Say you want to search for something so you search for Beatles and the results are tons of things that are part of Apple Music.

Now where people get tripped up is when they use Search. I also have my Library here and I could look at Artists, Albums, and Songs of the music that I have stored locally. It would give me some information about it and I can browse the Apple Music catalog which is useful if I'm thinking of joining I could see what's available. If I were to go to one of these I would basically be getting a preview of Apple Music. Now notice in the left sidebar here I see Apple Music here at the top even though I'm not signed into Apple Music. I just have some songs in my music library here just as you would if you ripped some CDs or purchased things from the iTunes store. So even though I am an Apple Music user this is a test account so I'm not signed into Apple Music here.

You can keep using the Music that you had in your library before and you can buy new music from iTunes, rip it from CDs, or buy from other sources and import it into the Music app. Well, you don't need to subscribe to the Apple Music service at all in order to use the new Music app. Everything comes up with Apple Music results and when you click on those you're asked to signup for the free trial. People are frustrated when they try to search for something in their library or try to buy a song or an album that they can't seem to do it. Since the release of macOS Catalina back in October I've seen a lot of people comment that it seems like the new Music app, which replaces the iTunes app, requires that you be an Apple Music subscriber in order to use it. There you can read more about it, join us, and get exclusive content. MacMost is brought to you thanks to a great group of supporters. If you're frustrated by the new Music App on the Mac and think that you need to be a subscriber to Apple Music in order to use it then watch this video and I'll explain what's going on. Check out How To Use the New Music App On the Mac Without Subscribing To Apple Music at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.

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