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

[nrose101]

Spotify actually uses the Vorbis codec. It's probably somewhere between MP3 and AAC in quality, but closer to AAC.

Insert foot in mouth

 

[McDaddio]

iCloud Music Library Can't Be Enabled...You can enable it from Music in Settings...

Any fixes to this error?
I obviously go to settings and try that, turn off show apple music and then back on, etc. Reboot...

Any luck anyone?

 

[DMaki650]

Any fixes to this error?
I obviously go to settings and try that, turn off show apple music and then back on, etc. Reboot...

Any luck anyone?

http://www.imore.com/getting-icloud-music-library-cant-be-enabled-error-heres-fix

 

[Krollf]

I'm going by my ears. I have to crank the volume in Apple Music to get what I'm currently getting in Spotify.

Apple probably uses the same normalization that they use on iTunes. Every track that is louder than -14 dBFS is lowered in volume. Spotify uses a similar approach but they have -12 dBFS as a reference (two dB's louder). Spotify also compresses music that is under -12 dBFS, like Pink Floyd for instance, to get the same level for every track. Apple leaves the quieter tracks alone.

The main difference apart from Spotify being louder is that most albums on Apple music will sound more dynamic.
Just turn up the volume!

 

[TMRJIJ]

iTunes main page updated. Still waiting on the updated link or MAS update

 

[Marrakas]

Time to get rid of that old thing and upgrade it to something modern.

I have a Galaxy S6 for main use. Just wanted to see if my old 4S got any faster, but I guess those IOS7 days are gone.

 

[Phil77354]

Because when you plug it into iTunes, you are downloading the entire image. Using your phone only updates the bits that need updating.

Thanks, that makes sense. I should do my updates over my home wi-fi network rather than with the phone connected to iTunes, clearly. The end result should (will) be the same but it will be a faster update. Thanks.

 

[wope]

is there not a way to make it automatically "make available offline" any music you add to your library?

 

[yourtoys7]

Any fixes to this error?
I obviously go to settings and try that, turn off show apple music and then back on, etc. Reboot...

Any luck anyone?

same here, no luck

 

[mwcfc1905]

Any fixes to this error?
I obviously go to settings and try that, turn off show apple music and then back on, etc. Reboot...

Any luck anyone?

I did a reboot and it worked

 

[liven2]

Audio quality probably. 256 on Apple 320 on Spotify..

And MOST people can not even tell the difference... The AAC codec that Apple uses at 256 when tested has a better sound than the 320 mp3 that Spotify uses. Even if they used the same codec the average listener could not hear the difference. Please move on with this lame argument. Honestly both sound great but I am really loving the integration of Apple Music, Siri Integration and many other features over Spotify. I have been a Spotify user for years and think Apple Music will be an awesome alternative!!

 

[MalcolmJID]

Probably I should have initiated the update from my phone. Still, it seems that it shouldn't make a difference? In any event, it's downloading now and I'm sure it will work fine. I generally do my updates this way rather than via wi-fi simply because I feel like the 'hard' connection to my computer and internet service would be a more robust connection, but I know that it shouldn't matter. Anyway, I appreciate your response. Thanks.

Updating via iTunes does an effective "full install" of the newest OS, whereas OTA updates are purely delta.

 

[mwcfc1905]

I did a reboot and it worked

Also shut the app before I did the reboot

 

[RickInHouston]

Insert foot in mouth

Apple's aac is better than anything else. Didn't you get the memo?

 

[darkfiber]

i cannot get iTunes 12.2 on my mac. iTunes says everything is current.

It's not available yet for Windows either.

 

[Cheruman]

Home Sharing is gone or am I too dumb to find it?

I can't find it either, really hope they didn't remove it in order to push people into subscribing to Apple Music.

 

[hitman0304]

is there not a way to make it automatically "make available offline" any music you add to your library?

I'm looking for an answer to this as well...

 

[whsbuss]

Where is the history for radio stations? I've been listening to one of the pre-determined stations and I can't see anywhere to view listen history?

 

[NickBD]

Well it seems to be going well so far for me. My only problem all personal music I put on my phone is on the new app, other then some of my audiobooks that i had in my music. It's kept some of them in my music but completely missed others. I can't find them on my phone. Not in iBook either. Any ideas guys?

 

[mdellepi]

Wait...only me or all Explicit songs/videos are grays and impossible to hear/see?

 

[mzd]

So I'm very confused. I just updated to 8.4, signed up for Apple Music, and all of my locally stored music is gone. I checked in settings, and it says 0 Songs. Did all my music just disappear? I have it all backed up on my Macbook, but still, I didn't realize signing up to Apple Music would completely remove all my locally stored playlists and music. There are a lot of live tracks and such that aren't in Apple Music that I have no access to until I can re-sync to my Macbook.

Crazy confusing interface and service at the moment.

All of my music is gone as well, and I didn't sign up with Apple Music.

 

[cmiller4642]

Here's a tip

Click on new and scroll down to the middle of the page and you'll see genres, curators, and activities

that's where you can follow things like Pitchfork Media giving you playlists over connect

 

[576316]

Can't seem to update yet. Both iPad and iPhone getting stuck on 'Requesting update...'

 

[Fraitor]

yep

Me too

 

[SeanForester27]

But I purchased their albums via iTunes. So it should all show up in the My Music tab.

Yes that's correct. My bad I didn't know you purchased them. They might show up with the latest iTunes update. Also may have to sync them. Check settings.