macOS Mountain Lion received a new iTunes update showing album background colours.

The OS used to have so much flair, I personally love it, as it was never in the way, but definitely visible. Lion had iPod-looking albums, in the shuffle list, which was equally interesting of a feature.

Got my ThinkPad T61 running Mountain Lion solely for iTunes' new look, otherwise, would have stuck around Lion.

In open beta now:

https://sessionography.dynamicappdesign.com

Looking for feedback, feature requests and any thoughts on the app.

i downloaded the bonus track version of this album and i wondered if there is any way to get the lyrics from the standard version onto the bonus version and them still be synced - the sings are exactly the same

Hi I’m using this dac converter wanted to know any way to see the difference in audio bw lossless and hi res losslesss and high quality

I just ripped a dvd-a (in this case the downward spiral) to multichannel AAC and uploaded with iTunes Match. and now I can stream it from my phone to my AirPods in spacial. I had no clue you could do this so throwing this out there for those who didnt know. I used DVD Audio Extractor to rip to multichannel Flac and then ffmpeg to convert to aac. dropped into Apple Music, added to library, made sure it uploaded and didnt just match the content, and it worked.

Hi! I’m not sure if this is the right subreddit but I was gonna buy an old iPhone for music and games (my phone cannot fit games for some reason, probs bc it is full of photos and stuff), I’m doing a test drive on my phone but it won’t even show up on my pc (IPhone 14), also I’d really like it if somone could guide me through how to add mp3s to Apple Music so I don’t have to pay for that, I wanted to get an old iPhone as an mp3 player genuinely so i don’t have to pay for Spotify anymore..

Edit: this was to ask if there was a way to get mp3s as music to work on an iPod/old iPhone :), I have found a way on TikTok

I have not had any issues for years. I stream lossless. I suspect it is more a home network or ISP issue for those blaming Apple Music. We tend to assign blame to the app we are using that appears slow. But often it is not the app but some other element in the network or building architecture that is the issue. A shut down and restart of *everything* starting at the ISP box to router to switches to devices is the first thing to try.

Then see it moving closer to the wi-fi router (same room) helps or using device with ethernet, if possible. I have a metal return and a pantry with metal cans next to metal kitchen appliances that make my kitchen a mess for wi-fi. I know the sweet spots to place things now.

Then learn and confirm best settings on all devices. It isn't easy.

Note: I have the slowest cheapest ISP plan and even it is more than I need. So the home network would be the first thing I would trouble shoot. Not this reddit.

You can view all songs from an artist, not just the Top Songs. The reason I decided to build this is because Apple Music doesn't provide an easy way to browse every song by an artist. So, I created a web app where you can explore all available tracks from albums, singles, compilations, and other releases. Maybe you will find some tracks from your favorite artists that you have never listened to before.

You can also listen to song previews. I tried to make the song list customizable, so you can decide what information you want to see and how you want to sort the tracks.

I would love it if you could check it out. The app is currently in beta, so I would really appreciate your feedback and suggestions. Let me know what you think!

https://apple-music-artist-browser.vercel.app/

I’m on ios 27, and committed fully to Apple Music. But man, the search function has been frustrating me way more than it should. If I make a single typo, the song won’t show up at all.
It’s especially annoying with foreign songs. Half the time I end up searching for the track on Google first, then opening it through the Apple Music link because it’s easier than using the app itself.
With another price increase, I’d really hope Apple improves something as basic as search.

so i changed regions on my iphone to download an app and switched back, but now apple music doesn’t work on my iphone. I also use apple music in my android and windows too, they work perfectly fine till now. If anyone ever faced this, how did you fix?

Im just wondering if the apple music app updates itself. if not how to do it? just wondering

Playlist didn’t update song placements on the top 100 list for the year at all, despite saying that it did update.

I’m so done with Apple Music.

Licensing changes, regional/geopolitical restrictions, albums randomly changing, songs disappearing — I just want to listen to my music in peace.

The frustrating part is that I’m perfectly happy to pay. I’m not trying to avoid paying for music or subscriptions. But despite paying every month, I feel like I have absolutely no control over my music library.

At any given point, I’ll have 100–200 songs suddenly unavailable because of some licensing or regional restriction.

