag it all into a new library. A backup like that is a good idea regardless.
heyy sir my Mac is updated with latest 14.6.1 there ia no update available but stir getting notifications that your Mac is ready to update how to solve this problem.
@@macmost "Thank you for your response! I’m seeing notifications on my Mac that say it's ready to update, but my Mac is already running the latest version (14.6.1) and there are no new updates available. I was wondering if this is a known issue or if there’s any fix?
It would be great if you do a video on how to transfer music from old computer to new computer or old phone to new phone so that you don’t lose all those songs that were ripped from a CD. I lost a bunch of songs doing that incorrectly.
Has anyone been having Apple Music issues since Sonoma ? Like not being able to relabel playlist. I go to edit and rename list hit okay and playlist doesn’t change to new name.. then I can’t add playlist like it allows me to make a playlist but it doesn’t actually make it.. like a glitch or something.. been using iTunes since the start and no issues until Sonoma update.. bumbed 😢
Yes, i have the same problem. But i haven't been able to find a solution yet. I've seen a couple of other people saying they had the same issues, but not many. I had hoped by upgrading to macOS Sequoia it would have fixed those problems, but nope... still the same for me.
Too bad you can’t do this with the apple music app on Roku. It only works with Apple Music. Do you know if you can just use the music app for iTunes music on Apple TV?
I want to know how to keep Music from automatically playing when I remove my AirPods? I want to turn off Music entirely on my iphone and only have it on when I want to listen to something. Songs automatically play when I take my AirPods out.
I'm not following you. Remove from the case or from your ears? Is this a problem between your AirPods and iPhone, or with a Mac (the video is about Mac). Either way, it sounds like you will want to call Apple Support to get to the bottom of it.
@@macmost When I take my AirPods out a music track almost always begins playing. I hate Music! It is insidious and I've not found a way to turn it off entirely - fully - only on when I acutely want to play something. A tract will play often when plugging in Apple CarPlay. Note: I do not have the purchase feature enabled, I only use music that I've imported from CDs. I HATE Music, I wish they had the old iTunes back.
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It's ripper inside 👏🔥🔥🔥 but how to import files to Music form iCloud :) on iPhone 😉
On iPhone? You either use Apple Music, iTunes Match or sync via a cable to get music from Mac/PC to your iPhone. Unless it is purchased music from iTunes then you can just download it in the Music app.
Huh? How so? You have lots of options. And those are just for that particular app. You can download other music player apps if you want too.
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@@macmost I don't want install other "Wimps" I like Music (native) app, no apple needs to do more to "open". Syncho by cables, by Computer? It's not XXI. Like another issue, how to play music in other "window/tab". Now can't, manage that way, why? And wrrr... #morefreedom please. Like mail batch stuff in Pages, like Music need more polish and ❤ :)
Thank you Gary! I'm a long-time Music user and learned 4-5 new things from your walk-through. Thanks again for posting.
You solved a long-standing query. Many thanks.
This is so helpful. My main incentive for buying my MacBook was for entertainment and I have now found the Music app on my iPad pretty useless. I only have access to music, and videos I bought before they put a stop to it!! I can’t buy anymore but the video I most want is available on TH-cam. So I’m going to subscribe to TH-cam.
Thanks Gary. I didn’t know how to rip cds to my Mac mini. Now I do thanks to you. I have a usb cd/dvd drive, just the job. Cheers.
I use XLD, slower but the best for flac, it handles accurate rip and a lot of other things
Wow! You just opened up a whole other library I thought I was destined to not access. Had an old Sony optical drive laying around and followed your instructions. Works perfectly! Thank you thank you thank you. You're a gem!
Great choice of music by the way
Thanks Gary! This is gold! Everything I needed to know, presented clearly in a no nonsense manner Z thank you!
Just what I needed to know.
Thanks from Tokyo!
Another Mac user from Tokyo here! Akemashite omedeto!
Thank you! I have lost sleep over this!
Every single time I watch one of your videos I find out a ton of new stuff: thanks Gary!
This is a keeper video. No doubt, I will refer back to it many times as I tend to forget things 🤔
Only thing better than this, is to show also how to custom select & make a 💿 CD.
