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Can I make playlists in Apple Music without syncing my library?

Can I make playlists in Apple Music without syncing my library?

Posted on Sep 3, 2021 9:15 AM

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Posted on Sep 4, 2021 9:05 AM

Thank you for the response, but it didn’t seem to have all the info attached. What I am want to do is use Apple

Music without turning on sync library and uploading all my purchases and imports, because I did that before and it made a mess of my personal library. So I want to be able to make playlists within the “rented” Apple Music stuff without having to merge my “owned” music with my “rented.”

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Sep 4, 2021 9:05 AM in response to kamote0628

Thank you for the response, but it didn’t seem to have all the info attached. What I am want to do is use Apple

Music without turning on sync library and uploading all my purchases and imports, because I did that before and it made a mess of my personal library. So I want to be able to make playlists within the “rented” Apple Music stuff without having to merge my “owned” music with my “rented.”

Sep 4, 2021 10:36 AM in response to kamote0628

Ok, I understand all that. My question was who or not there is a way to make Apple Music playlists without turning on Sync, because I do not want my non-rented library synced and matched and messed with…

it seems the answer is no, you cannot. This is a feature that I would like added. Otherwise the simple solution is not to subscribe, but to instead use another service to keep my personal library as is and rent elsewhere…

Sep 4, 2021 7:57 AM in response to Capwell

Hi Capwell, We appreciate you reaching out to us. We understand that you are looking to create a playlist, but prevent it from syncing with your library.


We'd to start by setting your expectations. As stated in the article below, music library is "The collection of music that can include items from Apple Music and iTunes Match (if you subscribe), your other devices, CDs, the iTunes Store, or other services."

music library

Adding a music to a playlist will automatically add that music to your music library.


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Take care!

Sep 4, 2021 9:25 AM in response to Capwell

Capwell,


We appreciate you providing us with these additional details.


As mentioned in the article you came from, "If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can turn on Sync Library to access your music library and music that you've downloaded from Apple Music on all of your devices."

Sync Library is a feature that allows you to sync your music library across your devices that have the same feature enabled. This feature can be disabled.


For example, if you have an iOS device and you disabled the Sync Library feature, any changes that you make on your music library and playlist will not affect your other Apple devices' music library and playlist.

If you decide to disable the Sync Library feature on your iOS device, delete all purchased and imported songs, and just keep songs that are acquired on Apple Music, these changes will not reflect on other devices. Additionally, any changes that you make on the music library and playlist of your other devices will not reflect on your iOS device.




Take care!


Sep 4, 2021 10:58 AM in response to Capwell

Capwell,


We'd like to make sure that we're on the same page.

Do you have Sync Library disabled?

Whenever you make a new playlist, does the Sync Library feature gets enabled without you going to Settings > Music?


If you answer yes to both questions, we recommend that you reach out to us here so we can take a closer look into the issue: Get Support




Take care!

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