Apple Music Whyyy can I not add a song to my Library without turning on "Sync Library"??

[martin2345uk]

What is the logic behind this?



I don't want to turn on Sync Library because this then has the negative effect of meaning ALL my unchecked songs from my PC sync to my phone so I get a whole bunch of Christmas songs etc...



I find Apple Music quite frustrating sometimes!

 

[Mr.Blacky]

Turn of cellular data for Apple Music and just download the songs you want on your phone. That's how I do it.

 

[martin2345uk]

But it's the downloading the songs to my phone that it's not letting me do...! ?

 

[Mr.Blacky]

You don't have this option, if you tab on the three dots next to a song?

 

[martin2345uk]

That’s for songs that are already in your library though surely?

 

[Mr.Blacky]

That’s for songs that are already in your library though surely?

I'm not sure what you mean by that? Those are songs I added/downloaded from Apple Music on my iPad. They weren't in my library before.

 

[martin2345uk]

The song in your screenshot is already in your library. I can tell that because it gives you the option to "delete from library". It also gives you the option to download the track to your device, which is what you are saying I think.

My problem is that I cannot add tracks from Apple Music into my library in the first place.

 

[Mr.Blacky]

That's why you activate "Sync Library" in the first place.

 

[martin2345uk]

That was my whole original question.. I don’t want to turn that on because it then syncs all my unticked songs onto my phone which is super annoying. My question was why do you need sync library to be turned on just to add a track to your library..?

 

[BrianBaughn]

I think the OP's issue is that he doesn't want his Apple Music home PC library on his iPhone…and I don't mean downloaded songs.

An Apple Music subscriber only gets ONE user-manageable library with Apple Music. If you want to play random songs from it but not hear the Christmas songs (or other particular songs) you'll have to make a playlist that excludes those songs.

A per-device Apple Music library would be a feature request.

 

[Mr.Blacky]

That was my whole original question.. I don’t want to turn that on because it then syncs all my unticked songs onto my phone which is super annoying. My question was why do you need sync library to be turned on just to add a track to your library..?

But if you have "Automatic Downlads" turned off, no Songs are added to your phone.

 

[Mr.Blacky]

I think the OP's issue is that he doesn't want his Apple Music home PC library on his iPhone…and I don't mean downloaded songs.

An Apple Music subscriber only gets ONE user-manageable library with Apple Music. If you want to play random songs from it but not hear the Christmas songs (or other particular songs) you'll have to make a playlist that excludes those songs.

A per-device Apple Music library would be a feature request.

That's not true. There were absolutely no songs added to my iPhone. But I checked my settings first, of course (something many people don't want to do, apparently) ?

 

[martin2345uk]

I think the OP's issue is that he doesn't want his Apple Music home PC library on his iPhone…and I don't mean downloaded songs.

An Apple Music subscriber only gets ONE user-manageable library with Apple Music. If you want to play random songs from it but not hear the Christmas songs (or other particular songs) you'll have to make a playlist that excludes those songs.

A per-device Apple Music library would be a feature request.

I do want my home PC library on my phone but only the checked songs! Which I can do, via normal syncing, but then I can’t add additional songs to my library on my phone without enabling Library Sync, which then means ALL songs from my home pc go onto the phone including all the unchecked ones…

 

[Mr.Blacky]

I do want my home PC library on my phone but only the checked songs! Which I can do, via normal syncing, but then I can’t add additional songs to my library on my phone without enabling Library Sync, which then means ALL songs from my home pc go onto the phone including all the unchecked ones…

Do you have the songs, you want on your phone, on your phone right now? If yes, turn "Automatic Downloads" off and activate "Sync Library".

 

[martin2345uk]

I will do that, I can't find the "Automatic Downloads" setting, where is that one..?

 

[Mr.Blacky]

Settings/Music on your phone.
On the following screenshot you can see how it looks on my iphone. The songs with the arrow were on my phone before I started using Apple Music and since I have turned off cellular for it, the songs from Apple Music (but not downloaded to my phone) are not playing when I am listening to music.

 

[martin2345uk]

I don't have an Automatic Downloads option under Settings/Music!

 

[Mr.Blacky]

You don't? If you scroll down a little, it doesn't show on your phone?

 

[martin2345uk]

No, I only have these options…!

 

[Mr.Blacky]

Okay, it seems you have to turn on "Snyc Library" first to show the option.

 

[martin2345uk]

OK I have turned on Sync Library, and now I see Automatic Downloads - it is already set to "Off"

So now my unchecked music from my PC should not sync to my phone..?

 

[martin2345uk]

No, all of the unchecked songs from my main PC library are ALL again showing on my phone!!!

 

[Mr.Blacky]

Can you add a screenshot, how it looks on your phone?

 

[martin2345uk]

How what looks?

 

[Mr.Blacky]

If the christmas songs are showing as downloaded on your phone, you did something wrong. Are they showing under "Downloaded" on your phone?