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Mark items as favorites in Apple Music on Mac
You can mark items as “favorites” in Music to make them easier to find. If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can get notifications on new releases from your favorite 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 favorites
In the Music app on your Mac, do any of the following:
Add a favorite album: Click Recently Added or Albums in the sidebar, then click the Favorite button
below the album art.
Add a favorite song: Click Songs in the sidebar, move the pointer over any song, then click the Favorite button
in the Favorite column. Or click the More button
for the song, then choose Favorite.
Tip: If a song is playing, click the Favorite button
in the playback controls at the top of the Music window to quickly mark it as a favorite.
When you mark a song as a favorite, it appears in the Favorite Songs playlist (below Playlists in the sidebar). Additionally, it’s automatically added to your library.
To add songs as favorites without adding them to your library, choose Music > Settings, click Advanced, then deselect Favorites below “Add songs to Library when adding to.”
Add a favorite playlist: Click a playlist in the sidebar, click the More button
(on the right), then choose Favorite.
Add a favorite artist: Click Artists in the sidebar, select an artist, then click the Favorite button
to the right of their name.
If you subscribe to Apple Music and you add artists as favorites, you automatically receive notifications when they release new music.
Your favorite items are easily identified by the highlighted Favorited button . You can also easily find favorite items in your music library—click any option below Library, click the Sort pop-up menu
in the top-right corner, then choose Only Favorites.
Remove items as favorites
In the Music app
on your Mac, click any option below Library or a playlist in the sidebar.
Your favorite items are identified by the highlighted Favorited button
.
Do any of the following:
Click the Favorited button (it looks like this
or this
) to deselect it.
Click the More button (it looks like this
, this
, or this
), then choose Undo Favorite to remove the checkmark.
To learn more about how Apple Music protects your information and lets you choose what you share, choose Help > About Apple Music & Privacy.