I have Apple Music, but I recently purchased a few songs from iTunes on my iPhone. When I go to the music app to listen to them, the only way I can access them is to toggle on the "Show Only Music Available Offline" tab. Is there any way that I can be able to access these purchased songs as well as my Apple Music Library at the same time? Thanks in advance.
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.2
Hi NCSUBasketball17,
If you want to listen to your purchased music whether or not you are online, you would need to download the songs to your iPhone. The resource below explains how to use the new Music app:
You can find all of your music in the My Music tab.
With your Apple Music membership, you can add songs from Apple's catalog to your library, and download them to listen to offline.
Listen offline
You can download songs—including songs that you bought from the iTunes Store, added from Apple Music, or that were matched or uploaded with Apple Music or iTunes Match—to your device to listen to when you're not connected to the Internet:
- Tap the More Options icon
next to the item.
- Tap the download icon
to the right of the song's artwork at the top of the More Options menu, or tap Download from the bottom of the menu.
- The song downloads to your device.
To see music that you downloaded to listen to offline, go to My Music. Under the Recently Added section, tap the category selector (Artists, Albums, etc.). Only Downloaded Music is at the bottom of the category list. When this setting is on, My Music shows only songs that you downloaded to your device. Turn this setting off to see all of your music, including music stored in iCloud Music Library.
When you view an item that you've downloaded to your device, you'll see an offline icon
near it, but its exact location varies. For example:
- If you download an entire album or playlist, the offline icon appears when you're looking at the album or playlist in My Music. You'll also see an offline icon when you view a compilation, but not when you view specific genres, artists, or composers.
- If you download a song, the offline icon appears to the right of each song title.
- If you download songs from an album, but not the entire album, the offline icon appears to the right of just the songs that you downloaded.
Happy New Year!
Purchased songs only showing up on "Show Only Downloaded Music"
