HOW TO Get started with Apple Music

1 Sign up for Apple Music

You can sign up for Apple Music on your Mac, iPhone or iPad. Once you have, on Mac make sure Apple Music is enabled in Settings > General. You should now see three options under Apple Music in the sidebar: Browse, Listen Now and Radio.

2 Have a look around

Click Browse and you’ll be shown range of curated playlists. These can range from new releases and current hits to playlists based on your listening habits. You’ll also find playlists by mood, genre and ones for things like Apple Music Sing.

3 Exploring playlists

Playlists – or ‘stations’ as Apple Music calls them – work just like the ones in your regular library, with lists of songs, the option to ‘Love’ your favourites and even to download or share them using the ‘…’ icon to the track’s right.

4 Playlist limitations

Create your own playlist on your Mac, iPhone or iPad and the Music app won’t be able to differentiate between the songs you own, and the ones you’ve added from Apple Music. Stop paying your sub and some songs might not play.

5 Get downloading

Apple Music is a streaming service – and that means anything you listen to will simply play over the internet. If you’re going somewhere that doesn’t have an internet connection that won’t work. Luckily, you can download tracks instead.

6 View Live Lyrics

Most songs on Apple Music include Live Lyrics, which highlight the current lines of the song as the music plays. To view Live Lyrics on your Mac, click the Live Lyrics icon in the top right of the Music app window to reveal them.

7 Music anywhere

You can, of course, enjoy Apple Music on your iPhone or iPad too – if you’re logged in with the same Apple ID as on your Mac, you’ll be able to see everything that’s on the service, plus the contents of your iCloud Music Library.

8 And on other devices…

It’s the same story on HomePod and HomePod mini, and on the Apple TV media streaming box. Don’t forget that Apple Music includes music videos too, enabling to relive the glory days of MTV and VH1, while enjoying today’s pop hits.

9 Apple Music Sing

You can even turn your iPhone, iPad or Apple TV into a karaoke machine with Apple Music Sing. On a compatible track, click the ‘magic microphone’ icon to either mute the vocal of the currently playing track or adjust its volume.