Ryleighsmusic

Q: My music account won't let me play individual songs that I bought without wifi. I have to skip through my playlists to find the song I want to play

I Can't play individual songs by clicking on them w/o wifi

iPod touch

Posted on Dec 21, 2015 6:51 PM

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  • by alex_h1,

    alex_h1 alex_h1 Dec 23, 2015 6:37 AM in response to Ryleighsmusic
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    Dec 23, 2015 6:37 AM in response to Ryleighsmusic

    Howdy Ryleighsmusic,

    Thanks for using the Apple Support Communities.

     

    I understand you are unable to play songs on your iPhone without being connected to a Wi-Fi network.  This indicates that you have not made the songs available for offline listening.  To help get this issue resolved please read through the article linked below.

     

    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.