Can I copy someone's apple music library?

So I have my own apple music subscription, but I was wondering if there was a way that someone could share their entire library 5000+ songs with me so that i listen to what they listen??

Posted on Oct 3, 2019 4:00 PM

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Posted on Oct 5, 2019 6:28 PM

Hello xDCAPx and welcome to Apple Support Communities.


I see you have a question about sharing content via an Apple Music subscription.


You can't actually share an entire library, but you can get to the same place by creating a playlist that encompasses the entire library. So if you wanted to share what's in your library, you would create a playlist, select all of the songs in your library and add them to the playlist. Then you'll see an option to share the playlist on your profile page. Anyone who follows you can then add the playlist to their library.


A couple of caveats here. 1) While you can create the playlist and include songs that may have been added from CDs etc, if those songs are not available via Apple Music, they would not appear in the playlist if others add it to their library. They will only see content that's available via an Apple Music subscription. 2) This does not work with Smart Playlists. So to keep it up-to-date, you would need to add any new content to the playlist as you add it to your library.


More info on sharing playlists here:


Create and share playlists - Apple Support


Cheers.

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Oct 5, 2019 6:28 PM in response to xDCAPx

Hello xDCAPx and welcome to Apple Support Communities.


I see you have a question about sharing content via an Apple Music subscription.


You can't actually share an entire library, but you can get to the same place by creating a playlist that encompasses the entire library. So if you wanted to share what's in your library, you would create a playlist, select all of the songs in your library and add them to the playlist. Then you'll see an option to share the playlist on your profile page. Anyone who follows you can then add the playlist to their library.


A couple of caveats here. 1) While you can create the playlist and include songs that may have been added from CDs etc, if those songs are not available via Apple Music, they would not appear in the playlist if others add it to their library. They will only see content that's available via an Apple Music subscription. 2) This does not work with Smart Playlists. So to keep it up-to-date, you would need to add any new content to the playlist as you add it to your library.


More info on sharing playlists here:


Create and share playlists - Apple Support


Cheers.

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