Penou01

Q: Unable to play music without turning on Cellular

Hi all

 

Is there a way to be able to play my own music libraries without turning on Cellular?  It seems counter-intuitive that I have to connect to cellular to be able to play the songs loaded on my phone.  It never asked me to do this in the past.  Recently upgraded to iOS 9.2 on iPhone 6.

iPhone 6, iOS 9

Posted on Dec 18, 2015 7:04 AM

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Q: Unable to play music without turning on Cellular

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  • by alex_h1,

    alex_h1 alex_h1 Dec 19, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Penou01
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    Dec 19, 2015 2:01 PM in response to Penou01

    Hello Penou01,

    Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.

     

    I understand you have saved some music with your Apple Music subscription, and you'd like to listen to the music without requiring a network connection.  In order to do this you will need to follow the directions below to make the songs available offline.

     

    Download songs, albums, and playlists to listen to offline

    You can download songs, albums, or playlists to your device so that you can listen to them when you're not connected to the Internet.* You must download songs, albums, or playlists on each device that you want to use for offline listening.

    *You can download music on up to 10 devices. These songs are accessible only during your Apple Music membership.

    On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

    1. In the Music app, find the item that you want to download.
    2. Tap the More Options icon   to the right of the song, album, or playlist name.
    3. Tap the Download icon  to the right of the item's artwork. If you see a  instead of the download icon, the item isn't in your iCloud Music Library. Tap the  to add the item to My Music, then tap the download icon to download the item to your device.

    Songs and albums appear under My Music > Library. Playlists appear under My Music > Playlists.

    Add music from the Apple Music catalog to your library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC

     

     

    Cheers.