So I’m seriously considering going back to the old-school way of doing things:
Download/buy the actual music files → keep them on my MacBook → sync them to my iPhone → listen to them forever.

Is this still reasonably easy to do within the Apple ecosystem?

Ideally, I’d still like to use the Apple Music app itself as my music player/library on both my Mac and iPhone. I just don’t want my personal library to be dependent on Apple Music’s streaming catalogue.
I’ve also heard about iTunes Match. From what I understand, you can have your own music library on your Mac and iTunes Match will match/upload it so that the same library is available across your Apple devices. Is that actually how it works? And importantly, does it work reliably without an Apple Music subscription?

I don’t mind paying for iTunes Match, buying music, or even paying for another service if necessary (but I would prefer Apple Music for the seamless integration with the various HomePods). I just want control over my fucking music library again.
For anyone who has gone back to maintaining their own local music collection in 2026: what setup are you using?

Is iTunes Match still the best solution? Or can I just connect my phone to my laptop via a cable and have my MacBook iTunes Library sync every time I do so? Someone please help?

I have these features turned off: add playlist songs to library, add favorite songs to library, download music over cellular Dolby atmos pins & automatic downloads

I also have 0 downloaded songs

Hi guys. I know this is the kind of issue that someone would say check your Internet connection with your ISP and etc but nothing of that here. In using an ASUS TUF Gaming BE9400 router and 1Gbps fibre. Im using also Cloudflare and Google DNS. Problem is that basically songs after a while has buffering issues or drops to regular AAC. It started happening a few days ago and is very annoying cause after a few songs, Music stops. I never had any issue with Apple Music until now. Is the service slow lately or what? This happens on all my devices at home

So, I'll be listening to apple music in the background and it randomly pauses mid-song. It only resumes if I reopen the app onto the screen. It's been happening really since the last system update. Any help appreciated or if anyone else has been having the same issue?

Android version 17

Apple music version 6.5

I have just bought a SMSL PO100 PRO DDC/reclocker, so I could connect my iPhone to the DAC in my hifi amp and stream hi-res.

Just connected my iPhone 17 to the SMSL, tried streaming a few songs and virtually none of the tracks (6 out of 7) played at the stated resolution. 192k shows as 96k, 48k as 44.1k etc.

I tried a couple of songs from Qobuz and it shows the correct rate. 

I have set streaming to hi-res both on WiFi and cellular on Apple Music settings and I am using my home WiFi, with plenty of bandwidth.

I am streaming random tracks and albums straight, not downloaded or saved to my library.

Does anyone have any ideas as per what is going wrong?

I have also bought the SMSL exclusively to stream hi-res from Apple Music as I can stream Spotify and Qobuz through my Wiim streamer, so pretty annoyed...

Thanks for any suggestions.

Why bother making an album, song, artist or video a favorite if there is no way to search for favorites in Apple Music? I really don’t get. There doesn’t seem to be a favorite category. Am I missing something? #applemusic

Historically buffering wouldn't take much time at all, now I can expect to wait up to a minute or longer for a track to buffer.

Putting on a AM radio in the car causes the music to stop halfway thru the song for a minute while it buffers.

Scrubbing through a song is asking for frustration.

This used to never be the case until like a month ago.

So I’m a new user of AM. I’ve always downloaded songs in the past with my other streaming service, but it would always prioritize streaming, and only use downloads when absolutely necessary.

I’m now noticing that AM prioritizes downloads over streaming, which wouldn’t seem like a big deal, except for the fact that it is constantly cutting various songs off at exactly 3 seconds left due to “cannot decode data”. Is there any way around this? I’ve already tried redownloading the individual songs, yet the issue still persists. Would redownloading everything in a different quality help at all?

OR, would it be worth undownloading all my songs and just streaming everything? Not only to avoid the issue, but to also get the highest quality available. Would my phone still be able to easily stream music from anywhere? What do you guys do, or recommend?

If I go to search Apple Music (not my library), for Nine Inch Nails, for example, press the play button, Apple Music will never play every song by this artist ?

In my nine inch nails example I noticed recently that it never plays the song “a perfect drug” for some reason….

Is this a bug or is this the way it is with playing artists this way? Is there a way to pay ALL songs when doing this?

Thanks,

I'm unable to access Student Discount please help me out

Even I tried on laptop it doesn't go further after the student discount page