Make a CD? Why? Where would you play it? Just kidding, some people still have CD players I know. But it won't be long before CDs are like video tapes and cassettes.
@@macmost => believe it or not, my car plays both, CD & cassette 😂 ... so, that's why. Thanks for your videos, very good content 👍
@@macmost I'm "that Guy". I have a ton of CDs and have to purchase vintage CD players like Sony etc. They plug into my powered audio home speakers and work well. But now that I can get music from them thru my Mac, I'll probably download to an external hard drive that I have. My car will still read older iPods. Newer 2023 and 2024 cars won't always read all iPods. This has been tremendously helpful like all your videos. You're a life saver Gary.
Brilliant. Thank you Gary. Very helpful & always so informative.
Rubber Soul my favorite album. The Pretenders was a favorite of my best friend who just passed last month. Very emotional video for me Gary.
This is great. Never thought of checking the settings.
As ever a concise and very useful explanation of how to use the Music app on its various ways… some of the content I am already using but only after a good few months of ferreting around in the options etc and there are some settings/options I hadn’t got to such as where to get the track names for a CD - very useful for when the CD isn’t recognized immediately. Have found Airplay from my music library and not the streamed version sounds a lot better indoors.
Very timely. I recently downgraded my Apple One to iCloud only. I will def plug in my drive and try this. Thank you.
That’s really helpful. Thanks Gary.
Gary, thank you for sharing this info!
Excellent Share, Gary. I've made my own rips from CDs for years. Some on computers, some on iPhone and to play in autos. Im glad you walk others through the process step by step. 👍🏻 Apple Music has never had a single item of interest to me, with MMUS background.
Super useful thank you 🙏
Thanks
Wow. Totally misunderstood the Music app before this video. THANKS!!!
Very useful indeed. I hated the idea of being 'forced' to use a subscription service, so pretty much ignored the app. Now I can revisit all my music. Thanks Gary
Genius!!! Thank you!!!!
So helpful. Thank you! 🎼
Thank you thank you, just what I have been searching for 🙏😃
Thank you Gary! This is very helpful.
I already knew all this, but you still rock!
You also can drag and drop a folder (importing) with mp3's , AAC or ALAC (Apple Lossless) files on the Music App. Than it shows the albums in the app. You can also edit the tags. FLAC files are not supported in this app.
Thank you, Gary! 👏🏻❤️
Thanks, Gary. Have we lost the sync across devices without a subscription to Apple Music?
No. That's still there. Note that it moved to the Finder many years ago.
@@macmost Thanks! Do you have any videos on that feature?
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Yes Very Useful! Thank You!
Thank you Gary for all the great information. Enjoy The Journey - Cheers
Thanks so much, Gary! I never knew this about Apple Music. Much appreciated!
Thanks, Gary! I know so many people who are confused by this so it’s nice to have link to send this to them. Also, my current MacBook Pro is so old that it’s running High Sierra and iTunes. However, I’m finally going to upgrade by December so this will really come in handy since I still burn CDs. 😀
Very informative. Thank you!
Thanks a lot!
Thank you again Gary, another pearl. Can ripped music be stored in iCloud and used on other devices, for example used on an iPhone or in CarPlay?
Yes, using either the Apple Music or iTunes Match service.
Every time am going to quit on my Mac, Gary slices the pie!
Haha. I'm going to use that one . .with your permission, of course, Jorge.
@@afriend621 Sure thing!
WOW Gary you must be reading my mind. I recently had difficulty ripping CDs on my newer MAC mini so used my partner's MAC Air with her plug CD-RW drive. It didn't come up on my mini.
Thanks for Posting.
THX GARY 🤗👍💚💚💚
Thank you buddy, ive never really understood itunes, apple music or music player. I know more now
Great video very useful and clear. I am very frustrated by the Music App because of the limited window where you see the length of the song and the cursor that indicates where we are in the song. For instance if use Music to transcript an audio file of a conversation fi, I need to stop and rewind. But the limited width of the window does not allow a precise handling. I have not found in the settings any way to make that window bigger... Can you help me?
I don't think the Music app is what you want. GarageBand would give you very fine detailed control. An app like Audacity would also be good.
