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  1. RichardF

    20% Apple Store and iTunes gift cards?

    Looking to bump my annual ($99/ year) Apple Music subscription a couple of years out using Apple gift cards. Not seeing the 20% off we got these past few years this time around for the 2018 shopping season - only 15% off. Apple has three kind of gift cards by the way. Details...
  2. simplynando

    Apple Music searches long load time

    I was wondering if anyone else is having an issue with searches on Apple Music taking a REALLY long time to load? It typically takes about 15-20 seconds to load, once it was searching for around a minute. It's been this way for a few weeks now. I've had my new iPhone XS Max for a week now and...
  3. M

    iTunes Match and Apple Music Not Syncing

    Hi, I have an iTunes Library of around 4,000 songs. 1,100 are Purchased from iTunes Store, around 3,500 are Matched, and the remaining 300 are Uploaded. My first issue was getting the 300 Uploaded songs to Match. They are all from Purchases through Google Play Music or CDs I owned and...
  4. M

    Link an Apple Music account to a different Apple ID?

    A bit of a weird question, but does anyone know if it’s possible to take my existing Apple Music account and put it on my other Apple ID? I live between Canada and Japan, and I’ve only started using Apple Music again recently. Problem is, I mostly use my Japanese Apple ID these days, and my...
  5. L

    Universal Prism Music, a versatile music player for iOS - now available on the App Store

    Hi all, I've spent the past year or so developing a music app that can be used as a replacement for the built-in Music.app, with some additional features including a Smart Playlist-esque filter system. Prism is a versatile music player that lets you quickly access, refine and arrange your...
  6. boswald

    iPhone Shuffle all Apple Music playlists

    I have a ton of 'Apple Music Essentials' playlists. What I want to do is shuffle songs from all of them instead of by artist. Is this possible?
  7. Lijoy

    Pause music on iPhone when accepting call on Apple Watch

    Hello, I wanted to know if there is a way to pause the music playing on my iPhone loudspeaker when I accept a call on my Apple Watch. My situation is whenever I'm driving my car, I play music through my iPhone loudspeaker and put it on DND while driving. All playback controls, speaking to Siri...
  8. cansuds

    Not able to play explicit song after updating ios 12

    Please help I went to restriction setting but I can’t find any thing related to explicit content in Apple Music I can’t play explicit music either. I went through every tab on the restrictions menu - and nothing. No solution. Restart doesn’t fix it either.
  9. Tekzilla

    Apple Music on new iPhone w/Backup

    So I've had Apple Music for a while now and I download it directly to my phone due to terrible service during my commute. It looks like everything in my Music app has a Cloud download icon on it, does that mean I have to manually download every single item again? I figured it would come back...
  10. T

    My (star) ratings for songs aren't syncing between iTunes & my iOs Devices

    I have been having problems with the (star) rating for my songs aren't syncing between my iMac and my iPhone & iPad. Usually if i add the a rating to my iPhone or iPad it syncs to my iMac. However, when i add a rating (ex. 4 stars) on my iPhone, it doesn't sync to my iMac. Does anyone else have...
  11. jj_sutton76

    Apple Music iOS: why can't i batch download content for offline listeningto iphone by genre anymore?

    i swear a few months ago i was able to download all artists/albums within genre in my library at once. the cloud & arrow icon appeared at the top of the genre screen. this saved a lot of time as i could download multiple artists/albums with one click. now this option is gone and it seems i can...
  12. C

    Deleting songs from Apple Music on iPhone doesn't update on Mac

    Can't find an answer to this ANYWHERE. Basically, when I delete songs from my Apple Music on my iPhone, my Apple Music on my Mac doesn't update with the changes. So I have all these songs on the Mac now that I actually deleted weeks ago. Anyone else have this issue? Making me mad. Starting to...
  13. S

    Where is the safe place to buy Apple music gift cards

    Hello Everybody, I want to buy Apple Music gift card specially USA Apple gift card. Anyone can suggest me where is the good place to buy this card? Thank you.
  14. H

    Apple music stops working....

    I've posted on this before but can't find my original post. When I'm working out, I use the apple music app. I have my workout playlist downloaded to the watch (s3). However, almost without fail, when one song ends, the next plays 2 seconds then just stops. I press play in the app again, but...
  15. Dj64Mk7

    Apple Music Error (-12842)

    I synced a song added to iTunes on my Mac to my iCloud Music Library, and I get the following error whenever I try to play it…
  16. M

    Apple Music Deleted Some of My iTunes Songs

    I subscribed to the Apple Music 90 day free trial. After syncing with iCloud I later noticed that eight of my songs that were already in my iTunes library were greyed out and would not play. Looking at the "Song Info" in iTunes these songs were listed as located in iCloud and status was...
  17. H

    Can't get Apple Music library in new iPhone?

    I buy a new iPhone 7 (bought used on ebay) and I initialized it. I manually transferred all my datas (in my older iphone 6) to this new device and initialized iphone 6. I have an apple music license with lot of tracks downloaded from apple music and other ones i made, I used it from my Macbook...
  18. Perosales

    How to start Apple Music after iTunes AND Spotify

    Hi guys, The day has finally come, I've decided to ditch Spotify in favor of Apple Music. I have "collected" an extensive library of music through the years, spanning from the 1930's up until today... That's why I would like to get some advice on how to start so I can keep it all manageable...
  19. F

    Playlists and library gone: Apple Music expired and I didn’t renew for a few months

    hi guys, I had the Apple Music trial about 6 months ago. After it expired, I didn’t renew it until yesterday. On my iPhone and MacBook Air, all playlists and saved music is missing. On my Mac Mini, my main computer, my library is correct. I’ve ensured on my iPhone that iCloud Music Library or...
  20. M

    Warning Apple Music Can Destroy Your Existing Library!

    We tried it for a few months and then canceled it. Now we can't access 13 years of over 1500 songs that we have either purchased from iTunes or copied from CDs that we had purchased but no longer own. You can still see all your songs but when you try to play them you get message “The song “X”...