what I really meant is that I do not use any of the new streaming services.
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New Musik App abolutely horrible
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Ok but the streaming service itself isn't the problem it is the usability of the app.
Though it is a little better with streaming disabled as some of the submenues and stuff disappear but still, not my favorite app by far.
iTunes could use some work with its UI. Never has been very intuitive to new users. This latest update is not progress in my opinion.
I created a new thread on the subject before seeing this one.....but is anyone else experiencing horrible download times when making songs available for offline use? i mean just unusable speeds basically. I queued up 3,000 songs for offline download.....going on 15 hours and its downloaded about 900.
i've tried different wifi connections with no increase in speed.
in the past hour, its downloaded 3 songs.
i've tried different wifi connections with no increase in speed.
in the past hour, its downloaded 3 songs.
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"Captain, the servers are working as hard as they bloody can! Uploads, downloads, matching, streaming .... any more of this and they're sure to blow us all to pieces!"
When you pick your first album, long tap on it and select "Up Next" for the first album, too. It appears the "Up Next" queue is prioritized above the normal "play" queue. So if you always start with "Up Next" you get the first whole album, then the next one.
I think the new Music app is just fine for my usage. I like the addition of having the music play on the list instead of the whole album cover taking up the screen. And I also appreciate the "recently added" tab, although I agree that it could have been integrated a bit better. My only major gripe is that icons and fonts seem to be tad bit small… I tapped wrong icon by mistake a lot more than I hoped.
Hi there thanks that worked.
It's a it stupid on apples part to make it work like that. So instead of playing an album then using the up next option to play albums you have to add up next for the first album you want for it to work.
It should work where you just play a first album and then use the up next if you want to add another.
Thanks for the help
I didn't read this entire thread but I'm wondering if Apple Music deleting offline tracks is a known bug, as well as songs added to playlists just randomly removing themselves. It's driving me mad!
After having one singular frustration with the new AM app, I decided to return to good ole MacRumors.com for some help. My issue is one very simple thing:
One of my artists had a single, and that single happens to be the first album in the list. I used to be able to play that, and then it would just roll into the next album. Now it plays that single and stops. So from reading this thread, I'm gathering that my only two options are:
1.) Use the "play next" feature and queue up the next album manually
2.) Shuffle the entire artist library
If that's the case, does anyone know of a music app that DOESN"T force these two options?
One of my artists had a single, and that single happens to be the first album in the list. I used to be able to play that, and then it would just roll into the next album. Now it plays that single and stops. So from reading this thread, I'm gathering that my only two options are:
1.) Use the "play next" feature and queue up the next album manually
2.) Shuffle the entire artist library
If that's the case, does anyone know of a music app that DOESN"T force these two options?
I must be a Johnny Come Lately 
Just thought I would use my music off my iPhone today and opened it. WOW, what CLUSTER ****. I had to pull off the road to try to make everything out. I finally said "screw it" and went with radio in my 1970 car. And now here, read justa bout every post and I feel the way the MAJORITY does. Take it AWAY and now would not be soon enough.
Just thought I would use my music off my iPhone today and opened it. WOW, what CLUSTER ****. I had to pull off the road to try to make everything out. I finally said "screw it" and went with radio in my 1970 car. And now here, read justa bout every post and I feel the way the MAJORITY does. Take it AWAY and now would not be soon enough.
When you see the artist's list of albums, with the single first, start playback by tapping the single's song name only, do not tap the artwork or the name of the album to start playing as that will play only that album. While I like the ability to play a single album from the artist menu, this is anything but intuitive.
I've encountered an issue on my iPhone 5 where even though I have Music Available Offline switched on randomly all my music is displayed
I have to quit the Music app from the task bar and restart it in order to get only the music that is stored on my iPhone displayed
I have to quit the Music app from the task bar and restart it in order to get only the music that is stored on my iPhone displayed
I must be a Johnny Come Lately
I think the majority of the AM users (the ones outside of MR) are mostly happy with it. Is it different than what you are used too, yes it is. Can it mess up some users personal collections sure. But honestly I do not see how you could not quickly find the play button that is on every "For You" playlist or in the "My Music" section. You can also just ask Siri to play what ever you might want.
I'm starting to have a lot of weird bugs pop up. Sometimes it'll get stuck on repeating one song without me even setting up the repeat options, other times my Up Next track info disappears.
And this is the second time its stopped syncing. Blah! It's time for a restore.
Sometimes it'll get stuck on repeating one song without me even setting up the repeat options, other times my Up Next track info disappears.And this is the second time its stopped syncing. Blah! It's time for a restore.
I've been getting that too ... I occasionally get a repeat song when shuffling a playlist if I pause playback (without exiting the playlist or starting something new) and then resuming it later.I'm starting to have a lot of weird bugs pop up.
Oh, and an old bug is back, where the Now Playing artwork and song title does not change when song changes and the Music app gets confused and starts the song over again.
I had that bug in an actual album. I'm glad I noticed it before I fell asleep.
Took me two hours to re-download the 8.4 firmware, now I'm syncing everything again which will take another hour. This is starting to feel as bad as having to deal with OS X reinstalling/updating!
I disabled Apple Music. And I disabled cellular data for music app. But the music app lags even when playing songs locally stored on the iPhone. Screen would turn white for a couple of seconds. After using search, the app becomes unresponsive for a second. Loading my music collection list takes a couple of seconds while it should in fact be instant. And songs would randomly start in the middle...? I also noticed the app consumes battery noticeably a lot more than before. Today, the music app used 8% while normally it used to use 3% ~ 4%.
iOS 8 has been excellent for me so far, but 8.4 seems to have affected my most used app...
iOS 8 has been excellent for me so far, but 8.4 seems to have affected my most used app...
