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Apple Music First Impressions: Convenient All-in-One Experience With Overwhelming Design

magicschoolbus said:
Wow, so I can pay 10$ a month to download any music I want straight onto my device? I look at it more in this concept rather then the streaming aspect. Do I "Own" that song at that point? Put in playlists, burn it to CD's for friends, etc?
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Don't think you can burn Apple music to CD.

BTW, Lowe is live now.
 
stanley.eichler said:
Hi guys, does anyone of you know if there will be an option to setup Family Sharing just for the Apple Music Family plan? I want to share the paid service with a couple of family members but i don´t want to pay for their apps and other stuff... And i don´t have family sharing set up yet :)
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This is my big question!
 
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So far, I'm impressed with Apple Music. It has everything I liked about Beats Music when I tried it out last year along with my own not-available-on-iTunes music. It appears to be a FAR better music service than any others I've tried (Google Play, Rdio, Spotify.)

That said, it seems to be confused by the music I already had on my iPhone from iTunes Match. I can't remove those tracks, which is distressing considering I never intended them to be permanent additions to my iPhone. If I attempt to remove them, the app warns me that I will be deleting them from iCloud. Not good, Apple. Not good at all.
 
magicschoolbus said:
I have a simple question.. I'm a little confused..

So if I "save a song for offline play" .. does that mean that this won't be streamed? Does it actually get downloaded onto my device? I don't have a very big data plan I do not want to chew threw..I will pay for the service to use over wifi, but I listen to a lot of music in the car. If I save offline, nothing is streamed, and goes straight to my device? Just need clarification..
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Yes. If you only listen to saved songs of course.
 
BruiserB said:
It's more a case of the content owners having the right to change what's eligible, though you direct your frustration about it at Apple.
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Yeah, that's why I called out Disney by name. That's exactly the kind of content owner I worry about. I don't see that complaining about Disney is the same thing as directing frustration at Apple, though.
 
Dagless said:
Just installed it, signed up to the trial. It's got a nice interface for the radio section, but I don't like having my entire music library pushed aside to make way for their subscription service. Thankfully you can turn it off, but I'd rather have my own music categories across the bottom and a little button at the end for this Beats service thing.

It is pretty smart though. I put in a few of my favourite artists and genres and it selected some out-there suggestions that were right (I didn't select electronic music at all but it recommended Kraftwerk, a band I like). Maybe it's pulling data from Genius and our own libraries?

The curated radio playlists are pretty cool, my favourite feature so far. But this is something I'd rather use on my computer not a phone. So hurry up new iTunes app!
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If you signed up for the trial but turned off the subscription service wouldn't that defeat the purpose?
 
magicschoolbus said:
Wow, so I can pay 10$ a month to download any music I want straight onto my device? I look at it more in this concept rather then the streaming aspect. Do I "Own" that song at that point? Put in playlists, burn it to CD's for friends, etc?

I work in the music industry as a booking agent, and I have no idea how Apple managed to get people to agree to this. They must have a great team of lawyers..
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The playlist burn remains to be tested. They are DRM tracks.
So long as you are signed in and subscribed, you're golden.
However, 30 day extension max if you stay offline. They will auto-delete after that.
 
Ludatyk said:
Question.

I have iTunes Match shared among 9 devices.. Family & friend. It's attached to one Apple ID for iTunes & App Store purchases. Now if I use Apple Music and add users under my Family Plan... Will my matched songs only be available to the master AppleID? Will the users under my Family Plan be unable to access those matched songs?
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Family Plan only works with Family Sharing. 6 IDs max. Technically a 2nd member may be able to use same iTunes ID, but that prevents simultaneous streaming.
So best to have 6 IDs which can then have 10 devices of their own, but streaming one device at any single time. Offline play is fine otherwise.
 
Listened to the hour build up before it, complete with all the bits we probably shouldn't have heard.

Then it launched. I stopped listening after the first 15 minutes. Could put Radio 1 on and hear (exactly/almost) the same - which I don't.
 
bigpoppamac31 said:
Any song you download from iTunes you can burn to a CD. I've done it.
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Yes but this isn't from iTunes.. its from the Apple Music service.. So I would imagine its a little different.. maybe different rights..

So whats stopping me from doing the following:
1) buy apple music for $10bucks a month
2) download all the music i want for that $10 a month utilizing the offline play
3) burning that album onto a disc
4) importing that album onto my Mac?
5) Cancel Apple Music subscription?
 
So I signed up for Apple Music. Yes, I'm in free trial. But Apple is rolling me over in three months to a $9.99 payer unless I cancel. Will I really cancel this in three months or will I say, heck this is convenient and easy to have my music and all music available in one place.

I'm pretty sure we all know the answer to this. Apple has a paying customer for the foreseeable future. Songza, Spotify, and Pandora have just lost a sometimes free customer. I used all three services enough that I bet I "counted" for each of those services in their discussions with capital providers. I bet I will still "count" for another year. And I might still use Songza at work off my work PC. So there is something for them still.
 
magicschoolbus said:
Yes but this isn't from iTunes.. its from the Apple Music service.. So I would imagine its a little different.. maybe different rights..

So whats stopping me from doing the following:
1) buy apple music for $10bucks a month
2) download all the music i want for that $10 a month utilizing the offline play
3) burning that album onto a disc
4) importing that album onto my Mac?
5) Cancel Apple Music subscription?
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Anyone got a burner and a blank disc?

Good night folks....
 
magicschoolbus said:
Yes but this isn't from iTunes.. its from the Apple Music service.. So I would imagine its a little different.. maybe different rights..

So whats stopping me from doing the following:
1) buy apple music for $10bucks a month
2) download all the music i want for that $10 a month utilizing the offline play
3) burning that album onto a disc
4) importing that album onto my Mac?
5) Cancel Apple Music subscription?
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Taylor Swift.
 
magicschoolbus said:
Yes but this isn't from iTunes.. its from the Apple Music service.. So I would imagine its a little different.. maybe different rights..

So whats stopping me from doing the following:
1) buy apple music for $10bucks a month
2) download all the music i want for that $10 a month utilizing the offline play
3) burning that album onto a disc
4) importing that album onto my Mac?
5) Cancel Apple Music subscription?
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How would you find the file from Apple Music on your iOS device and then burn it to a disc?
 
magicschoolbus said:
Yes but this isn't from iTunes.. its from the Apple Music service.. So I would imagine its a little different.. maybe different rights..

So whats stopping me from doing the following:
1) buy apple music for $10bucks a month
2) download all the music i want for that $10 a month utilizing the offline play
3) burning that album onto a disc
4) importing that album onto my Mac?
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All of Apple Music has DRM.
iTunes Match does not have DRM. You can download and burn from iTunes Match. My logical guess is from Apple Music you can only play the music offline on the devices 10 per ID you have synced with Apple Music, no burning, which strips the DRM.
 
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