lmg77s

Q: iPhone music not available without wifi

Why can I not access music I have acquired legally without wifi?

iPhone 5s, iOS 9.1

Posted on Jan 16, 2016 7:24 AM

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  • by judysings,

    judysings judysings Jan 17, 2016 12:00 PM in response to lmg77s
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    Jan 17, 2016 12:00 PM in response to lmg77s

    Hi lmg77s,

    If you are working with Apple Music, you can choose to listen to the music you purchased, or any music from the iTunes Store by choosing the option to download and view content offline.

    Add music from the Apple Music catalog to your library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC

    Download songs, albums, and playlists to listen to offline

    You can download songs, albums, or playlists to your device so that you can listen to them when you're not connected to the Internet.

     

    On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

    1. In the Music app, find the item that you want to download.
    2. Tap the More Options icon   to the right of the song, album, or playlist name.
    3. Tap the Download icon  to the right of the item's artwork. If you see a  instead of the download icon, the item isn't in your iCloud Music Library. Tap the  to add the item to My Music, then tap the download icon to download the item to your device.

    Songs and albums appear under My Music > Library. Playlists appear under My Music > Playlists.

    View just songs, albums, and playlists that you downloaded to your device

    • iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch: In the My Music tab, tap Library. Then tap any of the different views (Artists, Albums, etc.), and turn on Only Offline Music. A message that says "Showing only music on this [device]. Show All Music." appears at the top of the screen. Tap Show All Music to see all of your music.
    • When you view an item that you've downloaded to your device, you'll see an offline icon offline indicator 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.

    Hope that helps ....