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Share music with friends on Mac
After you create an Apple Music profile, you can share music with your friends. You can allow anyone to follow you or just those you choose, and block others.
Note: Apple Music isn’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.
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Choose music to share with your followers
In the Music app
on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar.
Click the My Account button (looks like a photo or monogram) in the top-right corner of the window, then click Edit.
Below Shared Playlists, select the circle in the bottom-right corner of a playlist.
A tick means that the playlist appears in your followers’ profiles as shared by you.
Tip: You can also share a playlist by selecting a playlist in the sidebar below Playlists, then selecting “Show on My Profile and in Search” above the list of songs in the playlist.
Hide music from your followers
In the Music app
on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar.
Click the My Account button (looks like a photo or monogram) in the top-right corner of the window.
Click Edit, click Additional Privacy Settings, then unselect Listening To.
Note: If you hide music, it might take several minutes before it’s no longer visible to your followers.
Choose who you share music with
In the Music app
on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar.
Click the My Account button (looks like a photo or monogram) in the top-right corner of the window, then click Edit.
Below the Choose Who Can Follow Your Activity area, choose to share with only People You Approve or Everyone. (Everyone includes all Apple Music subscribers who have a profile.)
For additional privacy settings, see Hide music from your followers.
Accept or decline requests
If someone requests to follow you, you can accept or decline the request. You receive requests only if you select People You Approve in your profile. See Choose who you share music with.
In the Music app
on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar.
Click the My Account button (looks like a photo or monogram) in the top-right corner of the window, then click View Requests.
You receive requests only if you select People You Approve in your profile.
Do one of the following:
Accept request: Click the Accept Request button
to allow the person to follow you.
Decline request: Click the Decline Request button
if you don’t want the person to follow you.
Prevent users from following you
You can block someone you’re following or someone who is following you so your music or profile isn’t visible to them in Apple Music.
In the Music app
on your Mac, click Home in the sidebar.
Click the My Account button (looks like a photo or monogram) in the top-right corner of the window.
Below Following or Followers, click a person’s profile picture to go to their profile.
On the right side of their profile, click the More button
, then click Block.