Thanks very much for this very useful information. 👍
Very useful as I was helping a friend who is not terribly computer literate to listen to music on his iPhone - I have Apple Music but he doesn't
Thanks: That was really helpful!
Super useful Gary! How do I add music already ripped?
Drag and drop into your Library on the left, or into the Songs list if you have that up.
@@macmost Thanks Gary! 1) Anyway to upload a large amount of files at once? Upload option?
Also I used to have Apple Match and my entire library was loaded up . When I get a free few mo. of Apple Music with a new device say, it still shows up. After the 3 mo. it’s gone. 2) Anyway to access that old uploaded music without a subscription? It was all ripped originally.
@@bobhendricks4024 Not sure what you are asking. You can add as much to your Music library as you like. The word "upload" is confusing here though. You are just adding to your Music App Library, not uploading anywhere. Not sure what you are doing there with switching on and off Apple Music and also using iTunes Match. Sounds like you have lots going on so I don't know how I can help. If you have the ripped files, you can still access them using iTunes Match if you removed them from your Mac and relied on Apple Music to store those and didn't think to re-download them before cancelling Apple Music. You are adding lots of complexity there.
@@macmost I am sorry for my previous lack of clarity. I hope this clears up my questions.
1) A number of years ago- say 15- I had Apple Music match. They uploaded about 30,000 of my songs to iCloud, converted them to higher quality, then were available to all my devices. After a number of years they canceled match and I was no longer able to see any of those songs in Apple Music, or access via iCloud. A few years ago after buying a new iPhone, I had Apple Music free for 3 months. I noticed all my old music was immediately available. Then after my three months trial all the music was gone.
So, I know my music is on iCloud, but I don't know any way to access it. Is there a way without subscribing to Apple Music to be able to access my old music that was uploaded to iCloud many years ago?
2) If, I can't access that music. Is there a way to get those 30,000 songs moved into Apple Music without moving them in one album at a time like you mentioned in your last response to me?
Thank you! Bob Hendricks.
Thanks Gary! What optical drive do you recommend??
I have no recommendation there. The one I have is ancient. No idea what is even available now, but they should be pretty cheap so read reviews and roll the dice maybe.
Prof: Thanks for explaining how to disable the “Apple Music” feature.
I really don’t plan on subscribing, so it is nice to eliminate that one distraction.
Again, thanks for this video.
Hi, great video. Could you guide me through listening to my MP3 song list from the Music app on my iPhone without an account? Cheers.
Not sure what you are asking. Are the mp3 files IN your Music library already? If so, then just navigate in your Library in the Music app to find them and play them.
Great video tutorial Gary. Thanks!
BTW can you do this on the iPhone as well? Like to see that tutorial. Thanks again.
Which part? Do you mean the switch to hide Apple Music. Yes, it is there. Look in Settings.
@@macmost I tried this but all the music I downloaded from CDs 💿 is gone. FYI I had previously cancelled my Apple One subscription.
@@Dave610Jones Not sure what you did, but music you ripped from CDs should still be there. Perhaps at some point you opted to not have those "downloaded" and that's why.
@@macmost could be… who knows. I still appreciate your tutorials.
I love The Donnas!
I learnt a long time ago to never ever let iTunes (now Apple Music) manage and "organise" my music collection. If you want to remove anything from the library, Apple's default setting is to also delete it from your hard drive. Manage the music yourself.
is iTunes Match still around?
Yes. support.apple.com/en-us/108935
Gary, Thank you so much! I have hundreds of music CDs and now (thanks to your excellent presentation) know I can connect an Apple CD player into my MacBook - and copy the music. How do I copy the music from the MacBook to my iPad? iCloud? All of your presentations are outstanding - you're a great teacher!
To do it with iCloud, look at iTunes Match (search). Otherwise without Apple Music or iTunes Match you'd need to sync from Mac to iPad (support.apple.com/en-us/108311)
@@macmostFor info: That link does not work
@@hallchristian1 support.apple.com/en-us/108311 (I think TH-cam comments was grabbing the ) at the end.
Pet Sounds vs Rubber Soul? You could do an entire video about the greatness of both albums, heh? 🤘🏼
Thanks - good to know. I’m guessing similar on iOS and iPadOS?
If you mean the "Show Apple Music" switch in Settings, yes.
