Alarm Clock is not playing downloaded songs from Apple Music

I am not sure if this is a software issue, but my alarm clock is not playing the songs that I have selected. The songs are downloaded in Apple Music. I have deleted said songs and reinstalled them and still nothing. The software is up to date with the latest version (at the time of this post iOS 14.6). The funny thing about it is that it plays the songs that I downloaded weeks ago. The 2 songs that I have attempted to use as my alarm ringtone were just downloaded within the last 2 weeks. Hence, why I think it may be a software issue that hopefully will be fixed with the next update. Has anyone else had this problem or have a solution on how to resolve this? Thank you.

iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Jun 21, 2021 5:22 PM

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Posted on Aug 10, 2021 5:15 PM

If you haven’t fixed it yet I finally figured it out delete the song from the iPhone then go into settings and choose your download audio quality as high-quality not lossless then download it set it as your alarm and it will work perfectly

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Mar 16, 2022 7:13 AM in response to JB_ATX82

So what you have to do is download the song you want to use. Essentially what you do is go into the music app and touch the song. Then at the top of the screen there should be two circular buttons side by side. The one on the left is the one you need to press. It should look like a down arrow. Press it and it should look like an app that’s downloading. When it’s ready to use it should look like a checkmark.

Apr 26, 2023 7:50 AM in response to Maylian

First. As far as I know, the alarm volume is controlled by ringer volume using the side buttons (even if on vibrate).


As for the radar, which is default, best guess is just to make sure you hit save after choosing the sound. Then make sure it reflects it.


Before being rudely awakened in the AM, test it out 1 min from setting it to make sure.



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