Sometime in the last few weeks, I’ve had a big problem with Apple Music.
Whenever I’d start an album or playlist, I’d only hear the first song I chose, over and over and over.
I’d hit the Up Next list button and see the same song, endlessly repeated.
The fix is an easy one, but man did it frustrate me for weeks. Here’s how you can make sure you’re not stuck on repeat.
Launch Apple Music on your iPhone (or iPad) and bring up the Now Playing screen with a tap on the song title near the bottom of the Music screen.
Once there, you’ll see four symbols across the bottom: Share (arrow rectangle), Shuffle (crossed arrows), Repeat (curved arrows), and More (three dots).
Screen: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac
Notice the Repeat icon. It can be in one of three states: plain (no repeat), darkened background (repeat album/playlist), and darkened with a little 1 next to it (repeat one song).
My Apple Music had somehow gotten into “repeat one” mode. To get out of this incredibly frustrating mode, you just need to tap on the Repeat arrows as many times as it takes to get to regular, non-darkened mode.
Now I can listen to albums and playlists again in the car without the rage that comes with hearing the same song repeated until I’m ready to scream. Hooray!
Via: iDigital Times
Rob LeFebvre is an Anchorage, Alaska-based writer and editor who has contributed to various tech, gaming and iOS sites, including 148Apps, Creative Screenwriting, Shelf-Awareness, VentureBeat, and Paste Magazine. Feel free to find Rob on Twitter @roblef, and send him a cookie once in a while; he’ll really appreciate it.
16 responses to “Save your ears from Apple Music’s endless loops”
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User error.
Had the same problem myself, from the very moment I downloaded Music and started playing playlists. I didn’t see the tiny loop button at the bottom either. I NEVER had that problem before Music so I didn’t think the solution was that obvious, either. I didn’t press/activate the loop/repeat button to begin with.
Really? You sure that you didn’t tap it by mistake without realizing it? You realize the very nature of doing something without knowing it is you don’t know you did right?
This is what happens with poor app design. No doubt Mr. Ives was responsible for this. The man has no business advising on app design. iOS has only gotten harder and more confusing to use. The entire Muisc app is a joke in usability.
Really? Moving an existing button less than an inch from its previous relative position is hard and confusing to you?
I mentioned nothing about moving anything. It is the design of the button and how it works that makes it easy for most people to miss. It’s a crap design, period. So are all the damn white backgrounds that Mr. Ive seems to like.
Complete nonsense. The loop button UX is a standard. It’s been this way for a long time in iTunes, even go to Spotify and test it out there, it works the exact same way. Nothing to do with app design, nor Mr. Ive.
I’m actually surprised that someone has managed to write an article about them not knowing how a music app works, perhaps their editor should have caught this.
It’s a crap design that most people would miss. You’re just an Apple apologist.
Again, to re-emphasise… The repeat/loop button has been a UX feature for years. WinAmp, Windows Media Player, MusicMatch, iTunes and now with Apple Music and Spotify.
If it were crap design for the last 20 years, I’m pretty sure someone would have been bothered to change it.
Maybe you are just extremely biased against Apple?
If I were extremely biased against Apple I wouldn’t own 7 of their products. You’re also simply looking at the design of the logo. My comments on poor app design were not likewise restricted.
Not one comment of yours refers to poor app design (maybe the white background reference?), but rather to the design of the button, which is the whole point of the article and this discussion.
I have no comments regarding your opinion on Apple’s standard of app design, but rather pointing out a repeat/repeat same song button has used the same design for many, many years.
I hope this clarifies my entire purpose of correcting you on your original post. Now we can go about our day as normal. RE: your vast ownership of Apple products – Good for you.
I’ve really thought long and hard before replying so I will just be nice and factual. You somehow inadvertently pressed the repeat button, a button that also existed in the old app just in a different spot. It’s a function/feature that has always been there carried over from the iPod classic days. It’s unfortunate that didn’t immediately come to mind but I’m happy you rediscovered the option.
I appreciate that the author tried to educate a very little percentage of people who didn’t know this, but come on, it doesn’t need a few weeks to notice the symbol (1) next to repeat icon (where it should be) when your playlist repeat one song. Duh.