Refers to the built in media player app on iOS and, since Catalina, macOS
When using this tag, always remember to state which device you are having trouble since Music is now a part of the standard applications on macOS.
Questions tagged [music.app]
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Removing (or disabling) Music app in macOS
How can I "hard remove" or somehow disable the "Music" app from macOS Catalina+?
I assume I need to boot disable SIP or similar which I'm fine with, I'm not just sure how to find the location of this app as it doesn't appear as /Applications/Music…
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Music ratings on iOS 10
I used to be able to change the rating of a music track on my phone, and they would get downloaded to iTunes when I synched my phone to my MacBook.
They seemed to have changed this in the new iOS, and there's only the heart button, but nothing…
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What does a star next to a song in the Music app in iOS indicate?
What does the star next to track #2 and #3 indicate in this screenshot?
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How to delete all music on my iPhone
How do I delete all the music on my iPhone. I tried doing it through iTunes but it says my collection is not managed by iTunes and I don't want to erase and sync because all my apps are nicely backed up and sorted with iTunes.
I have only seen a…
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How to shuffle all songs in iOS 8.4 music app
In the old version of the music app you could shuffle all songs when songs were selected:
This feature seems to be absent in iOS 8.4 and the new music app:
What are the options for shuffling all my songs in the new version of the music app under…
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Why is an album in Apple Music marked with an "E" and grayed out?
In the new Apple Music app, which came with iOS 8.4, some albums are grayed out and marked with an "E". I cannot open them.
I did a Google search. In some posts, I read that Apple uses an "E" symbol for explicit material. However, I did not find any…
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Can I change the default music player app on my iPhone? If so, how?
I want to change the default music app on my iPhone from Music to Spotify. Is this possible? My first guess is that I would have to jailbreak my phone. Is there anyway to do it without jailbreaking?
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Music collection is not sorted by Album on iOS 8.4
I "upgraded" to iOS 8.4 and the Music App now has a new icon and different functions. That's awesome, except I cannot figure out how to view my music collection by album instead of by artist.
I tap the MyMusic icon at the bottom of the screen. …
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Is there a way to queue up the next song on my iPhone?
Is there a way to pick which song should play after the current song finishes?
I often browse my music library while listening, and I'll want to play a specific song, but not stop the current song in the middle. Is there a way to queue up a song to…
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Songs appear once in iTunes; listed twice on iPhone 5s (iOS 7)
What do I need to do to prevent the iOS 7 Music app from listing songs twice when the song should only exist once?
I sync a selection of playlists to my iPhone 5s from iTunes 11.1.5 on my iMac running OS X 10.7.5. For at least one artist, album…
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How can I turn off music automatically starting after phone call in iPhone
I use an iPhone 11 with a Sennheiser noise cancelling PXC 550-II Bluetooth headset.
Every time I end a phone call, the iPhone starts playing a seemingly random song from my music library. I understand the benefit from pausing music during a phone…
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How do I prevent Music app from using 1 GB of cellular data in less than 10 minutes?
I received 3 text messages within 10 minutes from my cellular carrier as I was driving in my car with iTunes Radio streaming music.
10:20 pm - 65% of my 1 GB plan is used.
10:22 pm - 90% used.
10:28 pm - 100% used and a $20 fee for going over.…
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How to stop the Apple Music ads every time I launch the Music app?
Lately, the Music app on my iPhone XR has been showing the "Join Apple Music!" call-to-action interstitial screen pretty much every time I launch it. Usually this happens when I'm in a bad-network area, too, so it takes a few minutes before it…
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Can I play my music on the iOS Music app with a sleep timer?
Maybe I’m going crazy, but I'm sure that I could listen to music on my old iPhone 4 and set the Music app to play to a sleep timer. So, if I wanted, I could play music for 30 minutes when I went to bed and it would automatically stop playing after…
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Is there a way to specify artist artwork for Music in iOS 7?
I've been a big fan of the redesign of the music app in iOS 7. I noticed that on the Artist list, certain musical acts have a thumbnail of band/artist next to them. This image is independent of any album art that I might have, and definitely comes…
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