Chapter 17
Mac Machine Music
IN THIS CHAPTER
Understanding iTunes Match and Apple Music
Becoming familiar with the Music app
Working with media
Playing with playlists
Macs have long been known for their multimedia capabilities, and macOS Sonoma proudly carries on that tradition, giving you the Music app for playing and managing music, the Podcasts app for enjoying podcasts, and the TV app for watching TV shows and other kinds of videos. This chapter digs into the Music app, and the next chapter gets you up and running with the Podcasts app and the TV app.
Before you look at Music, however, you need to know a few things about the iTunes Match and Apple Music subscription services, because what you see in your Music app might be different if you subscribe to one or both.
Understanding iTunes Match and Apple Music
iTunes Match and Apple Music are a pair of subscription music services offered by Apple.
iTunes Match is the older of the two, designed to let you store all your music in iCloud so you can stream songs to any Mac, PC, iPhone, or iPad. iTunes Match first determines which ...
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