6 MustKnow Tricks for Mastering Apple Music
Apple Music, Apple's new streaming service, is finally here. The 9.99-per-month service is trying to beat competitors like Spotify and Google Play Music by cramming in as many features as possible access to 30 million songs on demand, playlists curated by music experts, algorithmically powered radio stations and a live radio station like the ones you hear on the classic FM dial. All those features add up to make Apple Music an incredibly powerful app, but also one that can be pretty challenging to navigate. Here are five quick tips to make the experience a bit more seamless, Apple Music is divided into five main sections, and it's not exactly obvious what each one does. Here's a quick breakdown, Apple Music doesn't do much to help denote which songs are downloaded to your phone and which are floating in the cloud. On the "My Music" tab, you can select the drop-down menu that begins with "Artists" in the middle of the screen and activate the "Music Available Offline" option at the bottom of the menu. That will make it so only songs on your iPhone show up. Turn Off Your Subscription's Auto-Renewal, Apple Music comes with a free three-month subscription, but be carefulApple has already "helpfully" signed you up to begin paying the 9.99 monthly fee via your iTunes account when the trial ends. To make sure you don't get charged, press the human silhouette icon in the top left corner of Apple Muisc, select "View Apple ID," then select "Manage" under the Subcriptions header. Select "Apple Music Membership" and then select "Free Trial." The app should then show you the date your trial is set to end, and it won't charge you after that time expires. , By default, the iPhone only downloads songs over Wi-Fi to help prevent large data bills. If you want to be able to download Apple Music songs to your phone via wireless data, go to the Settings menu and then select "iTunes  App Store." Toggle the "Use Cellular Data" option on, and Apple Music will be able to download songs whenever you have an Internet connection. Beats 1, Apple Music's live radio station, is a new twist for music streaming, but presents an age-old problem for music listeners how do you know what the radio station is going to play next? If you simply click on the "Beats 1" art at the top of the "Radio" tab, you'll be presented with a schedule of the upcoming shows over the next several hours. Bonus protip you can add any song playing on Beats 1 to your library by selecting the three periods to the right of the song's name and clicking "Add to My Music.", When you first boot up Apple Music, the app will ask you to pick a few favorite genres to help it show you songs catered to your tastes. Later on, if you realize the app is serving you a bit too much death metal, you can change these preferences easily. Click the human silhouette icon in the top left corner, select "Choose Artists for You" and you'll be taken to the same selection screen for genres and artists that you saw when you first used the app.