iTunes Match does this. I haven't had to "sync" my music/playlists since this was introduced.
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Apple Seeds First iOS 8.4 Beta to Developers With Revamped Music App
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iTunes Match does this. I haven't had to "sync" my music/playlists since this was introduced.
How about a really useful feature like Split-screen multitasking?
There are tons of music apps already available, so considering a new music app the main feature of an OS update is ridiculous. The existing Music app, which replaced the previous one, still is not perfect, so here comes a new buggy Music app for our enjoyment.
There are tons of music apps already available, so considering a new music app the main feature of an OS update is ridiculous. The existing Music app, which replaced the previous one, still is not perfect, so here comes a new buggy Music app for our enjoyment.
Apple has sold .x updates on significantly more pointless features in the (recent) past, I don't think this is as bad as it could be. At least they acknowledge how bad the previous player is/was.
I would not be surprised that iOS 8.4 rolls out the week of WWDC in June 2015. This will be the last of the 8.x versions before iOS 9.0, which will functionally look the same as iOS 8.4 but adds support for the new "iPad Pro" and the iPhone 6S and 6S+ models plus a lot of code optimization for less memory footprint and faster code execution.
Good. The music app's a mess, I don't even want to listen to music on it anymore. Its only saving grace is that it's not quite as disfunctional and useless as whatever the podcasts app thinks its trying to be.
There is no option to add to playlist anywhere. Well, at least I can't figure it out.
Edit: Seems that the bigger playlists you can not add songs too but the smaller playlists I am able to add a song but it's buggy.
But your original question, you can not add from Now Playing screen
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There's no whimsy in these flat designs. I want to see some animations, fluidity, bounce in the UI. If you look at games like Letterpress that utilise a flat UI but actually have a look of character. Music is a visceral experience that shouldn't feel like a spreadsheet.
Interesting how they they didnt wait till WWDC or iOS 9 to show it off.
Maybe it means they won't even have time to show off this? More exciting/important features then?
Maybe it means they won't even have time to show off this? More exciting/important features then?
Album Shuffle?
Have they added album shuffle (i.e. playing all the songs on an album in order, then picking a new random album and playing the songs from that album in order)?
This was on non-iOS iPods and is in iTunes but to my knowledge has never been exposed via the UI in iOS. It's in the API and there are apps for it but I'd rather not mess with them if I don't have too.
I've always thought the shuffle button should behave like the repeat button and offer a menu to select "Shuffle Songs" or "Shuffle Albums".
(sorry if this was answered already but my reading of the previous discussion was of shuffling songs within one album)
Have they added album shuffle (i.e. playing all the songs on an album in order, then picking a new random album and playing the songs from that album in order)?
This was on non-iOS iPods and is in iTunes but to my knowledge has never been exposed via the UI in iOS. It's in the API and there are apps for it but I'd rather not mess with them if I don't have too.
I've always thought the shuffle button should behave like the repeat button and offer a menu to select "Shuffle Songs" or "Shuffle Albums".
(sorry if this was answered already but my reading of the previous discussion was of shuffling songs within one album)
Great, Apple is touting a feature that is available to only 10% of it user base. Maybe we need to wait another year for Apple to release iTunes Radio to Canada. I got Spotify in Canada before iTunes radio.
It's so strange they don't do that since with Carplay, they talk about safety while driving, but then, for the music app, you have to choose to skip tracks with the little icon (which can be difficult while driving.)
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What is the checkmark on the left for and what is the three dots on the right for?
OMG the new music app is amazing! It's buggy sure but it's a vast improvement!
It's also so nice that the repeat/shuffle buttons are toggle buttons - they no longer bring up a list like OS 7 introduced. I always found that so annoying >.>
It's also so nice that the repeat/shuffle buttons are toggle buttons - they no longer bring up a list like OS 7 introduced. I always found that so annoying >.>
I agree. It used to be that an 'All Songs' button at the top of an artist view would allow anyone who wanted to view all songs by a certain artist to do so, which I thought was the better way to handle things. I also hate that when I group songs by album artist under music settings, all artists' songs are only located under 'Various Artists'. I think this used to be handled better as well: if a library only had one song by an artist that was on a compilation, that artist was excluded from list view, but for artists with multiple songs/albums, you could view their material and their compilation songs together.
The workaround I put up with, that may work for what you need if the flow doesn't change:
Artists-> shuffle icon on the album I want -> shuffle off.
That only loads the songs in that album, doesn't skip to the next album by that artist once it's finished.
Or search, from any view, for either album name or artist. When you tap the album on the results, it only loads that album's songs for playback.
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Has anyone in the UK checked passbook? Any sign of apple pay in there?
If visa are due to roll out tokenisation this month, hopefully 8.4 will enable apple pay for UK/Europe once it's ready..