Fancy switching from an Individual Apple Music subscription to a yearly, Family or Student subscription, or vice versa? Follow these steps.
Using these simply steps, you can change or cancel any Apple subscription plan such as Apple Music, Apple One, Apple Arcade, Apple Fitness+, Apple News+, Apple TV+, Apple Podcasts Subscriptions and some other non-Apple subscriptions, on iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple TV or Apple Watch.
iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Open the Settings app
Tap your name at the top
Choose Subscriptions
Then tap the subscription you want to change
Here, if available, you will find the various different account types and a Cancel Subscription button. Tap the option you want and follow the steps to purchase if necessary.
Mac
Open the App Store app
Click your name in the bottom left corner
Click View Information
Scroll down to the Manage heading. Next to Subscriptions, click Manage.
Click Edit next to the subscription you want to change
Here, if available, you will find the various different account types and a Cancel Subscription button. Click the option you want and follow the steps to purchase if necessary.
The “seamless” switching feature on Apple’s AirPods can get annoying for those sharing devices. Here’s how to stop automatic switching.
When you first pair AirPods to your iPhone, iPad or Mac, the headphones or earbuds will automatically connect to all other Apple devices associated with the same Apple ID. As of iOS/iPad OS 14 and macOS Big Sur, launched in 2020, Apple extended this seamless experience with AirPods (2nd and 3rd generation), AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. When you start playing music or receive a call on another device, the AirPods will automatically switch to the new device. This is a great feature that saves the extra taps required to disconnect and reconnect to new devices.
When AirPods switch from one device to another, a “Moved to” pop-up shows on the previous device, making switching back as easy as a tap on . However if you’re looking for something a little more permenant, Apple makes it possible to turn off automatic switching altogether.
Buried deep in the settings, how to show or hide explicit content in Apple Music/iTunes on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Windows and web.
Toggling explicit content ought to be an easy task, but options to turn it on or off aren’t anywhere to be seen in the Apple Music settings on the iPhone or Mac apps. In fact, the process is somewhat easier on non-Apple devices.
See upcoming songs, add music to the queue and view/delete your recently played tracks on Apple Music on the mobile and desktop apps.
How to control Apple Music like a pro. Today we look at the basics of Apple Music. Here’s how to view and choose what plays next on the music streaming service.
Mobile – iPhone, iPad and Android
See what’s playing next
Tap the player to open Now Playing
Tap in the lower right corner
Jump to a track
Tap the track
Rearrange
Drag to the right of a track
Remove a songs
Swipe left on a track
Tap Remove
View recently played music
Swipe down on the queue to see playing history
Remove music from History
Tap Clear
Hide the queue
Tap in the lower right corner again
Add to the queue
Touch and hold a song, album, playlist or video
Play Next – adds it as the next item in the queue
Play Last – adds it as the last item in the queue
Play a song immediately whilst a queue is active
Tap the song
Keep – keeps the queue
Clear – clears the queue
Autoplay continues playing similar music once the queue has ended. Autoplay is on by default. You’ll find the Autoplay queue below Playing Next. Toggling Autoplay on one device toggles it on all devices signed in to the same Apple ID.
Turn off Autoplay
Tap in the queue
Desktop – Mac
See what’s playing next
Click in the upper right corner
Jump to a track
Double click the track
Rearrange
Drag and drop tracks into their desired place
Remove a songs
Mouse over the song
Click to the left
Remove all songs
Click Clear
View recently played music
Click History
Turn off Autoplay
Click
Hide the queue
Click in the upper right corner again
Add to the queue
Click the three dots in the lower right corner of a song, album, playlist or video
TikTok continue to test a new Repost/Recommend feature, letting you share a video to all of your friends with just a couple of taps.
Last month, some users noticed a new Repost option in TikTok’s share menu. Continually being tested by TikTok, it now seems TikTok may be changing the name to Recommend. While TikTok are yet to announce how the feature works, it seems to operate similarly to how the previously tested Repost feature worked, with your recommended videos appearing in your friend’s For You page. This new feature could prove a great way to share videos with friends and boost the creator’s metrics.
