How to upload music to Apple Music from iPhone

Apple’s music streaming service includes access to millions of songs. However, some songs or entire albums in your local collection may not be available on the service.

For example, there might be demos, live recordings, or rare recordings from indie bands that aren’t available to stream on the service. Maybe you have your own home recordings that you want to have available through the service. That’s where the option to add your own music to Apple Music can come in handy.

Open the Apple Music app. Touch and hold a song, album, or playlist that you want to add to your library. Tap Add to Library.

Launch iTunes and select File > Add Folder to Library for a complete album or Add File to Library for an individual song. Browse to the location of your music and add it to iTunes. iTunes will add the music to your Library. Next, you can add your music to a playlist or keep it in the library.

Music streaming services like Apple Music and Spotify have millions of songs available, but they don’t include everything. Especially those rare tracks that you’ve collected that only exist on vinyl. Adding those types of tracks can take a bit of time, but the result is worth it.

In addition to adding your own music, there are several other important features to know about. For example, you can make an Apple Music song your iPhone alarm or connect Shazam to Apple Music. You might also want to check out the best Siri shortcuts for Apple Music.

No. Apple Music uploads and matches music from a library on a computer, and then makes that library available to other devices.