cjp
Junior Member
Yeah but for some reason this is the pricing showing for him. Each tier also gives a bigger discount.
I can't imagine they'd announce a new pricing structure that would go from £99 to £45 for a year though?
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Yeah but for some reason this is the pricing showing for him. Each tier also gives a bigger discount.
I can't imagine they'd announce a new pricing structure that would go from £99 to £45 for a year though?
Pretty happy with My New Music Mix again this week. How are people using them though? I guess I could just save them as a playlist, but I'm terrible at naming playlists!
My New Music Mix 1
My New Music Mix 2
...
EDIT: Also, the link you generate when you share your mix isn't changed each week. Great if you want to follow someone else's mixes... not so great if you want to use them to refer to your past mixes.
My New Music Mix 1
My New Music Mix 2
...
EDIT: Also, the link you generate when you share your mix isn't changed each week. Great if you want to follow someone else's mixes... not so great if you want to use them to refer to your past mixes.
infiniteloop
Member
New Music Mix is great, should've saved the last one lol.
is there anyway to track the old one? like a previously listened too feature?
is there anyway to track the old one? like a previously listened too feature?
Doesn't look like it. I've saved this one, but it looks like the last is gone forever 😭
I don't think they intend Your New Music to be a playlist as much as a discovery tool. Pretty sure the intent is for you to <3 or add to your library from it.
I'm honestly not even sure if there's an easy way to add the songs to a separate playlist. If you subscribe it's still going to be just another dynamic playlist. If you add it to a playlist, same thing. I think the only easy way is to go into iTunes, select all of the songs, and move them off into another playlist. like "My New Music 9/7".
I'm honestly not even sure if there's an easy way to add the songs to a separate playlist. If you subscribe it's still going to be just another dynamic playlist. If you add it to a playlist, same thing. I think the only easy way is to go into iTunes, select all of the songs, and move them off into another playlist. like "My New Music 9/7".
Zeyphersan
Banned
You don't even have to do it from iTunes. On iOS you can go into the My New Music Mix after subscribing to it, hit the three dots, and just choose "add to new playlist" to copy it over
LyleLanley
Banned
I'm surprised at how good the My New Music playlists have been so far.
Yeah that's what I've done. I will continue to "love" tracks (really dislike this term) but sometime I just want the playlist as it was curated.
infiniteloop
Member
My New Music Mix is worth the price of admission imo (yes, i know Spotify has had something similar for awhile).
What is New Music Mix built with? listens, loves, downloads, uploads the iCloud library?
What is New Music Mix built with? listens, loves, downloads, uploads the iCloud library?
Zeyphersan
Banned
It seems to be either songs you've listened to a lot or songs related to the ones you've listened to a lot. Some of the songs on mine aren't songs I've listening to a ton, but are on the same album of those I have
infiniteloop
Member
Zeyphersan
Banned
Right, I misread
infiniteloop
Member
The new Apple Music experience in iTunes is really nice. The new bold fonts and spacing look great on a bigger screen.
I like that Connect is at the top of the For You tab.
I like that Connect is at the top of the For You tab.
from what it sounds like, it doesn't/won't. It'll just act as a $99 gift card.
infiniteloop
Member
really enjoying the Apple Music experience in iTunes 12.5.
Can you elaborate?
infiniteloop
Member
- bolder fonts and white space work better on a larger screen (than an iPhone)
- they've stopped splitting the track listing in half (like this), they are now listed vertically next to the (larger) album art (like this, but has been tweaked a little).
- For You section is a lot cleaner and has tabs for recommendations and connect at the top. Not sure why they don't do this on iOS too.
- created some custom artwork for their playlists that look nice.
- I love a white + blue UI
No major changes with the service (other than New Music mix and Lyrics), but much improved layout.
infiniteloop
Member
iTunes 12.5.1 is out, has the new Apple Music stuff in it.
So much better
teruterubozu
Member
I love "New Releases" under "For You". Now I can see new releases from artists I care about.
I just found 3 albums I had no idea were released.
I just found 3 albums I had no idea were released.
Mammoth Jones
Member
I don't understand why everything is so large with the new Apple Music. Feels like it's not optimized for the 6+
Looks great on a 6s+ here
You are literally a mammoth.
Mammoth Jones
Member
I'm specifically talking about the album art in the "for you" section.
And there's a pause when attempting to slide the "now playing" window into the docked position. Seems intentional design, not lag.
Mammoth Jones
Member
That and the "this track is downloaded" icon is gone. On playlists I now have to select one to see if it's been properly downloaded. And even there instead of the icon there just big ass "downloaded" text. Looks janky.
If there no icon it's downloaded
The big downloaded text is lame though. They should have kept at least an icon to display on the playlist list page
Zeyphersan
Banned
That's an issue if you have songs in a playlist that aren't in your library though. They can be downloaded but there's no indication they are and they take up space but if you look under Downloaded Music they won't be there since they're not in your library
So it'll have the Plus icon but no indication that it's in your phone
teruterubozu
Member
The bloat is pretty bad with this desktop upgrade. Takes forever for it load, switch pages, etc.
