Do you hate Apple Music? Not after this video…
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In this video, Dylan Stewart… The MacWhisperer, explains how to get the most out of your Apple Music subscription. He explores the separate sections of the service (Listen Now, Browse and Radio.) He also shows you some of his favorite tips and tricks to get Siri to do the heavy lifting of Apple music for you.
This is a great video to watch whether you are a current or potential Apple Music subscriber… Or even if you are a Spotify subscriber or a Pandora subscriber looking for different ways to listen to music easier on your Apple devices.
Music is such a critical part of our lives, and it's a shame that it has become so complicated and convoluted to play music easily. But after this video you will be right back to the good old days of playing music all over your house, all the time.
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Highlights from this video
[00:00:00] Introduction
[00:02:19] Apple Music App Walkthrough
[00:03:36] The Listen Now Section
[00:04:01] Made for you Playlists
[00:05:07] Stations vs Playlists
[00:06:01] The Browse Section
[00:06:52] Browse categories by mood
[00:07:13] Music Charts and Top Songs
[00:07:39] Browse by Category
[00:08:06] The Radio Section
[00:08:52] Creating a station based on an artist
[00:10:07] Searching stations by genre
[00:10:59] Using Siri with Apple music
[00:12:55] Searching for songs and artists without Siri
[00:13:28] "Loving" a song or artist - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
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Dylan, I enjoyed and learned a lot about Apple Music, a lot to take in in one view, so I'll be back. HOWEVER you need to clean up your audio....get yourself an over the ear mic, or a LAV, your audio has an annoying echo, and it was a bit tiring to listen to after a while. But you explanations were very good, and SPOT ON.
Yeah, something happened to my Mic on this video. In trying to fix it I made it worse.
I have other Mics. It won't be an issue again...
Thanks for pushing through it anyway!
Very helpful. Thanks 👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm coming back to AM pretty soon, and wanted some tips beforehand, stumbled upon this video, and I have to say, I love your enthusiasm and your way of explaining things!
Glad it was helpful!
I stopped at 7:48...I hated Appel Music...not now. Thank you so much for uploading this. Greetings from Belgium 👋
Glad it helped!! ;)
Is it possible to organize Apple created playlists into folders in the left sidebar? I can't move them or group them in anyway, thanks, love your channel.
Unfortunately the Apple created playlists are pretty hard to organize into folders. But you shouldn’t have a ton of those… And if you like some of those playlists but don’t want to keep them in the Apple playlist format, copy all the songs into your own playlist and then you can organize it anyway you like.
Excellent overview. Makes it a little less intimidating to think about making the jump to streaming. Do you have a video on getting started with Apple Music? In particular, on how to move a large iTunes library with lots of live and alternate versions of songs, as well as star ratings and many smart playlists?
Why "move" the iTunes library? It's an iTunes library, isn't it? So subscribing to Apple Music will do nothing to it - except for synching it with Apple so that it is streamable on all your Apple devices. You can upload up to 100,000 songs for free, included with the subscription.
@@hape3862 Thanks for the reply. I just remember all the horror stories from when Apple Music first launched-peoples' libraries getting irreparably messed up and such. I'm still not sure what happens (after syncing) to your original local files, or the metadata on those files, and am uber-paranoid about syncing (even though I really want to).
@@slowdive101 Don't worry, nothing happens to your files if you don't want it. If you have different file types, the magic happens: 1. old (even illegally downloaded, cough, cough)) 128-bit mp3s (or higher bitrates or AAC files) are compared to Apple Music files - if they match, nothing happens, but on your iPhone you find them in the media library for streaming. These are the high quality Apple files, not your flimsy mp3s! After the matching process, which can take a while, you could delete your originals and could download the high quality AACs from Apple instead.
2. For files that DO NOT match, the Apple Music app will upload them to Apple Music, where you can have up to 100,000 songs stored without using up your iCloud storage! (It is an entirely different thing anyways) Your originals stay untouched!
3. If you have ALAC files or even Hi-Res files, that DO NOT match, the Music app will encode them to AAC in the background and will upload them. Your originals stay untouched! You'll find them on other devices for streaming, but as AACs.
4. ALAC and HiRes files that DO match won't be encoded but matched with their counterparts. (You'll find them in your library on other devices for streaming and download.) And here I'm not completely sure: I think you can download ALAC files in CD quality, but not Hi-Res ones.
5. ALL files that either matched or have been uploaded can be downloaded without DRM!!! (Yes, this way you can even turn pirated mp3s into legit ones!)
