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Mark items as favourites in Apple Music on Mac
You can mark items as “favourites” in Music to make them easier to find. If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can get notifications on new releases from your favourite artists and easily get back to their music from the Home screen.
Note: Apple Music isn’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.
Add items as favourites
In the Music app on your Mac, do any of the following:
Add a favourite album: Click Recently Added or Albums in the sidebar, then click the Favourite button
below the album art.
Add a favourite song: Click Songs in the sidebar, move the pointer over any song, then click the Favourite button
in the Favourite column. Or click the More button
for the song, then choose Favourite.
Tip: If a song is playing, click the Favourite button
in the playback controls at the top of the Music window to quickly mark it as a favourite.
When you mark a song as a favourite, it appears in the Favourite Songs playlist (below Playlists in the sidebar). Additionally, it’s automatically added to your library.
To add songs as favourites without adding them to your library, choose Music > Settings, click Advanced, then unselect Favourites below “Add songs to Library when adding to”.
Add a favourite playlist: Click a playlist in the sidebar, click the More button
(on the right), then choose Favourite.
Add a favourite artist: Click Artists in the sidebar, select an artist, then click the Favourite button
to the right of their name.
If you subscribe to Apple Music and you add artists as favourites, you automatically receive notifications when they release new music.
Your favourite items are easily identified by the highlighted Favourited button . You can also easily find favourite items in your music library — click any option below Library, click the Sort pop-up menu
in the top-right corner, then choose Only Favourites.
Remove items as favourites
In the Music app
on your Mac, click any option below Library or a playlist in the sidebar.
Your favourite items are identified by the highlighted Favourited button
.
Do any of the following:
Click the Favourited button (it looks like this
or this
) to unselect it.
Click the More button (it looks like this
, this
or this
), then choose Undo Favourite to remove the tick.
To learn more about how Apple Music protects your information and lets you choose what you share, choose Help > About Apple Music & Privacy.