One of the most popular platforms for listening, downloading and purchasing music, Apple Music, was released by our favorite Apple company many years ago. The multifunctional and practical application is considered convenient for all iPhone and iPad users.
How to connect Apple Music?
Let's start with the fact that the connection is very fast and anyone can handle it. We, including the application, immediately see a pop-up window. The service asks if we would like to subscribe.
There are several options, they are chosen based on needs. Any subscription is free for the first three months of use, and you can easily change it to another using your Apple ID settings.
Important: after the final selection, a small window will appear confirming the purchase of the subscription, but no money will be debited - this way you only confirm that after three months you will be able to pay for the subscription.
If there are audio recordings on the device, the application will independently process them and add them to the playlist. The processing process will not take even five minutes, but all the music will be organized.
Once completed, you can begin exploring the latest in the music industry.
The application is really very convenient to use both as a player and as a simple media library. Here you can easily find a song by author, album or title. Also, the Apple Music interface is quite pleasant and does not cause negative emotions. The light design prevents your eyes from getting tired.
How to use Apple Music?
A lot of music is now literally at hand, and prices for albums and individual tracks are reasonable.
Of course, many songs appear with a significant delay, but in general, the application’s music library will suit any music lover. Using the application, you can delete or download music to listen to it without an Internet connection.
24-hour radio is also a definite advantage of using the application. Three world-famous DJs work on it, putting on the air the freshest and juiciest tracks.
The radio does not have a specific focus, but almost all audio recordings on air are of high quality and allow you to relax.
The functionality of the application has been significantly improved. Now users can create or edit playlists and playlists in just a few clicks.
This is very convenient for those music lovers who are used to distributing tracks by mood or genre, and also have a lot of music files on their iPhone.
The service can really be compared to a legal “Torrent” - the same large database of music, but organized and under the label of the world famous Apple.
The choice of music is huge: you can listen to both popular rock and classics, and even less popular performers. Music will be sorted according to your tastes and preferences, as well as the specified “favorite genres”.
So, let's figure out how to find new songs or add your favorite ones. The easiest way is to use the built-in search, the line is in the upper right corner. “Music” searches by keywords in the name of the group or artist, albums, videos and playlists. Radio stations created by the application itself are also included in the search radius.
This search method is suitable for those who know exactly what they want to listen to. How can you find new releases or unfamiliar but interesting performers?
In this case, we will use algorithmic search. Although it sounds very “abstract”, the principle of operation of the application is simple.
You choose your favorite music genres, and the service adapts to your preferences and selects playlists or albums according to your request.
Using single and double taps, we mark genres: whether we like them or not. Long press to mark the options we don’t like.
In general, the application provides standard options, so many of the options offered may already be in your playlist.
Note: When you visit the New tab, you will notice several lists of popular and recommended music. The playlists in this list are selected according to the opinions of experts, musicians and composers.
You can also find a large variety of original radio stations here.
Thanks to a variety of tools, searching for new music in the application is very fast and produces good results.
Free Apple Music Subscription
As you already know, the trial subscription period lasts only three months. During this entire time period, you will be able to listen to music without any problems without paying a penny.
But after ninety days, the free subscription will be disabled, and the music will become available only after payment.
Important: The service does not have a permanent free subscription, therefore, if you are unable or unwilling to pay for a subscription renewal, you will have to abandon the application. Please note that there are many alternatives to Apple Music.
Apple Music Family Subscription
This type of subscription will be very convenient when all family members use Apple gadgets and want full access to the music database. So, how can you connect a family subscription to listen to audio recordings without restrictions?
Worth noting: the user who has activated Family Sharing is considered the access organizer. To add users to access, just send them invitations.
The subscription process is standard. You can either reconnect your subscription or reconnect from another option. For example, from a student or standard subscription.
Apple Music Student Subscription
College or university students receive discounted subscriptions for up to four years. However, the time of use may not be continuous.
Note: This promotion is not available in all countries.
To get a student subscription, you need to follow a few simple steps:
1. Open the music application and wait for the Apple Music screen to appear.
2. Select Trial subscription -> College/University student -> Confirm student status.
3. Now enter your email address and select a university or college.
Done, subscription is connected. Now all you have to do is configure the application as you wish and select a list of your favorite songs and artists.
Conclusion
The Apple Music app allows any music lover to carry an entire music library in their pocket. The trial period allows you to easily test the application and see if you need it.
Do not forget that if you do not like the application, then disable the subscription renewal in advance - otherwise the money for it will be debited from your account upon expiration.