6. Tags won't change in any other way as you are used to: There is no automatism that re-tags your files. To be absolutely sure, uncheck the checkmark in the settings of the app that says "Let Apple download covers and complete tags" (It doesn't work for me regardless if checked or not.)
7. Just make a backup from all your files in the media library before you start. That is always a good advice. After the matching process you even may delete your originals and download Apple's files instead (if they are of better quality). Or just keep streaming them and save space on your hard drive. BTW: You still can edit tags on files in the cloud, these are applied immediately in the library and to the respective files during a future download. So the files in the cloud will go there with your current tags, but the files will be Apple's AACs.
8. If you add lots of music from Apple Music into your library, which is after all the purpose of the whole endeavor, you can download and use them as you please - as long as you are still subscribed to Apple Music. After that they are unusable due to DRM. They can be discerned from your own files because they are downloaded to another folder called "downloaded files" whereas your own files are downloaded into "Music", from where they came in the first place.
9. Oh, and the downloaded folder structure will always be:
album artist/
album/
discnumber-tracknumber title
So, if you have any other structure and like it, better do not delete your files and download them again.
10. In the Music App, in the column view just turn on the column "cloud status" and it will show you whether a file is "waiting" (to be uploaded), "matched" or "uploaded", or if an error occurred. It is really quite simple, despite me writing an actual novel about it, hehe.
Again, make a backup and just hop into the cold water, as we say in Germany! The people whose library was destroyed made just stupid mistakes or had wrong expectations.
@hope3862 is right on the money. The beauty of Apple Music is that it just matches your existing library and syncs it. It does not change your core files in the vast majority of situations. You may want to make a hard copy backup of your iTunes folder onto a backup drive if you are extremely concerned about it just in case.. but I moved 50,000+ songs over and had no problems.
What I want to know and haven’t found an answer to is what happens when you sync your library with Apple Music. When I hit the 3 dots there is no option for making or adding to a playlist but it says add to library however picking that option leads me to a pop up asking to sync my library. I want to know what will happen if I do that before I commit to it.
Edit: and is there a way to see a list of all these songs I keep hitting love on? I don’t have the best memory and would like to revisit those songs, or should I be writing them down as I favorite them.
Question 1: When you click "sync library" (which you should click on ALL your Apple devices) it will take any songs that you (a) purchased on iTunes over the years (b) uploaded from CDs over the years (c) added to your library from Apple Music - and sync them all into one list. If you ever leave Apple Music you will keep any purchased or uploaded songs, but lose access to any Apple Music songs. It will also make sure ALL your playlists from all your devices are synched so you have the same music list on any device that you click "sync library" on.
Question 2: On your computer (can't easily do it from your phone or iPad), go to the file menu and select "New/ Smart Playlist". In the first column choose "Love", in the second column choose "is" in the third column choose "loved" and it will give you a list of all songs that you have loved, and it will live update that list any time you select love after that...
Question:
When I play music purchased and it is NOT lossless,
My equalizer cuts off and music is muffled like a tunnel… then BLASTS through my speakers.
Only music purchased that is not lossless…
Very aggravating….
Am I missing a setting?
Great video. After many years, I just discontinued Spotify so I am now learning apple music. Currently have 500 albums in my library that I had ripped from my CD collection and had created playlists. Now that I subscribe to apple music, do I keep these separate from the playlists I will now create with apple music? Thanks again for great content.
There's no real reason to keep them separate... that's the beauty of Apple Music. Just create playlists that use both those ripped songs and any new ones.
You should also know that there are services (I use soundiiz) that can help you take old spotify playlists and convert them to Apple Music.
Great video, I learned something’s from this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hi there, thank for your informative videos. I have heaps of music that i have purchase through iTunes and am now considering subscribing to Apple music. My question is, what happens to my purchased music and how will i tell the difference between what i own and what i rent? Then if I decide to not continue with my subscriptions what happens to the music I purchased, will they just remain on my devices?
Thanks for any help.
The easiest way to differentiate between purchased move music and music you added through an Apple Music subscription is to create a smart playlist on your computer where the playlist rule is simply "purchased is true"… That will keep track of anything that you purchase from the iTunes store.
All that music will remain in your library, along with whatever you add through Apple Music. If you cancel your Apple Music account you will lose the songs that you added but not the songs that you purchased or uploaded from a CD.
There are also some easy ways to find out what you have added from Apple Music so that before canceling you can save any music that you want to purchase directly once you have canceled your subscription.
