Hi Simonette23
welcome to the Apple (user-to-user) Community.
Re: new to Apple Music / don’t know if I should be:
downloading (?)
adding to library
adding to playlist ... as I don’t know the difference between them
Am no expert in this area, yet your request surely deserves an answer.
Fortunately, Apple support has lots of helpful, easily accessible and clear info. online.
Dowloading is for adding Music (or a playlist) from online to your device,
eg: either to listen to offline, or to stream from Apple Music.
How to: Add and download music from Apple Music - Apple Support
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Apple support's online article (link below) :
Listen to music and more in the Apple Music app - Apple Support
says:
"Library is where you can find all of the music that you've imported, purchased from the iTunes Store, added from Apple Music, and your playlists".
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Playlists (similar to those on iPod) can be created in the Library from music there
or downloaded from Music catalogue to add to your playlist collection.
and How to make a playlist in the Apple Music app – Apple Support
says:
how you can create playlists on the various devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac etc):
or
Add and download playlists from the Apple Music catalogue
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Apple support's Article:
Join Apple Music on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC - Apple Support
has info. on accessing Apple Music from various devices (iPhone, Mac, PC. Apple TV)
and also says:
Learn how to set up Apple Music on your Google Nest device.
Learn how to set up Apple Music on your Amazon Alexa device.
More info: Where to find various Apple Music topics and resources:
Music - Official Apple Support
All the best :-)