A variety of tools for exploring the musical world allow you to completely immerse yourself in listening to music, download your favorite tracks, and organize them.
A variety of search tools make it possible to both find new artists and add tracks you already like.
The overall verdict is clear: the application is very convenient and practical, but, of course, it also has its drawbacks. Either way, it is considered one of the best music utilities for iPhone and iPad.
Apple is one of the companies that zealously fights for respect for copyright. The Apple giant is confident that any intellectual property should be paid for, with one exception - if the author himself decided to distribute his works for free. And at a time when in America they are more or less accustomed to this state of affairs - after all, not only Apple is fighting for copyright there, in Russia users are still outraged by the need to pay for music and other content.
Apple Music is a relatively “young” i-service that gives you the opportunity to listen to any music unlimitedly at a very attractive price. If in the iTunes Store you have to pay for each song you want, then Apple Music is on a completely different scale. A huge library, world premieres of songs, radio stations, offline listening, selection of playlists according to preferences, the ability to control using Siri... these and other opportunities open up to the user who decides to subscribe to Apple Music.
At the same time, Apple Music has a fairly budget price when compared with other similar services. Although it’s difficult to make a comparison here, if we’re talking specifically about using the service on an iOS device (Apple Music, believe it or not, is also available for Android!), the branded “Apple” service will always win, if only because it has integration with Siri.
The price for Apple Music in Russia is preferential, there are three types of subscriptions: an individual subscription will cost 169 rubles per month (in the USA, an individual subscription costs $9.99!), a student subscription will cost 75 rubles per month, and a family subscription is the most profitable - it will cost 259 rubles per month, but up to 6 people can use it at the same time.
To sign up for a family subscription, you must first configure the “Family Sharing” option. In this article you can read in detail how to do this. At the same time, please note that in order to sign up for a family subscription, you do not have to be relatives - no one will check blood ties.
That is, in fact, you can find 5 friends, create family access with them and use Apple Music at a price of 259 rubles per month per group or approximately 44 rubles per person per month. Of course, whether it’s worth subscribing to the service is up to you, but it’s hard not to agree that 44 rubles a month is very budget-friendly, considering that you get the opportunity to use a high-quality music service, the audio content of which will be absolutely legal.
By the way, a free period may help you make your final decision - the first three months of using the service cost 0 rubles! It is important to note that during the specified period you will be able to use the full functionality of the service, and not some stripped-down version of it.
However, do not expect that in three months you will pump yourself a bunch of music offline, and then cancel your subscription and calmly continue listening to the downloaded tracks, we have to disappoint you, if you cancel your subscription, all content downloaded through Apple Music will become unavailable.
How to set up Apple Music?
Activating a subscription to the service is very simple - you need to go to the pre-installed Music application. If the subscription is not activated, a screen will appear asking you to sign up for it - click on the appropriate link, in the next window select the desired type of subscription (if you want to sign up for a student subscription, you will need to attach a document confirming that you are a student), enter your Apple ID and you're done! The free period has begun! By the way, you probably have a question - what will happen in three months if I sign up for a free period? The subscription will, of course, continue and funds will begin to be withdrawn.
If you don't want your Apple Music service to continue, you'll need to cancel your subscription. To perform this procedure:
Ready! After following these instructions, your subscription will be canceled at the end of the free period.
In the same case, if you decide to change the subscription type after the trial period expires:
That's all! As you can see, managing Apple Music is very easy!
Let's summarize
Apple has quite a few proprietary services. Among them there are necessary and not so necessary, unreasonably expensive and free, high-quality and “free”. Apple Music has only advantages - it is not expensive and is made to last, and hardly anyone can accuse it of being unnecessary. Yes, in our country it is still considered strange to pay for music and content, but most likely this situation will change soon. Become one of the first to bring progress - listen to licensed music legally! Moreover, with Apple Music it’s so easy and inexpensive!
If you want to see on our website answers to your questions about everything related to Apple technology, programs and services, iOS or Mac OS X, iTunes Store or App Store, ask them at. Answers to the most interesting of them will appear in the materials of this section. We received the following question:
Good afternoon! I need advice about subscribing to apple music. Now I have an individual account with a trial period, I want to switch to a family subscription. The questions are: 1) how to do this? 2) how many people can be subscribed to apple music through a family subscription? 3) will the trial not end when I change my subscription? 4) will it be possible to change the subscription back?
