Apple Music Classical 2.0 Adds Thousands of Full Album Booklets

Yeah isn't it supposed to be super easy to port apps? Like it's a part of the whole strategy of a unified ecosystem, then they can't even port over easy - like damn you're not inspiring confidence here Apple lol.
A ported iOs wouldn't do. MacOs users are used to way more functionality.
 
Yeah isn't it supposed to be super easy to port apps? Like it's a part of the whole strategy of a unified ecosystem, then they can't even port over easy - like damn you're not inspiring confidence here Apple lol.
The app itself is just a wrapper for HTML pages that are on Apple Music. There's no reason why they couldn't add a sidebar entry for Classical in the Mac app, which would display the same content.
 
Glad to see this. For classical music, opera and lieder buffs, it was always a shortcoming and one of the reasons I liked Idagio and have been happy with Qobuz.

At some point I may switch back to Apple Music, perhaps as part of an Apple One subscription, though I see that, FWIW, What Hi-Fi? just declared Qobuz the best streaming service for audiophiles, beating out Tidal and with Apple Music getting hardly a mention.
 
The intention is good, but they are just PDFs of CD booklets, which are, for the most part, unreadable. Yes, you can zoom, but the experience is terrible. If they want to do this right, they should get the labels to convert their booklets to ePub - which some labels who sell downloads already have - that can reflow for the size of the screen.
Anyone else remember iBooks Author? That was a fun app which allowed interactive features.
 
I wish Apple Music would show booklets, too. I'm from the old days, you know. I love to read additional information and look at photos..where the album was recorded, engineers, producers, guest musicians, used instruments, studios, mixers and so on.

FYI Apple Music provides a lot of that info with the “View Credits” option if you tap the ellipsis next to a song, but I agree having a booklet would be great too.
 
THIS... Needs to be added to Apple music. Like a decade ago.

While I'll take PDFs, as @kirkmc stated above, there is a lot of opportunity to improve the overall user experience in this regard. Liner notes afford listers the ability to dig deeper into the music. Connect the dots between studios, producers, musicians, etc. Facilitates discovery - which only strengthens the bond between listener and art/artist. The soul nourishing, full circle, human connection, is what's missing from the digitization of everything in the name of convenience. Yes, a bazillion songs in my pocket is great. But convenience isn't why people turn to music. Let's expand the experience to better facilitate moments that afford the discovery and connection humans crave.
 
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