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If it were only that. Have you tried the iPhone Music app with something not downloaded from Apple Music or the iTunes store? Like, music sampled from CDs or

If it were only that. Have you tried the iPhone Music app with something not downloaded from Apple Music or the iTunes store? Like, music sampled from CDs or bought on Bandcamp or somewhere else? It will challenge your creativity.

kall 5y ago
I have a library that is a mix of Apple Music, iTunes Match and mp3s from some wild sources. It works nicely in the music app and is provided as an OS-level service to other player frontends. Seems great to me. It‘s a huge issue that you cannot add music from an iOS device though. You need to do that from a mac.
pram 5y ago
Yes, I download it from Bandcamp and iTunes Match adds it to the rest of my devices. Easy!
- tempodox 5y ago
  Ah, another subscription. Things like that used to work without having to pay ransom. Apple deliberately deteriorated the user experience to bully us into buying those subscriptions.
  - FabHK 5y ago
    If you manage your music library via iTunes, you can sync with USB or WiFi and not pay at all, just like back in 2001 (though back then it was Firewire).
  - ch_sm 5y ago
    I think they’ve quietly integrated it into Apple Music? Haven’t paid for iTunes Match in like 5 years, and it still works fine.
- rideontime 5y ago
  Is iTunes Match a separate subscription? I'm not happy with Google Music ever since they rolled it into Youtube Music, which has similar issues as the Music app now, where they're more interested in selling you more subscriptions than letting you play the music you already own. But I'm already paying for iCloud storage, so can I just use the space I'm already paying for to store my music?
  - FabHK 5y ago
    It is a separate subscription [1], and hardly advertised at all anymore. I use it instead of Apple Music, and pay 188 HKD/a, that's around US$ 25 per year. Here's basically what it does: * you add your music library to it. * what it recognises, it matches, and upgrades to 256 kbit/s AAC encoded quality. * what it doesn't recognise, it uploads and stores. * all of it is now available on all your devices (and you can download/delete local copies at will). I was thinking of "upgrading" to Apple Music (as part of Apple One), and I'd hate if that functionality (specifically the uploading/syncing of "unmatched" songs) were removed! [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146
kitsunesoba 5y ago
I have an iTunes library that I’ve been working on since at least 2004 that contains music from all sorts of sources, including tracks from Apple Music and recent additions from bandcamp. Haven’t had any issues. The UI indicating what has/hasn’t synced with the cloud could be better, but otherwise it’s fine. I don’t feel like Apple Music is particularly pushy either, at least compared to Spotify. Music.app also doesn’t have its UI changing constantly for no reason, also unlike Spotify.

kall 5y ago

I have a library that is a mix of Apple Music, iTunes Match and mp3s from some wild sources. It works nicely in the music app and is provided as an OS-level service to other player frontends. Seems great to me. It‘s a huge issue that you cannot add music from an iOS device though. You need to do that from a mac.

pram 5y ago

Yes, I download it from Bandcamp and iTunes Match adds it to the rest of my devices. Easy!

tempodox 5y ago
Ah, another subscription. Things like that used to work without having to pay ransom. Apple deliberately deteriorated the user experience to bully us into buying those subscriptions.
- FabHK 5y ago
  If you manage your music library via iTunes, you can sync with USB or WiFi and not pay at all, just like back in 2001 (though back then it was Firewire).
- ch_sm 5y ago
  I think they’ve quietly integrated it into Apple Music? Haven’t paid for iTunes Match in like 5 years, and it still works fine.
rideontime 5y ago
Is iTunes Match a separate subscription? I'm not happy with Google Music ever since they rolled it into Youtube Music, which has similar issues as the Music app now, where they're more interested in selling you more subscriptions than letting you play the music you already own. But I'm already paying for iCloud storage, so can I just use the space I'm already paying for to store my music?
- FabHK 5y ago
  It is a separate subscription [1], and hardly advertised at all anymore. I use it instead of Apple Music, and pay 188 HKD/a, that's around US$ 25 per year. Here's basically what it does: * you add your music library to it. * what it recognises, it matches, and upgrades to 256 kbit/s AAC encoded quality. * what it doesn't recognise, it uploads and stores. * all of it is now available on all your devices (and you can download/delete local copies at will). I was thinking of "upgrading" to Apple Music (as part of Apple One), and I'd hate if that functionality (specifically the uploading/syncing of "unmatched" songs) were removed! [1] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204146

kitsunesoba 5y ago

I have an iTunes library that I’ve been working on since at least 2004 that contains music from all sorts of sources, including tracks from Apple Music and recent additions from bandcamp. Haven’t had any issues. The UI indicating what has/hasn’t synced with the cloud could be better, but otherwise it’s fine. I don’t feel like Apple Music is particularly pushy either, at least compared to Spotify. Music.app also doesn’t have its UI changing constantly for no reason, also unlike Spotify.