With over 50 million ad-free songs, Apple Music allows users to discover exclusive digital media content, download and stream favorite music and playlists, and play them offline. It is available in iTunes on computer, and for iOS and Android devices, such as iPhone, Samsung, etc. To make your collaborative playlists, you need to make a new playlist and then add wanted tracks to this playlist. Just refer to the corresponding steps according to your different devices.
How to Make a Playlist on Apple Music
On an iOS Device
1. Launch your Music app on your iOS device and login your Apple ID and password.
2. Navigate to the 'Library' section and hit on the 'New Playlist' from the top menu to create a playlist on Apple Music for iOS.
3. Now, you can customize the name of new playlist and detailed description and then click the 'Done' to confirm it.
On a Computer
1. Open your iTunes app on your Mac or Windows Computer and authorize your Apple ID.
2. Click the 'File' from Apple's top menu bar on Mac or 'File' from iTunes's top-left corner on PC and then choose 'New' > 'Playlist' to generate a Apple Music playlist.
3. It will pop up a new window, in which you can add the playlist name and other information and then click 'Enter' to confirm it.
How to Add Songs to Collaborative Playlist
On a Mobile Device
Way 1: Just click the 'Library' tab to choose 'Playlist' and tap the 'Edit' button to select 'Add Music' option. Now you can start to add favorite songs to the new playlist you created before from your iTunes library.
Way 2. When you play Apple Music streams, there is a three-dot icon on the 'Now Playing' screen, please hit on it and choose 'Add to Playlist' > 'Playlist Name' to add them.
On a Mac/Windows Computer
Way 1. You can directly drag the Apple Music song or album and drop it to the new playlist under the left-hand sidebar
Way 2. On the 'Now Playing' interface, please right click on the track and then it will show lots of options. Please choose 'Add to Playlist' > 'Playlist Name' that you can decide it.
Tips: If you have made a playlist already, you can skip the first step of creating a playlist on Apple Music and directly add Apple Music streams to your playlist by following second step.
The above way to share Apple Music playlist is available for people who also subscribe to Apple Music subscription. If they don't subscribe, they even don't have the opportunity to access to Apple Music's 50-million song library. That's because there is no free plan provided by Apple and Apple Music are protected by DRM technology. When your subscription expired, you also can't listen to your collaborative playlist, too.
As a consequence, here, we will introduce another way to share created Apple Music playlist to others who don't have Apple Music paid plan without limitation and keep a collaborative playlist on Apple Music forever even without subscription anymore. To figure out this issue, you just need AudFree Apple Music Converter to remove DRM from Apple Music. What's more, you can convert DRM Apple Music to common audio files, which won't disappear when your subscription is over. And then you can upload converted local Apple Music files to cloud drive and share them via links to your friends.
- Completely bypass DRM from Apple Music collaborative playlist
- Convert Apple Music M4P playlist to MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, etc
- Keep all ID3 tags and metadata info as well as music quality
- Keep Apple Music collaborative playlist forever and share with others
Step 1. You can drag and drop Apple Music collaborative playlist to the main interface of AudFree or click the first 'Add Files' button to select them from iTunes library directly after you launch AudFree Apple Music Converter.
Step 2. In this step, you can click the 'audio' icon to open setting window and then adjust output format as MP3, FLAC, WAV, AAC, etc. and personalize other audio parameters, like bit rate, sample rate, audio codec, channel, etc.
Step 3. Just simply hit on the 'Convert' button at the bottom-right corner and then added Apple Music collaborative playlists will be converted to unprotected files and saved on your local computer.
Step 4. Click the 'file' icon to navigate to the destination folder to locate DRM-free Apple Music playlists and then you can send collaborative playlist to the one you'd like to share.
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My girlfriend and I wanted to create a collaborative playlist where we could both add songs to it. Features like this are present in competing music services, such as Spotify, but I'm shocked they aren't present in Apple Music. It perplexes me that such a simple feature is absent from Apple Music. Why isn't this a feature?
Honestly, this alone tempts me to switch to a competing client.
Unlike Spotify, Apple Music doesn’t allow you to collaborate with friends or family, but there is a workaround. This guide will explain what you need to do.
Apple Music allows users to create and share playlists. After sharing the playlist with friends, the person who created and shared the playlist can change it.
The ability to create collaborative playlists like on Spotify isn’t a feature in Apple Music. Multiple people can’t add or remove songs from the list—only the creator. However, there is an app that will help you get a similar experience.
The Caset: Next-Gen Mixtapes app for iOS lets you create collaborative mixtapes to share with friends or family. Not only can you invite friends to edit a mixtape, but you can see who has added a song and even choose a reaction. If you want to make a collaborative playlist on Apple Music using this app, follow this guide.
How to Create a Collaborative Playlist on iPhone
Note: To create collaborative playlists, both users need to install the Caset app on their phones and have an active Apple Music subscription.
To create a collaborative playlist with the Caset app, do the following:
- Download the Caset: Next-Gen Mixtapes app for iPhone or iPod touch [currently, iPad isn’t supported]. The app is free but includes in-app purchases.
- Launch the Caset app on your device and sign in with your Apple account. You’ll find a variety of pre-made playlists or “mixes,” as the app calls them.
- Choose the mixtape template you want to use. It will display some ideas for the mix as you scroll down. To create your own, tap the Create Mix button.
- On the next screen, tap Add Track.
- Now, search for the songs you want to add. Note that you can scroll down and select playlists already in Apple Music.
- Tap the plus [+] icon next to each song you want to add, and it will turn to a checkmark indicating it’s added to the playlist.
- Once you’ve added songs, you can look through your list and delete ones you don’t want. If everything looks good, tap Continue at the bottom.
- Now it’s time to start collaborating on the playlist. You can share the invitation by tapping the Share Invitation button.
- Select an app to share it through—like Messages, for example. There’s also an option to copy the link and send it via email or pop in a group chat.
- To edit a playlist, tap the three-dot icon in the top-right corner and select Edit.
- With the edit feature enabled, you can change the playlist picture, the cover art text, or add or remove songs from the mix.
- To add additional collaborators, tap the person icon at the top-right and add participants or invite them via a link.
It’s important to keep in mind that anyone with access to the invite or link can access the playlist. So, make sure you’re sharing it with people you trust.
Enjoying Your Music With Friends and Family
Apple Music doesn’t have a proper collaborative playlist feature, but the Caset app is a great workaround. It allows you to make a collaborative playlist using Apple Music songs. Creating basic collaborative mixtapes is free, but specific templates and editing features require a subscription. The Pro version will cost you $2.99/month or $19.99 a year if you want the extras.
There are other features you may be interested in like adding your own music files to Apple Music. Another cool trick is setting an Apple Music song for an iPhone alarm.
If you don’t like Apple Music’s shortcomings, you can move to Spotify and bring your playlists with you.