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The Apple Music family subscription is directly related to the Family Sharing feature - in fact, Apple offers you, for 269 rubles per month, to open Apple Music for all members of your family at once. This leads to two conclusions:
- Without a family set up, an Apple Music family subscription will be useless. Therefore, first attach the IDs of family members to your Apple account (in iOS - Settings-iCloud-Family menu, in OS X - System Preferences-iCloud-Family Sharing)
- The maximum number of members for an Apple Music family subscription is six people (you + five relatives)
An Apple Music family subscription differentiates preferences, listening history, and recommendations for each family member. Everyone will have their own subscription, which will not overlap with the rest of the household.
Using iOS, the subscription changes like this:
- launch the App Store
- On the main page at the bottom, click on your Apple ID
- select the "View Apple ID" option and enter the password
- in the “Subscriptions” section, click “Manage”
- select "Apple Music Subscription"
- in the “Subscription Renewal” section you can switch to a family subscription
In iTunes you need to do the following:
- click on your profile link in the top bar of iTunes
- select "Account Information" and enter your password
- in the “Settings” section you will see the number of active subscriptions and the “Manage” button. Click on it
- select your Apple Music subscription and click Edit
Apple gives all new users a three-month trial period, and the company doesn't care how many times you switch between individual and family subscriptions during those months. But after they expire, you will be debited for the next month, and the amount that corresponds to the type of subscription at the end of the trial will be debited. If it is an individual subscription - 169 rubles, if it is a family subscription - 269 rubles. It will be possible to change the type of subscription later, but this will affect the amount debited only from the next month.
Family sharing on Apple devices appeared not so long ago, but has already gained great popularity. Let's look at how to connect and configure it, how to control it, and how it can be useful.
Apple's Family Sharing lets you share services like iTunes, the App Store, and Apple Music. This is really very convenient in the home circle, because you can not only buy content once and use it with the whole family, but also pay for it from one source. By connecting up to six devices to Family Sharing, you get great savings and full control over all your kids' Apple purchases.
You can add all your family members
Once the Family Sharing feature is enabled, everyone you add to your Family will have access not only to the content you purchase in the future, but also to what you have already purchased on your device. If you wish, you can, of course, block access to some of your purchases.
Family Sharing is only available on devices starting with iOS 8
In addition to purchasing content, Family Sharing also allows you to easily share content that is created on the device itself. Be it general photos or general event notifications.
How to enable and set up Apple Family Sharing
To enable family sharing, do the following:
Enter the IDs of the family members and confirm the addition
Specify or confirm the payment method for purchases "in the family"
Indicate whether you want family members to know your location
Be careful not to add strangers to Family Sharing, even to save money.
Locate family members and find your device
If you have given permission for your location to be detected, then the place where you are will be visible on the map to other family members. And you will also be able to see where they are when you turn on the corresponding function.
You can see Family Sharing members on the map
In the menu that opens, you can disable or enable this feature by moving the corresponding slider. And also set up family members who should know the position of your device and indicate the position of which particular Apple device you want to transfer.
Here you can fully customize the transfer of your location
Among other things, family sharing can be used to find a missing device. After all, your family members can:
Some options may not be available depending on the country your AppleID is linked to. This is directly related to the legislation of these countries.
How to hide individual purchases from public access
You can easily hide any purchased files. Any purchased applications, music files and videos are hidden in the iTunes program. For this:
Select the "Shopping" button
Click on the cross that appears when you hover over a purchase
Click the "hide" button
To open access to previously hidden files:
Go to your account information page
Click the Manage button
Files hidden in this way are hidden from any public access. If you want to hide files from Family Sharing only, select Family Purchases rather than just Purchases. The rest of the actions do not change.
Purchased books can also be hidden through iBooks on any Mac or through iTunes on other devices.
How to disable
To exit family sharing, go to the settings section of your device, open iCloud there and select “Family”. Next, all you have to do is select yourself and click on the “Leave Family” button.
You can join a new family group no more than once a year.
If you're using OS X Yosemite, instead of clicking the Leave Family button, you'll need to click the delete button after choosing your name.
And as a family organizer, you can remove any family member. To do this, select it in the same menu and click “Delete...”
After selecting a name, click "Delete"
If the organizer leaves a family, family access is automatically disabled for all Family members.
Video: Connecting Family Sharing
Here's some information you might find helpful when creating family sharing:
Now you know how to set up Apple Family Sharing on your device, set up location tracking for family members, and how to hide individual files from other family members. Using Apple devices together will now be much more profitable and convenient.
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