Hands-On Walkthrough of Apple Music and Beats 1 Radio

[Tech198]

Good chart comparing music services :-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_on-demand_streaming_music_services

 

[Tech198]

However, the key different i found out, and one which is not on iMore (i found out by Apple guy by phone), if that all all music on Apple Music is DRM, not DRM free like in Match. With Apple music, if u stop paying, content gets removed. but if u keep local copies anyway, then that shouldn’t be an issue since u can just sync to your device and continue enjoying those tunes.

This is what i found out from Apple themselves.

For those confused, Apple Music will still be in the same quality as Match., and work exactly the same way it does.... It's just an "all in one" solution.

Where as if u stop paying for Apple music, u'll need Match if u want to continue matching your songs in your library, upload (where songs don't match), and stream those songs.

For me,,, I think i'll keep Apple music, so i do not need match. Match is only for users who don't want Apple music, but still want to enjoy music across all devices/matched

 

[MacrumoursUser]

The ... Next to every song and album seems to be confounding people. Yes you use the + to add an album in your library. Then when in your library you hit the ... Next to the album listing And click Make Availsble Offline

Even for albums not in your music you can hit the ... Listed on the top with the + heart and share buttons and add the album for offline.

The ... Seems to be the key many people are missing while trying to do things. It brings up a relevant menu of actions depending on if you are clicking on a song or album, some choices are shared.

So if you see s listing of sn album or are on the full screen selection for an album the ... Let's you choose to add it for offline.

Like I said I think a lot of people are missing this because they are biased from using other interfaces and suffering from the "it's different" syndrome.

The ... Pretty much let's you do whatever you want, be it a song or album, anywhere in the app.

That's what i did. Nothing happened. I had to try 5 or 6 times until it started downloading songs for offline.

So far it works horrible. My music library is a mess since it thinks that songs i purchased on iTunes are different songs, so i have my album and that other album which is completely the same except for artwork being a bit brighter. Then i tried to add couple of albums to my music (just add, not download for offline) and it added just 6 random songs from that album. Had to try 4 times until i had all 12. I was going home from work this morning around 4 and only Beats1 was playing, all other radios gave me error. Beats1 had 6 (i counted) glitches - songs restarting, sound disappearing and etc.