Issue Adding Complete Albums to Apple Music Library

I'd like to ask if there's a better way to add albums to 'My Library' in Apple Music.


Often times I add just one song from an album into my Apple Music Library. Then later I'll decide I want to add the entire album. When I go to view the album in Apple Music, there is no 'Add Album to Library' option like there usually is (because I've already added one song), which in my opinion is terrible UI. I then have to manually the rest of the songs, manually, one-by-one by clicking the little add boxes next to each song...


Apple Music turns the button that says '+Add' into the 'Download Album' once you add just ONE song from the album. Why not have BOTH buttons, so users don't have to go one-by-one clicking the '+' symbol next to each song to add the complete album into their Libraries.


Or am I missing something? Attached is a screenshot of the options I'm seeing. There is no option to add entire album to library.

MacBook Pro 15″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 14, 2022 10:41 AM

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Posted on Apr 14, 2022 5:19 PM

Your screenshot looks like it has already been added the the library. You appear to be in your library and only have the download option.


In the following screenshots, the first one shows a track I have added to my library. In the second screenshot I have gone back to the original source (via Listen Now) and can add the whole album.



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Apr 14, 2022 5:19 PM in response to ArizonaDesigner

Your screenshot looks like it has already been added the the library. You appear to be in your library and only have the download option.


In the following screenshots, the first one shows a track I have added to my library. In the second screenshot I have gone back to the original source (via Listen Now) and can add the whole album.



Apr 14, 2022 5:53 PM in response to picas

Yeah thanks, I've tried that. When I select 'show complete album', you have to go one by one song by song to add the album. See screenshots for what I'm seeing.


In the dropdown, I select 'show in Apple Music' and that's where I would expect there to be some kind of button or option to download the entire album. But because I've added one or more songs from the album - all I ever see is the 'download' button. Seems like a glitch or something...


First two screenshots are from Recently Played, and the second two screenshots are from Listen Now. I get the same behavior from both sections. I feel like mine should work like yours haha.




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