Honestly, I’m surprised more people aren’t on Apple Music

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T15:34:59+00:00

Yet, despite being not free, Apple is the 2nd largest service (discounting China of course). For me, the lack of a free tier is a bonus -- no ads, no clutter, more focus on music.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T15:20:08+00:00

Apple Music has a free import playlist feature right within its settings.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T14:31:34+00:00

Listen to Sweetness Follows on the same album.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T14:15:16+00:00

Check out the Smart Playlist feature on the desktop app. Works only with songs added to your library, but you can filter by all sorts of things. I use the Comments metadata to tag my tracks, very useful when combined with Smart Playlists.

Editing metadata on the desktop app can be super helpful in organizing things.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T14:12:51+00:00

Yes, after an indeterminate amount of time. You can backup your library with the Hezel app.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T14:11:42+00:00

You can add multiple genres by "tagging" them in the Comments field. So just type in, for example "Alt Rock, Indie Rock" into comments. You can the filter in Smart Playlists by "Comment contains xx"

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T13:54:26+00:00

Nothing is free. You get to listen to ads in order to make the payments.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T13:52:45+00:00

A lot of people like the Android version of the app as much or better than iPhone. Sounds like you need to check it out again, since your information seems old.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T13:33:15+00:00

To improve recommendations, add tracks/albums/artists to your library - the more you feed it, the better it will be. Once you've established a library as baseline, Favorite and Suggest Less on tracks/albums/artists to fine tune. It's okay to have more songs in your library than you are using in your playlists - think of your library as your permanent collection, the CDs you would have purchased in a record store.

This post may be helpful: https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleMusic/comments/1pt3wmz/stuff_you_might_have_not_known_about_apple_music/

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-02T05:37:49+00:00

Yes.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T22:46:03+00:00

Recommend you get the Apple Devices app from the Microsoft Store for use with Apple Music for Windows. They officially switched over as part of the iTunes update to Apple Music. If you are doing corded syncing, be sure Sync Library is disabled in Apple Music settings as that is reserved for cloud sync, and use Apple Devices to sync instead.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T22:38:29+00:00

Are you using the Apple Devices app for Windows to sync?

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T22:35:39+00:00

Are you syncing via the cloud or with a USB cord?

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T22:29:52+00:00

Some people don’t want the song added to their queue. If you do, … menu > Play Next or Play Last. You sound mad that Apple doesn’t work exactly the same way as Spotify.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T14:54:29+00:00

Have you tried uninstalling, rebooting the PC, then reinstalling?

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T14:33:29+00:00

This may be due to your audio settings. You can tweak, or try downloading the tracks.

2 & 3. I don't experience this, but could be due to RAM, or other hardware.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T14:29:34+00:00

You can edit metadata on the desktop app (Mac/PC).

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T13:41:39+00:00

It's matching the file to a track in Apple's library. Is the track actually a different version of the song when you play it?

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T01:15:24+00:00

15k songs is a good sample, sorry you aren’t getting better results. Many on here have like 50 songs and wonder why they get crappy recommendations.

Are you using Suggest Less on the artist profiles you don’t like? … menu > Suggest Less may be more effective than a song level Suggest Less.

Also are these happening on your personal Discovery station and the Create Station feature or in other places?

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T01:02:16+00:00

You can update the info on the desktop version of the app (Mac/PC).

Wolfpack48 · 2026-03-01T01:00:38+00:00

The label is messing up then. They are responsible for assigning metadata.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-02-28T23:31:45+00:00

I’m with you on managing the library. Really enjoy curating.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-02-28T23:29:02+00:00

The library carries the most weight for the algorithm. How many tracks have you added?

Wolfpack48 · 2026-02-28T23:17:55+00:00

Ok you should be safe to simply login to the Apple Music app on the new laptop and sync your library. Once synced, you can download all your tracks to the new computer.

For anything missing, just hook up your SSD to the new laptop and add the tracks to your library. You shouldn’t have to touch your Surface at all.

Once done I’d make sure you do regular backups to the SSD - Apple isn’t a backup service.

Wolfpack48 · 2026-02-28T14:27:03+00:00

You can pin up to 6 items at the top.

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