On a Windows computer, can I use the new Apple Music app to add a CD to my library?

I’m running windows 10 and I did the same thing, thought iTunes had locked out the music option after I’d uninstalled all of the new Apple apps - but I clicked the heading that said ‘audiobooks’ in iTunes when I opened the program up again and music was there, in the list of options. I clicked it and there was everything, as usual. Could be the case with you (hopefully).

Missread your initial post 😅 But yeah, sadly enough you have to keep iTunes ripping CD's for now. Also, Apple Music adn Apple Devices is crazy unstable...

My old answer:

Wierd... I'm ripping a CD right now, so yes, it should work. The only issue is that the files don't show up automatically in Apple Music as they are imported to the Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Audiobooks folder.

And yeah, I have iTunes and Apple Music installed. As well as Apple Devices. My iTunes have support for Podcasts, Audiobooks and importing CD's.

It took a while for me to figure this out, but even when Apple Music and Apple Devices are installed (which means that iTunes is crippled to only display audiobooks and podcasts), CDs can still be ripped in iTunes.

Open iTunes, put a CD in your CD drive, iTunes will prompt you to rip it (say yes) and wait until it's done. Once it's all done, go into "Recently Added" and you'll see everything you just ripped, but under "Audiobooks". Select everything and then drag-and-drop into Apple Music. That will then copy everything to the music folder in Apple Music (i.e. you old iTunes media folder). Then delete what you just ripped in the "Audiobook" folder.

Very much extra work, but it does work. Apple needs to fix this so we can do it all in Apple Music.

Yes. iTunes and Apple Music both have different default Library locations.

Go to C:\Users\yourname\Music. Once there, you'll see two folders: "AppleMusic" and "iTunes". For Apple Music, the music library is in a subfolder called "Media\Music", and for iTunes, the music library is under "iTunes Media\Music".

All my music consists of ripped CDs and it used to be in the iTunes. I kept it in the iTunes library but changed the default location in Apple Music.

Pain in the rear and Apple definitely didn't think this out before release. The only thing I like about Apple Music is that it has dark mode.

Hello there, I am also hesitant to migrate to the new Apple Music App on Windows due to the missing features and reported instability.

Does anyone know if the new Apple Music App can still create AAC versions from other formats like wav or alac? Previously in iTunes you could select a track, then go to “File”, “Convert”, “Create AAC Version” (translated from German iTunes).?

I was stumped by this issue. And stuffed by my iPhone not taking all songs from an album I had ripped from a CD (that I bought from a record shop, yes, old school), as it would only import some of the album to the phone yet show me via Apple Music that the phone contained all of those songs.

So I uninstalled iTunes, and installed Music and Devices as instructed by Apple Support to my Windows computer. And with these installed we cannot import from CD to Music app.

As per Brocktoon623 reply above, I ripped the CD using Media Player on Windows (thanks Brocktoon623, great tip) and then drag and dropped the album to Music. Then I have to sync the phone using the Devices app, and finally the album is imported to my phone.

Come on Apple, it was so much easier with iTunes.

I "ripped" my music CD using the old iTunes app, which placed the files in the Podcasts bucket. I found the music files via Explorer in Win 11, created a folder that was named according to the name of the CD, and moved the music files to that folder. Next, I found the appropriate location in the C-drive Music-->iTunes-->iTunes Media-->Music folder for the new folder and moved it to that location. Finally, I used Apple Music app to add the new folder to the Apple Music app. Regrettably, the album artwork didn't follow. So I found the artwork JPG file using my Internet search engine, saved the file to an artwork folder in my Documents folder, and then used the Apple Music app to add the artwork to the album. This involved a right click on the place where the album artwork should appear and a left click on Properties. I selected "...edit information for multiple items..." and then selected the Artwork tab and added the JPG artwork file. The artwork immediately appeared with each individual song but took a little time to appear on the Apple Music album desktop. Although the iTunes situation has been quite trying for some time now, the new Apple Music and Apple TV apps show promise.

I can't believe it- just gone to import a CD into Apple Music on my Windows laptop and can't believe it's not available.

thanks for the link to submit feedback/ feature request - have just completed this. Not sure how i'm going to import my CD into my music library.

Also, here’s the link the guy at Apple emailed me so that I could make suggestions for what Apple needs to improve in the windows version:

Feedback - Apple Music - Apple

If you didn't do so already try rebooting your computer. I know I've been able to get iTunes working correctly in Windows 11 again after trying out and then removing Apple Music and Apple TV.

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Did you find a way to rip music as Apple Lossless without using iTunes and then import into Apple Music. I just tried to do that today and I haven't been able to find a way to do that yet.

You can still install iTunes even though you are using Apple Music on Windows. And iTunes still has the ability to rip CD's. Yeah it's anoying to have to use 2 pieces of software. but it works.

Thanks for this. I've reported it as an issue on the App store and told them how disappointed I am, especially since they're taking my subscription.