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Q: iOS 8.4 music app

*** apple? iOS 8.4 music app and the radio that you are pushing on us. I didn't want it when it first came out as I have my own music selection. I tried radio and it sucked, now 8.4 forces apple radio onto the unwary. I couldn't believe all the music I deleted from my devices you automatically made me follow these artist who I no longer have interest in. It will take a little getting used to the new music app, it has some good things but gee. Some people may like the radio but for me it just didn't interest me. Also not all countries have the freedom of cheap Internet data, so to use apple radio it is just nasty on data costs. I think I hear Steve Jobs screaming ***  

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.4

Posted on Jun 30, 2015 11:09 AM

by Chris Fishback,Solvedanswer
Chris Fishback Chris Fishback
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I had ALL of the same gripes, and there is a solution to ALL of them: TuneShell.

 

This is the best music app I've seen since the old school ios native music players...you know, back when things were simple:

1. No "Apple Music" nonsense.

2. Imports iTunes library, including playlists.

3. In-app EQ settings.

4. Easily shuffle songs--all of them, or by certain artists...like the good ol' days.

5. Can bring up the album of the current song (Why ios 8.4 would get rid of that is beyond me.)

6. Black color theme--doesn't blind you at night. You can change to white as well.

7. Includes current "Hot 100 songs/albums" playlists, but you can choose to delete them if you want.

8. SoundCloud integration made available, but doesn't try to shove it down your throat (ala Apple Music) if you don't use it.

9. Turn the phone sideways, and that cool 'album scroll' is back.

10. Closing out the app also turns off the music. (Some apps just mask the ios 8.4 player, so the music keeps playing thru the native player...annoying.)

11. Re-opening app takes you back to the song you were last listening to.

12. Click on a song, on you're taken to the play screen (duh)...not just a little tiny bar at the bottom, causing you to take your eyes off the road and rear-end someone.

 

Bottom line, it's very intuitive and user-friendly like the old school players. There are both free and paid versions; I paid for the upgrade.  If you're as annoyed with the 8.4 native player as I was, it's well worth it. And no, I'm not a paid spokesman/TuneShell employee...just a guy who liked all the simple iTunes/ios versions.  I also miss N64 and my Samsung A707 flip phone...that thing was a classic haha.

Posted on Aug 12, 2015 7:19 AM

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  • by DimeTime45,

    DimeTime45 DimeTime45 Jul 5, 2015 7:02 AM in response to JC___
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    Jul 5, 2015 7:02 AM in response to JC___

    I wholeheartedly reiterate your frustrations. I didn't want Apple Music when I first heard about it and I haven't changed my mind between then and now. The newly "revamped" music app *****. It's so cluttered and unnecessarily complicated. Even with the Apple Music content turned off, it still looks ugly but at least it's easier to navigate around.

     

    The previous interface of the music app was so much more simplistic and user-friendly, especially in the car.

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 5, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Micsan
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    Jul 5, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Micsan

    Micsan wrote:

     

    I think that the core of it is that the updated deleted all the locally installed music off the phone. It did the same to me. I went form 15 gig of music to nothing.

    Why are you replying to me in this post, start your own thread with a description of your own problem

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jul 5, 2015 7:05 AM in response to JC___
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    Jul 5, 2015 7:05 AM in response to JC___

    JC___ wrote:

     

    Yeah guys I can imagine Mr Jobs saying..I freaking told you guys to keep it simple ...haha

    Tacky.

  • by AKRBTN,

    AKRBTN AKRBTN Jul 5, 2015 7:22 AM in response to Micsan
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    Jul 5, 2015 7:22 AM in response to Micsan

    All my locally downloaded music is still there after the update just as it was before.

  • by leedave,

    leedave leedave Jul 5, 2015 10:37 AM in response to JC___
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    Jul 5, 2015 10:37 AM in response to JC___

    Any Smartphone should be able to play your Music collection without fuss. But with the 8.4 upgrad it is totally frustrating:

    ->The main navigation has five buttons, of which only one is useful if you don't care about Apple Music.

     

    Ok, You switch Apple Music of in the Settings:

    ->You now have four buttons in the main navigation, two are actually useful. The other two are Apple Music related and have absolutely no use if you're not intereseted in Apple Music.

     

    This is totally stupid. It is clearly just Marketing efforts to try and manipulate people into buying Apple Music. This is about as bad as getting a free phone that is financed by showing Advertising all the ... only that it is an expensive phone.

     

    Apple has totally dropped it's standards on this one.

     

    Ah yeah, then you have the stupid hearts. You spend years rating your songs with 0-5 stars and then they start silently replacing it with a system that is technically the same, with the difference that you can now only choose between 0-1 stars.

     

    Seriously I hope the Marketing Idiot who came up with these changes gets fired and never ever again finds a job in the IT industry

  • by crankerchick,

    crankerchick crankerchick Jul 5, 2015 12:30 PM in response to leedave
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    Jul 5, 2015 12:30 PM in response to leedave

    Not that I don't love (or disagree with) a good rant, but ratings aren't being replaced. I wish they would have used the ratings for something instead of instituting the heart system, but ratings are still as useful (or not) as they've ever been. No harm no foul.