How to Recommend/Repost videos
Tap the share arrow icon in the lower right corner
Tap the yellow Recommend/Repost icon
Add an optional “thought” in the box, then tap Add
Your friends who come across the recommended video will see who shared it and the message.
To remove your recommendation and message, simply tap the message, tap Remove recommendation, then Remove.
TikTok are yet to fully launch the feature, as it appears as ‘Recommend’ and ‘Repost’ on the two phones tested.
An artist’s all-time streams aren’t shared by Spotify with the public, so this data comes from ChartMasters. Updated daily, ChartMasters explain their methodology and admit the full list of 1,000 artists may not be 100% accurate. Their data is “based on streams from tracks available inside their personal page’s sections Albums, Singles and Compilations. They are combined together and defined as “Lead streams”.” Appears on streams such as featured tracks are not counted towards lead streams or the ranking, but this number is listed.
First up is Drake, with a whopping 43 billion streams.
How Apple Music’s Family Plan can effectively reduce the cost of subscriptions to just $2.50, with individual libraries and recommendations.
Apple Music gives subscribers access to over 90 million songs, and 30,000 curated and personalized playlists, as well as other powerful features like offline playback, spatial audio, lossless audio, Siri control, lyrics view and more. While Apple Music is available on many devices such as CarPlay and Apple Watch, what does this mean for sharing subscriptions across devices? Apple Music has four subscription types:
A single Student or Individual plan can be signed in on up to six devices, however only one device can stream music at a time. If you start streaming on another device, the first one will be stopped. This is to stop multiple users sharing the same Apple Music account and ensures artists get their fair revenue share.
Family subscriptions offer multiple users a cost effective way of sharing Apple Music. Subscribers get up to six profiles, with individual music libraries and personalized recommendations. Shared among six members, this can cut the costs down to around $2.50 for each user.
Those interested in Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud+, Apple News+ or Apple Fitness+, should check out Apple One. For between $19.95 and $29.95 per month, up to six people can get access to Apple Music and Apple’s other subscription services.
How to access your personal music library across devices
Subscribers to Apple Music or iTunes Match can turn on Sync Library to listen to their personal music library on all devices.
Importing to Apple Music/iTunes
Choosing where music is kept on your computer
There are two options when importing music into Apple Music or iTunes. Imported music can be copied to your Music folder, while leaving the original file in its current location, or Apple Music/iTunes can create a reference or “pointer”. The latter does not copy or move the audio, and may be the preferred option if you’d rather keep your audio on an external disk. Note, when referenced, you might not be able to play the song if the file is moved.
By default on Mac, all music imported into Music is copied. By default on PC, all music imported to iTunes is referenced. To switch between whether music is copied or not:
Apple Music on Mac
In the menu bar, go to Music > Preferences
Head to the Files tab, then untick the box next to Copy files to Music Media folder when adding to library
Click OK
iTunes on PC
In the menu bar, go to Edit > Preferences
Head to the Advanced tab, then tick the box next to Copy files to iTunes Media folder when adding to library
Click OK
Importing music
Drag and drop the audio file or folder into the Apple Music/iTunes windows. If you drop a folder, all subfolders will automatically be imported too.
To temporarily reverse the location setting above, hold the Option or Alt key while dragging.