I am so confused by what you just said.
Ok so a playlist that isn't in your library, like the "New Music" playlist? For me, if the song is downloaded there is no icon. If the song is in my library but not downloaded, there's a cloud. If it's just not in my library at all, there's a +
Zeyphersan
Banned
You can make a playlist of songs that aren't in your library. Like the playlist is but none of the songs are. So if I have a playlist consisting of 5 songs that aren't in my library, there's no visual indicator of if those songs are downloaded or not. There's a plus sign to add them to my library, but if I download them there's still just a plus sign
How can you even download a song without adding to your library in the first place? I have it set so that any song I add to my playlist is added to my library so I can't relate
You can. It was a feature added a few months ago. You can have songs on a playlist without them being in your library and you can even download them on your phone, I do it constantly.
For some reasons they decided that less is more with this release and removed the icon that let you know if the song is physically on your phone or not.
BTW there was a "bug" (I think it's intended to work this way but it's just bothersome), I still haven't checked if they solved it in iOS10.
1) you add a song (not already on your library) to a playlist;
2) NOW you add said song to your library
3) you delete said song from your library
4) aaand it's gone from your playlist as well.
Doesn't make any sense but heh.
Mammoth Jones
Member
I hated that because my library was full of single songs and albums listed that only contained said singles.
I wanted my library to be full albums only. So I don't add playlist tracks to my library.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Ha, same. I wanted my libearly to be only albums, as if I were buying CDs
Another post, another complaint 
Apparently they didn't solve the lack of auto-update when it comes to "preorder" (preview?) albums.
I added the new AlunaGeorge album to my library a few days ago just to be sure. Today it came out but when I go to my library I still see most songs grayed out, but they're all available when I look for the album directly on Apple Music.
The only solution for me is remove the album from my library the day it comes out and then add it again right away.
Apparently they didn't solve the lack of auto-update when it comes to "preorder" (preview?) albums.
I added the new AlunaGeorge album to my library a few days ago just to be sure. Today it came out but when I go to my library I still see most songs grayed out, but they're all available when I look for the album directly on Apple Music.
The only solution for me is remove the album from my library the day it comes out and then add it again right away.
infiniteloop
Member
Another post, another complaint
Apparently they didn't solve the lack of auto-update when it comes to "preorder" (preview?) albums.
I added the new AlunaGeorge album to my library a few days ago just to be sure. Today it came out but when I go to my library I still see most songs grayed out, but they're all available when I look for the album directly on Apple Music.
The only solution for me is remove the album from my library the day it comes out and then add it again right away.
yeah, I hate that.
Another post, another complaint
Apparently they didn't solve the lack of auto-update when it comes to "preorder" (preview?) albums.
I added the new AlunaGeorge album to my library a few days ago just to be sure. Today it came out but when I go to my library I still see most songs grayed out, but they're all available when I look for the album directly on Apple Music.
The only solution for me is remove the album from my library the day it comes out and then add it again right away.
there's a delay. If you want it NOW (like the morning it comes out).. yeah, you're stuck removing it and adding it.
If you give it a bit.. usually by later that friday or a day or two after, it's in your library. At least that's what I've found.
but yeah, they need to make that rock solid. and it's currently not.
I add everything to my library because I never use my library. I make everything into a playlist, including artists. I've just always done it this way because I hated the ordering of songs in the past. For example if I wanted a specific album to show up on the top of the list or something, couldn't do that by sorting the Library. Maybe I should evolve and try it out now since we are no longer using the iPod scroll wheel
So what do you guys even add to your library? Just albums you really really like? Guess that would work if I sort by Album. Sorting by artist would still be a mess because of how some artists list features as "X & Z"
So what do you guys even add to your library? Just albums you really really like? Guess that would work if I sort by Album. Sorting by artist would still be a mess because of how some artists list features as "X & Z"
teruterubozu
Member
I add albums like I'm queuing up movies. I may get to them, I may not. But yeah, it's almost impossible to navigate simply once you fill it up. I prefer to see my list in Album mode rather than Artist. In Album it organizes by release year so it's easier for me to find it.
Zeyphersan
Banned
I was gonna say, I thought they fixed it. I had a couple albums fill in automatically
Holy shit this can't be right. Just updated iTunes and went to the For You section.
Everything is so HUGE that the writing is actually blurry. The dates, the "Recommendations" title. Blurry as fuck. Also the picture collage for "New Music Playlist" takes up half the screen! For a company that doesn't make Touchscreen desktops, they sure love gigantic ass shit.
Please tell me something is just wrong with my screen. This is just embarassing
Everything is so HUGE that the writing is actually blurry. The dates, the "Recommendations" title. Blurry as fuck. Also the picture collage for "New Music Playlist" takes up half the screen! For a company that doesn't make Touchscreen desktops, they sure love gigantic ass shit.
Please tell me something is just wrong with my screen. This is just embarassing
infiniteloop
Member
Yes it is.