I've been a music fanatic my entire life, and I was very resistant to Apple Music at first, believing as Steve Jobs had once said that it's better to own your music than rent it… But I have changed my tune (pun sort of intended 🤪).
Having Apple Music as a subscription has allowed me to discover thousands of artists, and add a huge range of music to my library at a meager price. I used to spend at least $10 a month on music, for one CD at a time… Now I spend $10 a month for infinite music. I don't see myself canceling anytime soon.
Spotify is upping their fee by $1/month, making it the same as Apple Music. I am seriously considering switching to Apple Music even though I have years of listening history and custom playlists invested in Spotify. Why? Because podcasts and audiobooks aren't music, and they are now plastered all over the Spotify interface with no way to get rid of it. Don't get me wrong. I like podcasts too, but not in my music app. Apple still understands that these are two different things that should be accessed in separate apps. Spotify (and Deezer and Pandora and Amazon Music … I checked) for some reason are jumping on the mash-all-audio-content-together bandwagon. I want to vote with my money for a music-only interface. And yes, this includes the radio shows. While they feature talk, they are still about music, just like real DJs on the radio in the old days. In fact, I find the radio shows on Apple Music to be another interesting feature, something they are recovering that was lost when we stopped listening to real radio.
Is it possible to delete some of the created radio stations in Radio section ?
My understanding is that they "disappear" after a certain amount of time if you aren't listening to them.
i’m new to apple music and can say that this was an awesome video! the only thing i’m still left with is my frustration with my listening now feature. i feel that it never updates even when i listen to various songs/artists/albums incessantly. it has showed the same things from the first month i’ve had the account and my personal playlists i listen to. do i need to listen all day every day for this to update properly? i know it’s a silly thing but i don’t understand this aspect. i listen to songs in my playlist but i don’t go into my playlist to listen to them. i search up new songs and nothing updates :(((
Make sure whatever device you are listening to your music on is signed into Apple Music properly and you have the library synched. On the computer that is under the Apple Music app, settings, general and you will see a checkbox for sync library. You also want to make sure "use listening history" is turned on, because that is what is used to update your profile.
You will find similar options on iPads and iPhones in settings under music. Make sure it is set to sync everywhere and that listening history is turned on for all devices and it should solve that problem.
So on my other iPod touch 7, I have the music folder that what is usually on the iPod touch. But the other one I just purchased, I have this Apple Music red folder and I just want the original iTunes folder. If this made ANY sense at all I need some help. I only listen to the music I downloaded in my iTunes, from TH-cam.
If I understood you properly, you have a new iPod touch that has a red music icon instead of what you have on your older iPod touch. This is normal since the new iPod is probably running a more current version of iOS than the old one. You can't change the color (or version) of the music app you have... but you can still use it without apple music.
Go to the settings app, and into the music section and make sure "sync library" is turned off. Then you should be able to download music either from youtube or your computer directly to it.
@@TheMacWhisperer I LOVE YOU!! Lol! And yes. What is weird though is that I updated my 'older' iPod Touch 7 and it still has the same icon. Never changed. The RED one (which I love and was glad to finally get), has that folder. So I'll try to see if I can just drag and drop on my PC to my playlist. Thank you so much!!!😁
Great video! However, you don’t mention anything about the Music Video portion of Music.
I've never really given music videos in itunes/Apple Music any thought... I kind of stopped caring about Music Videos years ago... do you have thoughts on it you would like to share here? I would love to hear your perspective.
thank you
You're welcome! Any specific takeaways?
Unfortunately, the audio on this video sounds like it was recorded with an onboard mic, which is not ear-friendly. Your whisper will sound so much better with an overhead mic or lav.
Thanks for watching! :)
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Thanks for watching!!
I wish the music app was available on windows , I hate to use iTunes for Apple Music , it’s just too slow . ( I know there’s the web alternative , but I would like to download some álbuns to hear them offline :(
Yeah, it was a huge surprise when Apple first released iTunes for Windows, but they did it to sell more iPods... now there isn't an iPod to sell, so they didn't bother updating Music for windows. Probably a mistake on their part, but not much we can do about it.
Why does yours say 'Apple Music" and mine just says 'Music"? I have an Apple IMac Computer. Mine does not show Learn Now, Browse, or Radio.
Is it updated? :)
What do I do with cd's I already own???
