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When you first subscribe to Apple Music, you're asked to provide information about your favorite genres and artists so that it can offer you accurate suggestions and curated playlists as soon as you start using the service. This personalization gradually improves as you continue to use ‌Apple Music‌, and the best way to influence it is to generously use the Love and Dislike buttons. How to...

When you subscribe to an Apple Music individual, student or family plan, or take advantage of Apple's free ‌Apple Music‌ trial, your subscription automatically renews every month or every year using the payment information you used when your first signed up to the service. If you want, you can turn off this auto-renewal charge by following the steps below. Note that when you do this, you are...

As an Apple Music subscriber, you have the option to download songs, playlists and albums from the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog to your devices for offline listening. This obviously takes up local storage on your devices, but it also means you can still enjoy your music even if you don't have an active internet or cellular connection. Before you can download content from the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog...

Apple Music supports a star rating system that allows you to personally rate a song on a scale of 1-5, which is then saved in your library so you can remember and later sort tracks via the ranking system. You can enable star ratings on iOS devices from within the Settings app: tap Music in the apps list and toggle on the switch next to Show Star Ratings. The process required to get to...

Once you've familiarized yourself with the main sections of the Apple Music app, there are a few options that you can customize which can enhance your enjoyment of the streaming service. These are essentially tweaks to the Music app's Library section that can make navigating your music easier. Keep reading to learn what they are. Customize the Library View In the ‌Apple Music‌ app, the...

Apple Music isn't limited to owners of Apple devices – you can also subscribe to the streaming service on Android phones and tablets, and enjoy the same access to millions of songs, curated radio stations and playlists. You can get the ‌Apple Music‌ app for Android from the Google Play store or download it directly from Apple. Just make sure that your device has Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) or...

Normally when you add songs or albums from the Apple Music catalog to your library and then play them back, the tracks are streamed to your device or computer. This avoids using up local storage, but it also has a major drawback –- the content becomes unavailable if you don't have an active internet or cellular connection. Fortunately, you can avoid this situation altogether by...

If you're an Apple Music subscriber, you can add and download songs, albums, playlists, and video content from the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog to your personal music library, and access all of them on any other Apple devices you own that have the Music app. With Apple's Sync Library feature enabled, the ‌Apple Music‌ content in your library will be synced across your devices as long as they are all...

If you're an Apple Music subscriber and own an Apple Watch, you can sync albums and playlists from the ‌Apple Music‌ catalog to your Apple Watch for offline listening. Once you've added or downloaded ‌Apple Music‌ content to your music library, it becomes available to upload to your Apple Watch, which has 2GB of local music storage. This means you can connect Bluetooth headphones to your Apple...

One of the best things about Apple Music is its ability to tailor the service to your interests and likes using suggestions and curated playlists. Here's how it works. The first time you launch the iOS Music app you should see a message asking if you want to subscribe to ‌Apple Music‌. If you've previously dismissed the prompt, tap the For You tab at the bottom of the screen to sign up for...

Apple Music is Apple's streaming music service, similar to rival streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Google Play Music, Tidal, and others. ‌Apple Music‌ give you access to 50 million songs. Content can be streamed or downloaded for offline play, and there are also song and genre-based radio stations available along with the curated Beats 1 radio station. With a...

Apple Music is Apple's streaming music service, similar to rival streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Google Play Music, Tidal, and others. ‌Apple Music‌ give you access to 50 million songs. Content can be streamed or downloaded for offline play, and there are also song and genre-based radio stations available along with the curated Beats 1 radio station. With a family ...

Apple Music is Apple's streaming music service, similar to rival streaming services like Spotify, Amazon Music Unlimited, Google Play Music, Tidal, and others. ‌Apple Music‌ give you access to 50 million songs. Content can be streamed or downloaded for offline play, and there are also song and genre-based radio stations available along with the curated Beats 1 radio station. With a...

If your AirPods or AirPods 2 aren't working as you'd expect, there are a few steps you can take that will resolve most problems. The first thing to do is try resetting your AirPods. Resetting AirPods Put both AirPods in their charging case. Locate the button on the back of the case, near the bottom. It's flush with the case and the same color as it, so you might need to feel about for it. ...

Apple's AirPods and AirPods Pro feature integrated touch controls and include beamforming microphones in each earpiece, which means you can answer incoming calls when you're wearing them and carry on a handsfree conversation. You can also hang up the call with your AirPods when the conversation is over. Here's how it works. When you hear a ringing tone indicating an incoming call, simply...

If you've recently updated your AirPods or AirPods Pro or are thinking of doing so, you can follow the steps below to check the current firmware version your wireless earphones are running. Apple will occasionally send AirPods firmware updates over the air, though the software should install automatically if you follow these general guidelines. The method described below will also enable...

Apple's AirPods generally do a great job of staying in your ears, even during a run or workout. Of course, that doesn't mean you won't ever lose one or even both earbuds –- especially if you forget to put them back in their charging case when not in use. In the how to below, we'll go over your options in case one of your AirPods go missing. Use Just One AirPod If you don't want to shell...

Apple's first-generation and second-generation AirPods feature accelerometers and other hardware that allow them to respond to a double tap, and these gestures can be customized to your liking. What many users don't realize however is that you don't actually have to tap directly on either of your AirPods to use these double tap gestures. Next time you want to activate a gesture control,...

If you receive a call on your iPhone (or an Apple Watch with cellular) when your AirPods or AirPods 2 are connected, the ringing tone will interrupt whatever it is you're listening to. To find out who's calling, normally you'd have to take out your ‌iPhone‌ or look at your Apple Watch, but you can actually have your AirPods (or any connected headphones) announce who it is, saving you the...

Splitting a pair of first- or second-generation AirPods between two people is perfectly possible and a neat way of exploiting the wireless features of Apple's headphones to share your listening experience. Listen to Music Together on One Pair of AirPods There's nothing stopping you and a friend from each wearing an AirPod to enjoy music or watch a movie together on your iPhone or iPad....