Uploading to the cloud for access on other devices
Apple Music and iTunes Match subcribers can upload up to 100,000 songs (excluding iTunes Stores purchases) to the cloud. This setting is turned on by default on iOS, iPadOS and macOS, but turned off by default on iTunes for PC. Before checking or switching on this setting:
Update your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad or Mac to the latest OS
On Windows, make sure you’re running the latest version of iTunes
Sign in with the same Apple ID as you use with Apple Music or iTunes Match
Ensure you have an internet connection
iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
In the Settings app, scroll down or search for Music
Switch on Sync Library
Mac
In the menu bar, go to Music > Preferences
Head to the General tab, then tick the box next to Sync Library
Click OK
iTunes on PC
In the menu bar, go to Edit > Preferences
Head to the General tab, then tick the box next to iCloud Music Library
Click OK
It may take some time to upload and sync your music across devices, depending on your connection and the size of your library. If a song is greyed out, incorrect music plays or you can’t access your music library, click here for support. If you don’t want cloud access to your music or to pay the subscription fee for Apple Music/iTunes Match, find instructions here on how to sync music to an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
Uploading music as an artist
Did you know you can upload your own music to Apple Music and the iTunes Store, to start generating revenue for every stream and purchase of your music? With RouteNote it’s free of charge to get your music on Apple Music, iTunes, and all other major stores, streaming services and social media platforms.
Select the stores you want your music to appear in
Then choose to Distribute Free or Distribute Premium
Free Distribution costs nothing, while you keep 85% of the revenue
Premium Distribution costs a small fee, while you keep 100% of the revenue
All features and stores are the same between the tiers. You can switch tiers at any time.
Once your release is finalized, our moderation team will check it for any formatting errors or copyright issues, then send it on to our partner stores. This process usually happens within 48-72 hours. Our partner stores usually make releases live within two weeks. Major stores like Apple Music usually take just a couple of days.
Let’s get your streaming back on track with some quick Amazon Music troubleshooting.
When your Amazon Music app is crashing, not loading or displaying error messages, there are a few tricks to get you streaming music again.
Why is Amazon Music not working?
First check your internet connection. If your songs keep buffering on Amazon Music and you’re using Wi-Fi, check your settings are on and the right network is connected. For mobile data, make sure the settings for cellular or mobile data are toggled on.
When your Amazon Music app is frozen, “Turning it off and on again” is a trick which works wonders more often than not. Restart your device, then reopen the app.
Next, force close the app and reopening it again. On your Android phone, go to Settings > Apps & notifications. Tap the Amazon Music app, and select Force Stop.
On iOS, if you have an iPhone X or later model, swipe up from the bottom of the screen, pausing in the middle. Swipe to find the Amazon Music app, and then swipe up to close it. On earlier iPhone models or iPod touch, double click the Home button and swipe until you find your Amazon Music screen, then swipe up to close the app.
Try updating to the latest app version. If there’s a newer version available, Update will appear next to the Amazon Music app on the app store. Also check your device is running the latest software version, which might interfere with running the Amazon Music app.
You can also try clearing the cache of the app. To do this on Android and Amazon Fire tablets, head to the cog icon in the Amazon Music app and select Settings. Find Storage and tap Clear Cache.
On iOS you can’t clear all caches. But you can clear image and lyrics caches by heading here from an iOS browser and selecting both Clear Lyrics and Clear image cache.
Still having trouble? Check out the Amazon Music forum for more troubleshooting tips.
If Apple Music or iTunes is having issues playing music, try these troubleshooting tips on Mac and PC.
Apple Music on Mac and iTunes on PC hosts 90 million songs via Apple Music and users’ imported libraries. Here are some steps to try if Apple Music or iTunes aren’t playing music, before contacting Apple or throwing your computer out of the window.
The progress bar is moving but there’s no music
Volume: Make sure your Music/iTunes volume, computer’s output volume and any connected speakers are turned up
Local files: If the audio file is one of your own, it may be corrupt. Try a different track.
Other audio sources: Test other audio sources, such as a YouTube video.
iTunes purchases: If the song was purchased from the iTunes Store, you may have exceeded the number of computers on which you can play your purchases. You can play iTunes purchases on up to five authorised computers. If you’ve met the limit, you must de-authorise one computer before authorising another. Click for instruction on authorising and de-authorising iTunes on Mac and Windows.
. However if you’re looking for something a little more permenant, Apple makes it possible to turn off automatic switching altogether.
next to the AirPods
in the top right corner to switch between available devices
in the lower right corner
to the right of a track
in the queue
to the left
