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Apple Releases iTunes 12.2 With Apple Music and Beats 1 Support
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I'd love to see the figures for Spotify and Tidal users who've unsubscribed from their packages in favour of Apple Music. I get the feeling it'll be pretty high.
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I can't play anything from my music in iTunes, its all greyed out
I've tried to remove and then re-add and nothing. My firewall is turned off
Any ideas?
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7104446
This thread helped me solve the same issue. Here are the steps from the thread:
Here are the steps I did to resolve this, i'm not sure if they are all necessary:
Edit: I did the same thing on my other Mac without removing any files and it worked, so all you have to do is:
Log out of iTunes (Account > Sign Out)
Quit iTunes
Open iTunes. Re-login to iTunes by going to the For You tab and logging in through Apple Music.
I think the opposite--I get the feeling it'll be pretty low. Spotify's secret weapon is their Facebook and social integration. While I'm working I get to see what all my friends and family and my SO are listening to (in real time) and sharing tracks and playlists with other people is so damn easy--it makes me feel incredibly connected. Apple Music does the opposite. It seems barren, old, a last-ditch effort from a company who's a few steps behind here.
Apple may gain tons of subscribers from people who don't already subscribe to anything, but thinking that people will jump ship, especially from a socially-integrated tool to something else--I just don't think it's going to happen, but I'd love to see how this plays out.
There's just something very personal and amazing about knowing what someone you're close to is listening to. I don't know why, but I love it, and all my friends do too. I don't see them giving that up!
I thought I would be cancelling Spotify but after using Apple Music I don't think that will be the case. Spotify is a much better system, especially across devices. I like how when I close Spotify on my Mac and then re-open it on my PC it retains what I was listening to and doesn't always give me the splash page of Taylor Swift and Pharrell crap.
The Spotify sound quality is much better as well, iTunes sounds digital and glassy to me.
I think it's a matter of different philosophies in that Spotify is more about playing music you want and Apple is more about suggestion. Tidal is a Hi Res service and I don't think anyone who is paying the premium for that sound quality is going to want to switch to iTunes.
Looks like they got around to updating the download page, so now it's official: Apple Music requires 10.9.5 at least.
Software:
- OS X version 10.7.5 or later, Apple Music requires OS X version 10.9.5 or later
- 400MB of available disk space
- Apple Music, Apple Music Radio, iTunes in the Cloud, and iTunes Match availability may vary by country
- iTunes Extras require OS X version 10.10.3 or later
Spotify is much better than iTunes IMO. It just needs Apple Watch support, and greater song selection, both of which I think will come in the next couple of months.
Things went from bad to impossible with my upgrade. The Mac App Store kept freezing in various states. Since so many people were successful in doing their installs and upgrades I figured something needed to be cleaned up or reset. I finally started poking around in Apple support looking for things to try to fix it. One piece of "advice" ended up screwing my boot volume completely. Multiple tries at reinstalling Yosemite and I'm stuck at the halfway point on the boot screen, no matter how long I give it.
I'm out shopping for an external drive so I can get a bootable volume set up and move my files over. Disk Utility still shows everything is there, fortunately.
I messed with Music on the iPad for a while. Beats1 was ok, but I'm a bit older than the target demo, I think.
I know it's supposed to be the same channel for the entire world, but I could swear that clicking on the songs I liked seemed to reduce the ones I didn't like.
For instance, during the "St. Vincent Mixtape" or whatever her show is called, there was a bunch of pop stuff playing, then a New Order tune kicked in. I liked it so I "hearted it". A couple of songs later I heard Depeche Mode. Clicked that one. I started hearing more and more that I liked and less current stuff. Finally it was all my kind of music with the occasional current tune - but those tunes sounded like modern songs made in the old style.
Did anyone else listening to B1 hear what I heard? Or did they find some way to tailor songs on their flagship station?
I'm out shopping for an external drive so I can get a bootable volume set up and move my files over. Disk Utility still shows everything is there, fortunately.
I messed with Music on the iPad for a while. Beats1 was ok, but I'm a bit older than the target demo, I think.
I know it's supposed to be the same channel for the entire world, but I could swear that clicking on the songs I liked seemed to reduce the ones I didn't like.
For instance, during the "St. Vincent Mixtape" or whatever her show is called, there was a bunch of pop stuff playing, then a New Order tune kicked in. I liked it so I "hearted it". A couple of songs later I heard Depeche Mode. Clicked that one. I started hearing more and more that I liked and less current stuff. Finally it was all my kind of music with the occasional current tune - but those tunes sounded like modern songs made in the old style.
Did anyone else listening to B1 hear what I heard? Or did they find some way to tailor songs on their flagship station?
Apple today released iTunes 12.2 for OS X Yosemite users, introducing desktop support for the new Apple Music service. Launched today as part of iOS 8.4, Apple Music lets iTunes users to listen to on-demand music, create playlists, find music suitable for every activity, and more. Apple Music is also accompanied by Apple Music Connect, Apple's new artist-centric social network, and the Beats 1 24/7 live worldwide radio station.
iTunes 12.2 can be downloaded immediately through the Software Update mechanism in the Mac App Store. Apple has also released a new version of iTunes 12.2 for Windows users. Apple Music in iTunes 12.2 brings several new sections to the music portion of the app, including "For You," which displays recommended music that you might like based on preferences you've entered and past music you've listed to, and a "New" section that offers up new and trending music.
There's also a section for Apple Music Connect, Apple's new artist-centric social network. With Connect, you can read status updates and see photos, videos, and more from your favorite artists. A radio section houses the Beats 1 radio station and other radio stations curated by music experts or based on various songs and artists.
iTunes' new Apple Music "For You" section
Apple Music Connect in iTunes
iTunes 12.2 is the second major update to iTunes 12, which debuted alongside OS X Yosemite. iTunes 12.1, the previous major update, brought an iTunes widget for the Notification Center and performance improvements.
All iTunes users can access Apple Music for free for a three month trial period. After that time, an individual subscription can be purchased for $9.99 and a family subscription with support for up to 6 users can be purchased for $14.99. Beats 1 radio and existing iTunes Radio stations will continue to be available at no cost.
Article Link: Apple Releases iTunes 12.2 With Apple Music and Beats 1 Support
it wasn't only me, http://www.theverge.com/2015/7/1/8876285/apple-beats-1-radio-replay-repeat-not-live made an article about it today.
Here's the playlist for the show you listened to...
Listen to St. Vincent's Mixtape Delivery Service: June 30, 2015 by St. Vincent's Mixtape Delivery Service on @AppleMusic.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/playlis...elivery/idpl.acb562a3941147078d962f1eafc070c6
You kind of lose the right to complain about support for new features when you use an OS released six years ago.