  • by TreborRobert,

    TreborRobert TreborRobert Jul 5, 2015 1:38 PM in response to leedave
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    Jul 5, 2015 1:38 PM in response to leedave

    I agree the new app is shocking and far to bloated Steve Job's would have hit the roof with something this bad it is not intuitive or easily used. As I remember they removed podcasts into a separate app to simplify work flow.

     

    Access to albums artists and songs were better at the bottom and easier to reach (also you could customise these to your liking and this has stopped me being able to do so this affects CarPlay on my Pioneer head unit as they are how I left them before the last update, I can no longer re arrange these.

     

    The app also suggests that I have recently added music I haven't added any music since I got my iPhone 6

     

    I managed to hide Connect under settings and restrictions but this still left radio and I am not paying for subscription when i can get a DAB cheaper.

     

    This should all be in a separate app that talks to iTunes on iOS if needed.

     

    Apple learn a lesson and do what you did with Podcasts make Connect/Radio a standalone app it's not that hard you have done it before

  • by hanshotfirst1138,

    hanshotfirst1138 hanshotfirst1138 Jul 6, 2015 9:40 AM in response to YEARZERO1
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    Jul 6, 2015 9:40 AM in response to YEARZERO1

    I can tolerate the new layout. I don't like it, and it's very unattractive and cumbersome compared to the old one, but whatever. But organizing the albums by artist in the "albums" tab is incredibly stupid, and defeat the whole purpose of the tab when it does the same blasted thing as the "artists tab, and the way I've been navigating on the phone for years. I keep waiting for another update to at least fix that, but so far nothing.

     

    Shifting the audiobooks to another app is annoying (especially since I'd like a bloody rewind button), but it's manageable. The podcasts app is still a colossal pain, but it was long before this update, sadly.

  • by crankerchick,

    crankerchick crankerchick Jul 6, 2015 5:19 PM in response to hanshotfirst1138
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    Jul 6, 2015 5:19 PM in response to hanshotfirst1138

    hanshotfirst1138 wrote:

     

    I can tolerate the new layout. I don't like it, and it's very unattractive and cumbersome compared to the old one, but whatever. But organizing the albums by artist in the "albums" tab is incredibly stupid, and defeat the whole purpose of the tab when it does the same blasted thing as the "artists tab, and the way I've been navigating on the phone for years. I keep waiting for another update to at least fix that, but so far nothing.

     

    Shifting the audiobooks to another app is annoying (especially since I'd like a bloody rewind button), but it's manageable. The podcasts app is still a colossal pain, but it was long before this update, sadly.

    Settings > Music > sort albums

    change to title

  • by pjboyle1,

    pjboyle1 pjboyle1 Jul 6, 2015 9:25 PM in response to JC___
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    Jul 6, 2015 9:25 PM in response to JC___

    They should have left the old music app alone, maybe just added an apple music section or created a whole different app for apple music. The new app is terrible. It looks bad and it functions worse. The old app was clean, simple, and easy to use. This app is confusing, overly complicated, and just a complete pain. What happened to simplicity?

  • by toby3737,

    toby3737 toby3737 Jul 6, 2015 10:21 PM in response to hanshotfirst1138
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    Jul 6, 2015 10:21 PM in response to hanshotfirst1138

    This is exactly why I am looking around in this forum----now my album view is sorted alphabetically by artist?!?!!  That is wrong!!  Can Apple fix that!?  I go by album titles, and that's what I have been doing for years...

  • by RacheltheLyokoan,

    RacheltheLyokoan RacheltheLyokoan Jul 6, 2015 10:24 PM in response to pjboyle1
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    Jul 6, 2015 10:24 PM in response to pjboyle1

    I agree.

     

    My major complaint with the update is how with the old app I could have repeat song on, click next and it goes to the next song. Now I could tap the next button for hours and it won't go to the next song in my music. I like being able to hear the same song over and over ( a bit weird, I know) then go to the next song. Apple has messed up

  • by toby3737,

    toby3737 toby3737 Jul 6, 2015 10:25 PM in response to crankerchick
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    Jul 6, 2015 10:25 PM in response to crankerchick

    thanks so much, crankerchick---that is the cat's meow!!

  • by toby3737,

    toby3737 toby3737 Jul 6, 2015 10:37 PM in response to RacheltheLyokoan
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    Jul 6, 2015 10:37 PM in response to RacheltheLyokoan

    We humans are weird, but we should have that choice......

  • by leedave,

    leedave leedave Jul 7, 2015 12:11 AM in response to JC___
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    Jul 7, 2015 12:11 AM in response to JC___

    Stumbled over another minor confusing change

     

    I just wanted to open my playlist of "recently added" songs and let them play by random.

     

    I noticed a tab for that in "My Music" but no play controls, as hard as I tried I could only open albums or single songs.

    Then I changed to the Playlist view, thinking maybe it would work there. Well there was also a tab for that, but only showing new playlists and no play controls for the whole thing.

     

    Eventually after a lot of scrolling down in "My Playlists" I found Itune's "recently added" playlist and could start the music from there.

     

    This change is not that bad, but also not really necessary and rather confusing at first as "recently added" is a very handy playlist that iTunes automatically creates.

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