Thanks Gary. Another great one! I was kinda hoping there’d be a way of accessing all the rips on my Mac via my iPad or iPhone. Some sort of iCloud upload?
iTunes Match or just the old-fashioned sync to the iPhone.
@@macmost Oops, so sorry I missed this response. Thank you! 🙏😊
Helpful
Very helpful Gary. I would love to know how I can get the music library on my new mini 2 to see the hundreds of dot wav brought over from my pc!
Should be able to just import or drag and drop them in. But .wav files can have a wide variety of things inside them.
Can you use Music with a service like Spotify?
No. Spotify is its own system with its own app.
@@macmost Thanks!
Thank you for sharing! Does the Music App in the Mac changes
the sample rate automatically according to the file being played,
or does it continue to be as before? Thank you before hand!
Not sure what you mean. It shouldn't change the sample rate of a song file.
@@macmost Thank you for aswering. What I meant was if it faithfully plays the file at its native sample rate, without resampling it
when it is different from the setting in the
Audio setting of Macos.
@@guipe43 Sorry, I don't know. What "audio setting of macOS" are you talking about?
@@macmost I am refering to the settings of the output device in the Audio Midi utility, where we manually have to change the output settings each time the format of the music file changes. I have read that iOS/iPadOS devices switch sample rate automatically, so I was wondering if this is now the case even with the new music player in the Mac. Thank you for answering, and I am sorry for disturbing you with questions. Greetings from faraway Sweden.
@@guipe43 The vast majority of people never use Audio MIDI Setup. Is there a reason you are using it and changing the settings? Everything should work fine without you needing to use it at all. I'm not sure what sort of problem you are dealing with here, sorry. Do you hear a difference when you switch settings there? If so, choose what sounds best to you. You shouldn't need to change it after that.
I use Cog and Tiny Player to play files and XLD to rip or burn CDs
Gary: Apparently, the location of the Music Media folder can be on an external drive. What about your Music Library? To save storage space in your Mac (and be in sync with your Music Media folder ), shouldn't your Music Library be stored on an external drive as well? What do you recommend?
The Library part is small. The media is what uses a lot of space. But you can put it on an external drive if you wish, yes. I prefer to keep it all on the internal.
Is it possible to use Apple Music without affecting (merging with) your local music library?
Not really. Even if you could you'd then be switching back and forth instead of having all of your music in one place. If you are afraid of making a bad move and losing your ripped files, just back those up so you can easily get them back if you decide to leave Apple Music and start over.
"The Donnas"! I am impressed! I am still struggling with my old videos in my iTunes Library. I believe that they are no longer necessary there, but many of them date back to the old video iPod days. Is it safe to simply delete them from "Music". Thanks!
If you don't want them there, why wouldn't you delete them?
@@macmost I guess it makes more sense to delete them from Music and add them to TV. Thanks
Especially (!!) helpful for me! Glad to have Apple Music out of my face :-)
Hi, I didn't have any problems with Music app on macOS Sonoma but after upgrading my Mac Pro to macOS Sequoia,Music app is just crash,do you have any suggestions?
Call Apple Support.
I miss iTunes.
What feature(s) of iTunes do you miss?
What about the radio button?
What about it? What's your question?
@@macmost How to Access Internet Radio without using Apple Music
@@ritinfek Depends on the "station." You'll need to experiment. File, Open Stream URL... should do it if you have the URL. Other stations have players on their sites. Some may even have their own apps.
Gary, how do you share/play the music on your Mac to your own iPhone, iPad, etc.?
Either using Apple Music, iTunes Match, or by syncing (support.apple.com/en-us/108311)
@@macmost Thank you. I'll try syncing.
Omg. A video just for me!
I still use mine like the old iTunes. If I remember correctly, the first version of iTunes didn't have any way to attach art. Music is, hands down; my most used app.
its not working
All my previously purchased music disappeared except for a few cassettes I digitized a month ago when I quit my apple subscription. Ok. I see that my library showed up on. my iphone but not on my Mac desktop.
I filled my iTunes account on my iPhone 5 with torrented music in 2012. Can't remember how I did it but it worked and it worked great. 14 years & an iPhone 7 later which I'm still using my son laughed when I didn't couldn't get my head around Apple music. The iPhone 5 free earphones still work!
