Bulk add songs to playlist Apple Music
Apple Music doesn't make it easy to download lots of music at once to your iPhone, but there is an easy trick to make it work.By Conner Carey Updated 09/09/2021 To download music to your iPhone for offline listening withApple Music or iTunes, simply tap the cloud icon next to a song and it will download. However, if you've recently wiped your iPhone or gotten a new one, then you'll want to downloadallyour music, and tapping that cloud icon next to hundreds of artists or albums just isn't any fun. We'll show you howto add music from iTunes to your iPhone and an excellent trick for how todownload all your songs on Apple Music at once. You don't have to tap the download button a hundred times!Let's jump in. Show
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How To Download Apple Music or iTunes Songs to Your iPhoneUse this technique if you don't have a computer or if you only want to send a few playlists in iTunes or Apple Music to your device. If you just want to see your what's been played, check out how to view your Apple Music history.
This is not the fast method. It's can be frustrating and time consuming to go through your whole library and download each item one at a time, but if you dont have access to a computer and you really want to download all of your Apple Music or iTunes songs for offline listening, this method will work (with patience). Back to Top How to Download All Your Songs Using Music on a Mac or iTunes on a Windows PCUse this trickif you want to download your entire library without tapping the download button over and over again. You will need a computer with iTunes or a Mac with MacOS Catalina or later.
How it works: Because it's a smart playlist, it will automatically include every song you add in Apple Music and every song you purchase in iTunes that meetits criteria. And, because it's a playlist, you can tap the download icon at the top to download the whole thing. It doesn't matter how much music you have on the computer you use to create this playlist. This playlist will always include all the music available for download. Pro Tip: It is common forApple Music to open automatically on your Mac. You can turn this off if you don't find it helpful.
Depending on the size of your collection, this could take a while. I recommend keeping your iPhone plugged in and turning auto-lock off while all of your music downloads. Back to top. How To Download All iTunes Music to Your iPhone Using a USB CableUse this method if you've got your music library on your computer, or if you've done the steps above but don't have an Apple Music subscription. You will need a computer with iTunes or a Mac with MacOS Catalina or later.
Back to top. Make Sure All Future Music Is Automatically Downloaded to Apple MusicNow that youve gone through the trouble of downloading all of your music to your iPhone, you probably dont want to need to do all of this again. Well, you can turn on a setting in Music that makes it so all songs that are added to your iCloud Music Library automatically download to your device for offline listening. Heres how to turn that setting on.
Now, all of your future music will automatically download to your iPhone. Worried about it taking up too much space on your device? Use this tip to Optimize Storage for Apple Music. Top Image Credit:GongTo / Shutterstock.com TopicsHow-To iPhone Apps Apple Music iTunes Apple Apps Music Subscriptions & Purchases Art & Music |