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Q: Old iPods and Apple MUSIC

How can I sync Apple Music songs to my 2nd gen iPod shuffle? An error message pops up to turn on iCloud Music Library from my iPod (which clearly can't be done). Is it time to retire my shuffle, nano and 2nd gen Touch or do rebuild my iTunes library with my old CD's and reconsider my ο£ΏMUSIC subscription?

 

Please no..

iMac, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)

Posted on Jul 23, 2016 8:40 PM

by Niel,Solvedanswer
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Apple Music tracks won't play on iPods other than the fifth generation or newer iPod touch.

 

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Posted on Jul 23, 2016 8:49 PM

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  • by Niel,Solvedanswer

    Niel Niel Jul 23, 2016 8:49 PM in response to 🐜🐜🐜
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    Jul 23, 2016 8:49 PM in response to 🐜🐜🐜

    Apple Music tracks won't play on iPods other than the fifth generation or newer iPod touch.

     

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  • by gail from maine,Helpful

    gail from maine gail from maine Aug 1, 2016 2:44 PM in response to 🐜🐜🐜
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    Aug 1, 2016 2:44 PM in response to 🐜🐜🐜

    You cannot sync Apple Music to any device. Apple Music is a streaming service, which allows you to save music that you have streamed to the device to a playlist that you have offline access to, but without Wifi, you cannot stream.

     

    You also, as you have found, would need iCloud Music Library, which, again, requires Wifi.

     

    So, sorry, but you would need an iPod Touch to use Apple Music.

     

    Best of luck,

     

    GB

  • by ADC,Helpful

    ADC ADC Aug 1, 2016 2:49 AM in response to 🐜🐜🐜
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    You're going to have to choose. Apple Music doesn't work with any iPod classic, mini, nano, or shuffle, and Apple appears disinclined to ever update those products apart from (in the case of the latter two) the occasional new color options. You can drop Apple Music, or you can drop your "vintage" iPod.

     

    I chose my iPods shuffle (3rd generation) and nano (6th). I tried a shuffle (4th), but after trying two different units, I believe either the shuffle (4th) has a software/firmware flaw which makes it forget it ever played songs or iTunes has a bug in which it can't integrate that information and update play counts and playlists. Too bad; the battery life on my shuffle (3rd) is amorphous.