Music Tips

How to download and delete individual songs on your iPhone and iPad with iTunes Match

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 a 1:22 pm

iTunes Match, Apple's streaming service for music, matches your entire music library and allows you to stream music directly to your iPhone or iPad wherever you have a data connection. There may come times where you don't have a data connection and would like to download certain music to your iPhone or iPad for use when you don't have service. As of iOS 6.1, you can now download and delete individual songs, instead of whole albums, right on your iPhone and iPad.

Here's how...

How to manually transfer media to your iPhone and iPad with iTunes 11

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 a 6:17 pm

If you haven't hopped on the iCloud and iTunes Match bandwagons just yet, you can still sync content to your iPhone and iPad with iTunes. The newly released iTunes 11 switches things up a little so if you aren't quite sure how to continue using iTunes to manage all your media and apps, follow along and we'll show you how.

How to play and control music using Siri

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Dec 4, 2012 a 12:54 am

Siri can help you access your music more easily than ever. With Siri you can play tracks, albums, and entires genres without ever having to open your Music app. If you're in the car, Siri also makes for a safe way to keep your tunes going while keeping your hands on the wheel.

Follow through and we'll show you how.

Daily Tip: How to manage iTunes in the Cloud on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

By chrisoldroyd, Thursday, Jan 5, 2012 a 12:36 am

If you are a user of iTunes in the Cloud and only keep part of your music collection on your iOS device and all of your collection in iCloud, you may want to retrieve some extra music from iCloud or even delete some music on your device. It is all very simple to do, keep on reading and we will show you how.

Daily Tip: How to get your music artwork to show up on all tracks of an album when using iTunes Match

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Dec 21, 2011 a 12:22 am

If you are like me and spent hours ensuring your album and track artwork is all in order in iTunes only to find that when you subscribed to iTunes Match it all went haywire, you are not alone. I signed up for iTunes Match last week when the international launch went live. I uploaded all of my music only to find that the album artwork showed up fine in album view but only the first track of each album showed any artwork, all of the other tracks had missing artwork.

Daily Tip: How to set your Music app to stop playing after a set amount of time

By chrisoldroyd, Friday, Nov 18, 2011 a 12:10 am

Like to go to sleep listening to your iPhone's Music app and curious how to get it to "sleep" after a set period of time? One of the most annoying things is waking up a few hours later and it is still playing. Especially true if you are listening to an Audio Book and have to scrub back through hours of audio to find where you stopped listening.

Well there is a better way! You can set your iPod to stop playing after a set amount of time. It is really easy to do and we will show you how.

How to subscribe to and set up iTunes Match

By Allyson Kazmucha, Tuesday, Nov 15, 2011 a 9:01 am

Apple just recently launched their iTunes Match service for users in the United States. Subscribing to the service is just about as easy as making an App Store or iTunes music purchase. Once you're all set up you'll be able to access your iTunes library via iCloud from devices such as your AppleTV without physically having a computer to stream from.

Daily Tip: create new playlists straight from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch

By Allyson Kazmucha, Thursday, Jul 21, 2011 a 10:19 pm

Curious how to create a playlist directly on your iPhone or iPad? We already know you can create them within iTunes, but what about when you're on the go and want a different mix to listen to?

Creating playlists from your iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad is just as easy as it is in iTunes. Follow along and we'll tell you how!

Daily Tip: How to download previously purchased apps, songs, and books in iTunes

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, Jul 15, 2011 a 10:03 pm

Heard about Apple's iCloud beta and wondering how you can use it to download all your previously purchased apps, songs, and books in iTunes? Well you're in luck, because with iTunes 10.3, it's easy (although music is currently limited to US users only. Sigh.) Read on to find out how, after the break.

[Inside iTunes]

Daily Tip: How to stop your iPhone from switching tracks when you dance

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, May 25, 2011 a 10:19 pm

Dancing while holding your iPhone and wondering how to stop it from switching tracks every time you shake your groove thing? It might sound silly, but we've been asked about this several times so we figured we better write it up once and for all. Luckily, it's easy to prevent your popping from locking up, just follow on after the break!