I've done a similar thing on my old iPhone 6 and use it like an iPod. Works pretty well.
You are the best!
I can access my own library which contains ripped CD's and MP3's previously purchased via iTunes. But I can't find a search bar to search for new music to buy. There are adverts for some cheap songs to download but they are not ones I have an interest in. I did find one post on the web that stated that you can no longer purchase music via iTunes, you have to subscribe to Apple Music, is that correct?
You certainly can purchase new music from iTunes. Not sure where you read something that said otherwise. Just go to Music, Settings, General and check Show: iTunes Store. Then look for iTunes in the left sidebar.
I’ve already carried over my old library from iTunes and synced it with my iPhone and my iPad I lost my entire library once, I pulled it from my old iPod, but sadly the iPod I had broke i just use my phone for music now
So, I've got Version 1.4.6.32 of Apple Music, on Sonoma 14.6.1 which appears to be the latest version for my M1 MAC mini. I don't see the Search options you show, because (as you stated) I do have a subscription to Apple Music. I've tried to keep my music separate due to a big problem I had before this with Apple's previous service "iTunes Match" whereby it got confused between their Music and my Ripped CDs. With my MAC mini if I plug the SuperDrive into a USB extender it doesn't recognize it!
Great video explaining how to navigate some of Apple’s poor user interface design choices.
How MacOs Sequioa with Music app? I have lot of music bought from bandcamp with custom cover arts. Does it somehow change it back to its originals or I can still keep my own cover arts? I have old MacOs Ventura and am afraid of upgrading to newer version due to me having local files and losing ability of editing metadat etc.. did it change too much since Ventura??
I don't know what will happen in your situation, but you can certainly apply your own cover art in the Music app.
@ and is it really needed to upgrade macbook to new macos every year? Or I am fine with Ventura
@@leniwsek MacMost is about "getting the most from your Mac." So I'm always going to recommend updating to get the latest features. You pay for these new versions of macOS when you buy your Mac, so why turn them down and stay stuck with old versions of the OS?
@ I'm afraid it slowers down the Macbooks each year :( or ruins the battery
@@leniwsek No, that's a myth. In fact, new optimizations for both the processing power and energy conservation do the opposite.
I have gotten mixed answers but mostly say this is to be true without a subscription. If you have stored lossless files ALAC for example in 16 bit 44.1 it will not play in that format it converts it to AAC256 is that correct? I know on the phone that’s true.
If you aren't using Apple Music, and just ripping your own CDs, then you can certainly import them as lossless. Look in Music, Settings, Files, Import Settings.
@ yes but supposedly payback without a subscription is in aac 256 of files stored locally on an iPhone. Is this the same on an IMac?
@@KillerPowerslave If you rip the songs as Lossless, then they would be lossless and those would be what plays back. Nothing to do with Apple Music, the subscription service. You are just playing your own local files.
@ you should look into it iso supposedly cuts it to aac 256 for plant back on phone not sure about iMac Apple has told me this as well but didn’t sound sure
Anyone have any recommendations for external drives for Macs? I’ve looked at a few and they seemed to be windows centric and the Apple drive has ejection issues.
Drives are for the most part platform-independent. There are no "Windows" and "Mac" drives, just drives.
My general settings doesn’t look anything like that. I am subscribed to iCloud+ but not Apple Music. I have a “sync library” check box and some options for listening history and then no way to remove Apple Music in the show: section.
Which version of macOS are you on? Are you using a free trial of Apple Music perhaps?
I don't have an Airplay icon on my Music app. How can I enable it? Thanks!
Perhaps you simply have no Airplay devices to list?
@@macmost Thanks for a prompt answer! I'm in the process of acquiring one. So you're saying it will appear when I connect my Mac to an Airplay device? I thought the way that I connect was the icon on the Music app
@@cachaitos I'm thinking that the button isn't there for you because no Airplay device is available on the network. Once you get something else that uses Airplay, it hopefully will appear. Otherwise the button serves no purpose.
@@macmost Thank you, sir! 🙏
Yeah, I learned a while back that AAC can be problematic across platforms and converted my entire library to MP3.
