Just as you can on your PC or Mac, you can also enable iCloud Music Library on your iOS device. To do this, follow the steps below. Open the Settings app on your iOS device. Go to the Music section. You will see a switch which is used to enable or disable the iCloud Music Library. Toggle the switch to enable the iCloud Music Library.
- May 24, 2017 How to turn on iCloud Music Library on a Mac. Open iTunes and click on iTunes in the menu bar (top left corner) Click System Preferences In the General tab click to check the iCloud Music.
- May 05, 2017 What you can and can't do with iCloud Music Library. Now that we've explained what iCloud Music Library is, here's a quick rundown of what it can and can't do. With iCloud Music Library, you can. Stream your Mac's library to up to ten different devices you own (including up to 5 Mac.
- Jun 23, 2018 In order to turn on iCloud Music Library, simply go to Settings Music, and toggle iCloud Music Library on. On your Mac, launch iTunes and go to iTunes Preferences and select iCloud Music Library.
- Jan 16, 2020 On your PC with iTunes for Windows. From the menu bar at the top of your screen, choose Edit Preferences. Go to the General tab and select iCloud Music Library to turn it on. If you don't subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, you won’t see an.
- Feb 23, 2020 If that’s the case, simply follow the steps below to enable the iCloud Music Library feature on your Mac or PC. Open “iTunes” on your Windows PC or Mac, or “Music” on MacOS Catalina and later. If you don’t have it installed, you can download and install the latest version of iTunes from here.
- Sep 19, 2019 Try these steps: Turn on your Mac or PC and connect it to the Internet. Open the Music app or iTunes for Windows. Keep the Music app or iTunes for Windows open so your library.
Here's what you need
- Update your iPhone or iPod touch to the latest version of iOS, iPad to the latest version of iPadOS, or Mac to the latest version of macOS. On a PC, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes for Windows.
- Subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match.
- Sign in to all of your devices with the same Apple ID that you use with Apple Music or iTunes Match.
- Connect your devices to the Internet over a Wi-Fi or cellular network. On a Mac or PC, you can also connect to the Internet using Ethernet.
Apple Music and iTunes Match availability varies by country or region. Learn what's available in your country or region.
Turn on Sync Library
With the latest version of iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, Sync Library is turned on by default. If you turned off Sync Library, you can turn it back on. Just follow the steps below for your device.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- Go to Settings > Music.
- Turn on Sync Library. If you don't subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, you won’t see an option to turn on Sync Library.
If Sync Library is updating or turned off, you'll see a message at the top of the Library tab in the Apple Music app.
On your Mac
- Open the Apple Music app.
- From the menu bar at the top of your screen, choose Music > Preferences.
- Go to the General tab and select Sync Library to turn it on. If you don't subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, you won’t see an option to turn on Sync Library.
- Click OK.
If you have a large music library, it might take some time to upload and sync your music library across all of your devices.
On your PC with iTunes for Windows
In iTunes for Windows, iCloud Music Library isn't turned on by default. To turn on iCloud Music Library:
- Open iTunes.
- From the menu bar at the top of your screen, choose Edit > Preferences.
- Go to the General tab and select iCloud Music Library to turn it on. If you don't subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, you won’t see an option to turn on iCloud Music Library.
- Click OK.
If you have a large music library, it might take some time to upload and sync your music library across all of your devices.
On other devices
If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can also access your music library — without having to turn on Sync Library — on other devices that support the Apple Music app.
If you don't subscribe to Apple Music
- If you only want to sync your existing music library across all of your devices, and not any music from the Apple Music catalog, you can subscribe to iTunes Match on your computer. iTunes Match lets you access your music library on any Apple device or a PC with iTunes for Windows.
- If you buy music from the iTunes Store, you can redownload your past music purchases on your Apple device or a PC with iTunes for Windows.
- You can also manually sync music from your computer to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Need help?
- If you sign out of your Apple ID or cancel your Apple Music or iTunes Match subscription, you won’t be able to access and sync your music library on all of your devices. The original song files will remain on the device that they were uploaded from.
- Apple Music isn't a back up service. Make sure to back up your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC, so that you have a copy of your music and other information in case your device is ever replaced, lost, or damaged.
- You can have up to 100,000 songs in your music library. Songs that you buy from the iTunes Store don't count against this limit.
- If a song is grayed out, incorrect music plays, or you can’t access your music library, learn what to do.
Learn more
Icloud Drive On Mac
- Learn how to join Apple Music.
- Learn about the icons that you might see next to songs when you turn on Sync Library.
- If Sync Library is turned on, a song that you delete from one device is deleted everywhere.
- Learn what to do if songs in your music library are grayed out.