If you want to you can import them into your library, then if you ever cancel Apple Music you will still have access to them, Or I hear they make pretty nice drink coasters…
@@TheMacWhisperer Thanks!!
Question: is there a setting that will prevent a song from being added to a playlist if its already in that playlist EVERY time ? sometimes I get that "add" or "skip" choice because its already in that playlist, but sometimes it doesn't, and then I have a duplicate track
It can be hard for the computer to recognize duplicates with songs because sometimes the same song was on multiple albums, and there are multiple different versions of it. Because of this, when you drag into a playlist it will alert you of exact duplicates, but not different versions of the same song which is the problem you’re running into.
Unfortunately I know of no way to fix that situation, but what I do is go into those playlists, sort them alphabetically by title, and manually remove the duplicates from time to time.
@@TheMacWhisperer thanks for the reply. , there might not be a way to stop duplicate add's, but I did find out how to delete them from files. theres actually a "duplicate songs" section where all the duplicates are listed for each playlist, and you just go down and delete 1 of every 2 😉
I downloaded my mp3 files to my Apple Music and now I don’t know how to get them back out to transfer them to my new laptop. Can you tell me how to get my songs back out of Apple Music? Thanks
If your new laptop has Apple Music turned on they should just sync. Otherwise you can select those files in Apple Music and just drag them to a folder (on your desktop or the cloud) and import them from there.
@@TheMacWhisperer Thanks I’ll try that.
Hi Dylan, thanks for sharing about all of the ways that the radio portion of Apple Music works. Apple Music has really upped their game on that since I first started using it. The only thing that I like better with Spotify is they have six Daily Mixes which I like because I listen to a huge variety of music and those six Daily Mixes basically have whatever music mood that I am into. Apple Music in my opinion though is far superior in every other aspect. I ditched Spotify for Apple Music and I definitely don’t regret it.
Yeah, I am fortunate that I never got into Spotify so I don't "miss" any part of it. I find that as I create my own playlists, and tell Apple what I do and don't like their mixes get better and better.
Good job, thx. Like + sub
Thanks for the sub!
I am trying to convince myself that the price each mth is worth it.
😉😉😉
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Sorry to say that but why don't you start at the beginning ? When you first start with Apple Music you don't have any Recently added ,Artists, Albums ,or Songs. So I guess what most people do is go to the search box since I don't like to use Siri very much. So find an artist you get the songs , albums videos and playlists. Play a song and then you just simply want to go back. I still haven't been able to figure it out. On the phone app you have a back button but I can't find anything on the desktop app. I think that when you make a video like that it might be a good idea to sit together with someone who has never used the app before to understand where people have problems. Apple is usually known to make things simple but what were they thinking when they designed this app. I have to say that I find Spotify much simpler but I'm just thinking about switching because of apples losses streaming. But the design of this app makes me think twice.You would think that they make an introduction video totally from the beginning and interview people who have never used the app before and see where beginners have problems.
I'll have to add to this. After playing around with it extensively my desktop app now shows a go back arrow on top in the left. First time it didn't do that before. Don't know why.
I am sorry to hear you wished I would have made this video even simpler. It’s a hard balance to strike. If I make it for someone who has NEVER used anything like this app before the video would be 2 hours long. If I make it too advanced, no one will be able to follow along. I try my best to strike the middle area where I assume the viewer has some familiarity but does not have expertise.
Hopefully future videos will feel more in that “sweet spot” for you. 😊
@@TheMacWhisperer At the end of the 90s I used Napster. After that came Rhapsody which later turned into Napster. Then came Spotify that I used together with Napster until about 2016. So I'm not completely new to things like this. I got out of it for a few years and now decided to try Apple Music. Rhapsody was really nice and simple and so is Spotify.With Apple Music I'm sometimes scratching my head wondering what were they thinking.I didn't ask to make the video simpler I asked to start at the beginning. If it gets too long make 3 videos one from the beginning one advanced and one expert.
Here is another good one that I find just absolutely braindead. "With Apple Music, you can mark tracks as Loved, by tapping the ♡ button. But, unless those tracks are in your iTunes library or on your iOS device, you can’t find them. Marking tracks as Loved helps fine-tune Apple Music’s recommendations, but users might want to go back to all the songs they’ve loved and listen to them again."
@@srupp9271 you can easily create a smart playlists that shows all your faves. You’ll
Have to do it from the computer but it should be easy to create.
you will hate them once you change your country/region and find out your whole library of songs collected since years has been erased! :) Welcome to apple!
Thank you for watching! :)