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My wife signed us up for a trial of Apple Music (Family Plan). After a lot of futzing we finally got my AppleID to accept the subscription, but I can't create playlists for myself. When I click on the "..." next to a song, the option is not available.
Thanks for the information Joe,
Is your Mac running macOS Catalina? If so, the Apple Music User Guide has great information to help with creating playlists, including adding music to a playlist. Check out the guide here: Create a playlist in Music on Mac
You can also find great information for adding and downloading music on your Mac here: Add and download music on Mac
Specifically, the steps are as follows:
"To add music to your music library, do one of the following:
next to an item (such as a song or album), then choose Add to Library.
.If you don’t see these options, either you’re not signed in to Apple Music using your Apple ID or the Sync Library option is not selected in Music preferences. Choose Music > Preferences, click General, make sure Sync Library is selected, then click OK."
If you're sure you are signed in with the correct Apple ID and Sync Library is turned on yet you're still not seeing the options above, let us know.
Take care.
Thanks for the information Joe,
Is your Mac running macOS Catalina? If so, the Apple Music User Guide has great information to help with creating playlists, including adding music to a playlist. Check out the guide here: Create a playlist in Music on Mac
You can also find great information for adding and downloading music on your Mac here: Add and download music on Mac
Specifically, the steps are as follows:
"To add music to your music library, do one of the following:
next to an item (such as a song or album), then choose Add to Library..If you don’t see these options, either you’re not signed in to Apple Music using your Apple ID or the Sync Library option is not selected in Music preferences. Choose Music > Preferences, click General, make sure Sync Library is selected, then click OK."
If you're sure you are signed in with the correct Apple ID and Sync Library is turned on yet you're still not seeing the options above, let us know.
Take care.
Hi Joe,
We're happy to help ensure you can create playlists with Apple Music. Are you creating this playlist on an iOS device? If so, the steps in the article here can help:
Create and share Apple Music playlists
We'd also recommend selecting the "Edit Actions" option at the bottom of the page, to confirm the "Add to Playlist" option is enabled. The article above has a great visual.
Let us know if that helps!
This does not help at all. This is Music for Mac, not iOS.
I do not have synch library turned on, so that's probably it.
Thanks
Joe,
Happy we could help. If there's anything you need in the future, reach out.
Cheers!
Apple Music: Can't create playlists
