Apple Releases iOS 8.4 With Apple Music, Beats 1, and Revamped Music App

[Patriot24]

One thing I'm noticing is my music is louder on Spotify than Apple Music. I have to increase the volume on Apple Music to get the same level as Spotify. What does that mean?

Settings > Music > Volume Limit

Check and see if that is turned on?

 

[Paradoxally]

I assume the Beats 1 radio station is only available with the subscription plan and not free like the current iTunes radio offering?

Will the current iTunes radio continue?

I am not interested in the Connect or a $10-15 per month streaming service - I buy - but I would like the Beats 1 station, though I can't justify the $10 cost for just the radio aspect. I've never paid for Sirius XM or any similar satellite radio or a premium based Pandora or Spotify.

Beats 1 is free.

 

[soccerjoshj07]

Just enabled iCloud Music library...pretty sure it deleted all of my local files not bought through iTunes. Hmm.

 

[lewiseric91]

i get the same message

 

[jhagg]

I cannot seem to find how to view my track ratings or rate tracks in Apple Music?

 

[rctlr]

Mmm, no playlist time length. I liked that.

 

[WilliamG]

One thing I'm noticing is my music is louder on Spotify than Apple Music. I have to increase the volume on Apple Music to get the same level as Spotify. What does that mean?

It means Apple Music is quieter than Spotify.

 

[jdillings]

This don't sound like Tay Tay

 

[DMaki650]

Agreed. Hoping for someone like me that already has match that it's smart enough to turn that off when I turn on Apple music. This is the sort of stuff Apple struggles with. For a prior example - see photo sharing/streaming/iCloud photo. All of which sort of still exist in some way.

I got an email from an Apple rep. Match and Music are the same expect for 1 difference. With match you get to keep the music it gives you. With music you get to keep the track as long as your sub is still going.

 

[Frankied22]

My wild guess is match is going to be part of $9.99 a month fee?

iTunes Match will remain a separate service for $24 a year. It will be there for people who don't want to subscribe to the streaming service but still want to store their own music in the cloud. They are also increasing the song limit to 100K in iOS 9. If you subscribe to Apple Music you don't need to pay for iTunes Match anymore because the functionality will be built into Apple Music.

 

[caligurl]

No Beatles available to stream so definitely not the full iTunes library...

We knew that a couple weeks ago.... The news sites have been reporting "no beatles" all along....

 

[Paradoxally]

I cannot seem to find how to view my track ratings or rate tracks in Apple Music?

Maybe they removed that entirely? Spotify doesn't have it, at least.

 

[Kirtaner]

How do I change this from a single plan to a family plan? I meant to pick the latter.

Edit: Found it

 

[Icaras]

Anyone else's stuck on update requested?

Yep, I am. On both my iPhone and iPad.

 

[mostman]

Anyone using the family plan (multiple iOS devices that use different iCloud but same iTunes account via Family Sharing) know how to allow Apple Music to separate songs for individual accounts?

Just tested it, and it downloaded the song A that I only want on my iPhone to all other devices.

Is it like family sharing for apps where you have to disable auto download?

 

[tjg4005]

So what happened to iTunes 12.2? Not trying Music until I can try the desktop version.

Visit this website to get 12.2 https://itunes.apple.com/foryou?itscg=1002&at=1000l4QJ&ct=music

 

[amirite]

I always wished Spotify would let you "add music" to your library. It would have made it a much more viable replacement for iTunes but I just didn't like their UI. The fact that Apple Music is integrated into the Music App—and more importantly, I can just "add" an album to my library and it's instantly added as if I had purchased it—makes it better than Spotify already. For me at least.

 

[soxfanben]

How do I add members to my family plan

 

[abhibeckert]

cannot enable icloud music cloud to save albums - is it just me?

Works fine for me, although at one point the music app hung and had to be force quit, then I had to go through the sign up process for the Apple Music 3 month trial a second time.

 

[Rogifan]

People are deleting Spotify already . You've done good Apple, you've done good

It's surprising to me how quickly people are deleting Spotify. There's no way just a few minutes of testing is enough for me to know which one I'll keep using. Plus I have lots of playlists in Spotify that I don't want to lose. And so far the sound quality seems better on Spotify.

 

[caligurl]

no wifi at work.... but I cheated and set up my ipad as a hotspot!

it's done downloading and now it's installing!

 

[roland.g]

Beats 1 is free.

Sweet. If that's the case, no need to get the subscription or miss out.

Is the customizable Pandora like radio with various stations and stations you build of artists/groups of artists/songs still part of iTunes radio? I can't imaging that Beats 1 is simply replacing that as Beats 1 doesn't hit all the demographics that the other radio does.

 

[Spankey]

Basically, now everything is in the cloud, like your iTunes library was in the cloud with iTunes match. They've simply made it so that "your library" is now every song they have available, and stuff you upload that isn't available to stream/on the iTunes store

Will we be able to download music to our devices? I'm assuming the answer is yes.

I almost get royally screwed. I deleted and re-added all my music to iTunes Match last night so that means my Playlists have to be recreated. I had synced them to my phone beforehand so I have music on my phone until I can recreate the playlists.

When I opened Apple Music it tried to sync to the cloud. Luckily it failed or I would not have playlists on my phone. I'm assuming I have to go home and update iTunes for that to happen.

 

[Tony_YYZ]

I upgraded my iPhone 6 via iTunes just now. I went from 768MB of free space to 922MB after the upgrade. Never again will I get a 16GB device. When the S models debut I'm going after a 6S+ 64GB.

 

[elfary]

One thing I'm noticing is my music is louder on Spotify than Apple Music. I have to increase the volume on Apple Music to get the same level as Spotify. What does that mean?

It means that Apple Music has more dynamic range, aka sounds better. Crank up the amp and you'll be fine.