That shouldn't be the case. AAC is an open standard that should work almost anywhere today. And better quality and smaller sizes than MP3, which is quite an old format.
How to import my playlist from my iPhone to my new MacBook Air?
Without Apple Music? iTunes Match would be your only other option for cloud sync like that.
I have loads of my own audio on the app, all my CD's etc. I have been afraid to sign up for a free trial of Apple Music as I was afraid my library would be deleted. So no worried then?
Worry a bit, because it would be easy to make a mistake. But the solution is simple: back up your ripped music. Just make a copy of that folder on an external drive so you have it. Then you could always start over and drag it all into a new library. A backup like that is a good idea regardless.
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Thanks, I am backup and update obsessed. I have lost stuff before and thank god my music is on an external drive
heyy sir my Mac is updated with latest 14.6.1 there ia no update available but stir getting notifications that your Mac is ready to update how to solve this problem.
Sorry, I'm not sure what you are seeing.
@@macmost "Thank you for your response! I’m seeing notifications on my Mac that say it's ready to update, but my Mac is already running the latest version (14.6.1) and there are no new updates available. I was wondering if this is a known issue or if there’s any fix?
@@IAMSWARAJ Sorry, I'm not sure what those notifications you are seeing are.
@@macmost the update notification software update
@@IAMSWARAJ Not sure why you are getting that, sorry. Try Apple Support, maybe?
It would be great if you do a video on how to transfer music from old computer to new computer or old phone to new phone so that you don’t lose all those songs that were ripped from a CD. I lost a bunch of songs doing that incorrectly.
From Mac to Mac? Using Migration Assistant should have done that automatically.
Huh. So Gary. No U2 album in that library 😂
Why is most of my ITunes Library not showing up? Ideas?
Call Apple Support and get to the bottom of it.
My music app is different fron your. I have not the three buttons on the top right corner…
Has anyone been having Apple Music issues since Sonoma ? Like not being able to relabel playlist. I go to edit and rename list hit okay and playlist doesn’t change to new name.. then I can’t add playlist like it allows me to make a playlist but it doesn’t actually make it.. like a glitch or something.. been using iTunes since the start and no issues until Sonoma update.. bumbed 😢
Yes, i have the same problem. But i haven't been able to find a solution yet. I've seen a couple of other people saying they had the same issues, but not many. I had hoped by upgrading to macOS Sequoia it would have fixed those problems, but nope... still the same for me.
Too bad you can’t do this with the apple music app on Roku. It only works with Apple Music. Do you know if you can just use the music app for iTunes music on Apple TV?
Yes. It is called Home Sharing. support.apple.com/en-us/108958
I want to know how to keep Music from automatically playing when I remove my AirPods? I want to turn off Music entirely on my iphone and only have it on when I want to listen to something. Songs automatically play when I take my AirPods out.
I'm not following you. Remove from the case or from your ears? Is this a problem between your AirPods and iPhone, or with a Mac (the video is about Mac). Either way, it sounds like you will want to call Apple Support to get to the bottom of it.
@@macmost When I take my AirPods out a music track almost always begins playing. I hate Music! It is insidious and I've not found a way to turn it off entirely - fully - only on when I acutely want to play something. A tract will play often when plugging in Apple CarPlay. Note: I do not have the purchase feature enabled, I only use music that I've imported from CDs. I HATE Music, I wish they had the old iTunes back.
It's ripper inside 👏🔥🔥🔥 but how to import files to Music form iCloud :) on iPhone 😉
On iPhone? You either use Apple Music, iTunes Match or sync via a cable to get music from Mac/PC to your iPhone. Unless it is purchased music from iTunes then you can just download it in the Music app.
@@macmost 😤 in this case #nofreedom
Huh? How so? You have lots of options. And those are just for that particular app. You can download other music player apps if you want too.
@@macmost I don't want install other "Wimps" I like Music (native) app, no apple needs to do more to "open". Syncho by cables, by Computer? It's not XXI. Like another issue, how to play music in other "window/tab". Now can't, manage that way, why? And wrrr... #morefreedom please. Like mail batch stuff in Pages, like Music need more polish and ❤ :)
Can you do the same thing on iOS? I'd love to get rid of Apple Music there, too!
Yes. Look in Settings.