Apple Music is a mess, when it could be so much more. Instead it reminds of a neglected Apple Section at CompUSA store during the 1990s...especially on my Mac.
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Apple Music Classical 2.0 Adds Thousands of Full Album Booklets
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But when can i downlad for listening offline? Most of my listening is outside of where Inhave good internet
Mac app and Apple TV. My living room would love some classical music (over the home theater system).
The booklet option is a long waited feature: good that it has finally been included. What about an option to make it readable on a phone? IMO the fundamental feature to be included is a Siri capable of understanding a simple classical query ("play Symphony 6 by Beethoven directed by Karajan", "Which version?", "First recording", "Ok"). Still science fiction in 2024.
Thanks for the reply. Turns out that’s in iOS 17 which I can’t run. But only a few days now and I’ll be caught up to the modern world, currently en route from China.
It’s 21 century, you can make reader view out of pdf. It could be implemented like in Readly app for the magazines.
There's no reader view on the Apple Music Classical app. Given the way many CD booklets are laid out, I doubt that it would work very well. (Often two columns, with graphics sometimes inserted.)
If you would like to customize, you could try Marvis app for iPhone and iPad (in many ways it’s great, however not available for Mac, maybe you could try Soor which seems to be similar). However, for me on iPhone in terms of albums arts, lyrics etc. still the best is just AM app.Apple Music is a mess, when it could be so much more. Instead it reminds of a neglected Apple Section at CompUSA store during the 1990s...especially on my Mac.
Try Readly app. Moving between two columns in PDF format is pain in the neck, especially on iPhone. PDF should be the basis to enjoy the layout as a whole. However for reading more content, an OPTION to have the reader view would be the best (you could not use it, if PDF is better for you)
You can't get the PDFs out of the Apple Classical app. You can't export them or open them in another app.
I’m not writing about getting out pdf, but a reader view option in Apple Music Classical. Readly app I’m referring to is about similar content like Time magazine in pdf with columns, pictures etc. and there is a reader view option as well
That recording was the very first classical CD I ever bought.
I’ve bought more since. To put it mildly.
PDF booklets which are relatively easy for record companies to add from their physical item catalogues right now makes sense, with maybe the possibility in future that AI or something can automatically turn them into more small screen readable views and/or link data a la Roon's feature set.
But again, why not the non-Classical AM apps though? Maybe it's coming (or not).
But again, why not the non-Classical AM apps though? Maybe it's coming (or not).
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It is amazing that people claim AI is going to solve so many problems in the near future. Yet a simple request as you have mentioned is still not able to be done.
