How to Make Collaborative Playlist in Apple Music and Share with Friends

Part 1. Apple Music Collaborative Playlist: How to Make and Invite Others

With millions of songs, Apple Music allows users to discover exclusive digital media content, download and stream favorite music and playlists, and play them offline. It is available in iTunes on computer, and for iOS and Android devices, such as iPhone, Samsung, etc. To make collaborative playlist in Apple Music, you need to make a new playlist and then add wanted tracks to this playlist. Just refer to the corresponding steps according to your different devices.

Note: To start, you need to have an iPhone with iOS 17.3, iPad with iPadOS 17.3, Mac with macOS 14.3 Sonoma or above, or Android 6.0 or above with the latest Apple Music app version. Also, you need to have a valid Apple Music subscription and the latest version of the Apple Music app. By the way, children under the age of 13 can't collaborate on the playlist.

How to Make a Collaborative Playlist on Apple Music on Mobile/Desktop/Laptop

Step 1. Launch your Music app on your iOS device like iPhone/iPad, Mac computer or Android device and login your Apple ID and password.

Step 2. Navigate to the 'Library' section and hit on the 'New Playlist' from the top menu to create a playlist on Apple Music for iOS.

Or, on Mac computer, click the 'New' > 'Playlist' to generate an Apple Music playlist.

Step 3. Now, you can customize the name of new playlist and detailed description and then click the 'Done' to confirm it.

How to Add Songs to Apple Music Collaborative Playlist

On a Mobile Device

Way 1: Just click the 'Library' tab to choose 'Playlist' and tap the 'Edit' button to select 'Add Music' option. Now, you can start to add favorite songs to the new playlist you created before from your Music library.

Way 2: When you play Apple Music streams, there is a three-dot icon on the 'Now Playing' screen, please hit on it and choose 'Add to Playlist' > 'Playlist Name' to add them.

On a Mac Computer

Way 1: You can directly drag the Apple Music song or album and drop it to the new playlist under the left-hand sidebar.

Way 2: On the 'Now Playing' interface, please right-click on the track and then it will show lots of options. Please choose 'Add to Playlist' > 'Playlist Name' that you can decide it.

Tips: If you have made a playlist already, you can skip the first step of creating a playlist on Apple Music and directly add Apple Music streams to your playlist.

How to Invite Others to Your Apple Music Collaborative Playlist

Once created the collaborative playlist on Apple Music, you can enable the Collaboration option and invite your friends into your playlist. Now, let's learn how to do that.

Step 1. In your collaborative playlist screen, tap the 'collaboration' icon or click the 'three-dots' > 'Collaborate'.

Step 2. On the new window, click 'Start Collaboration'.

Note: You can enable the 'Approve Collaborators' option to manually approve invitee to join into your playlist. Or, disable it to let everyone with the collaborative playlist link to join without approval.

Step 3. Later, you can invite your friends to join your playlist via Messages, AirDrop, etc. Or, you can copy and share Apple Music collaborative playlist's link to your friends. (Note: Links will expire after 6 days. After that, you need to generate a new one.) Also, you can tap the 'QR Code' option to create a QR code to let others scan the code and join the playlist.

Part 2. How to Collaborate on Apple Music Playlist Together

Once made and asked others to join your Apple Music collaborative playlist, you and your friends can edit the playlist together, such as adding song to the playlist, and so on. In this part, we will show you how to use collaborative playlist on Apple Music as a playlist creator and a collaborator.

After joining the playlist, you can add, reorganize and add reaction to the tracks in the collaborative playlist.

1. You can add your fovorite song to the playlist. Just tap the song you like and choose '...' > 'Add to playlist' to select and add it to your collaborative playlist.

2. Also, you can add reactions to songs. Just click the 'emoji' icon in the Now Playing screen and you can select one reaction emojis to show your feelings about this song.

3. Besides, you can reorder songs in the playlist. Just drag the track into the order you like.

4. You can view the playlist owner and other members of the playlist. Just tap the 'Manage Collaboration' button or click '...' > 'Manage Collaboration'.

5. You can leave the playlist by yourself. Just click on the 'Leave' button next to Collaboration in the Manage Collaboration settings.

Note: If you are the creator of the collaborative playlist, you can even delete the song you don't like in the collaborative playlist. Just tap '...' > 'Delete'. Also, you can stop the collaboration on the playlist. Just tap the 'Stop' button next to Collaboration under the Manage Collaboration section.

View also: How to Remove Songs from Apple Music Playlist

Part 3. How to Fix Apple Music Collaborative Playlist Not Working

While making or using collaborative playlist on Apple Music, some people said that it is not showing or working. So, in this section, here are some solutions for you to fix such issues.

1. Update Device to Latest Version: Make sure that your iPhone or iPad device is updated to the latest version of iOS or iPad OS, and your Mac computer is updated to macOS 14 Sonoma.

2. Update Apple Music App to Latest Version: Make sure that your Apple Music app is updated to the latest version.

3. Turn off 'Approve Collaborators' Option: Make sure that the 'Approve Collaborators' option is disabled if you want anyone get the link to join.

4. Sign out and Sign in Apple Music App: You can sign out and sign in to your Apple Music app on your device.

View also: How to Sign out of Apple Music

5. Create a New Collaborative Playlist: Try to create a new collaborative playlist and start the collaboration.

6. Check Internet Connection: Make sure that the internet connection is stable to create and collaborate your playlist.

7. Age Limitation: Make sure that you are age 13 or above as collaborative playlist is not available for users aged under 13. Otherwise, the Apple Music collaborative playlist not showing issue will appear.

8. Apple Music Subscription: Make sure that you have an active Apple Music subscription.

9. Re-add Collaborators: You can try to remove the current collaborators in the Manage Collaborators section in the Apple Music app. Then add them back to fix the issue.

10. Uninstall and Reinstall Apple Music App: You can try to uninstall the Apple Music app on your device. Then reinstall it.

Part 4. How to Keep Apple Music Collaborative Playlist Forever

The above way to make and use Apple Music collaborative playlist is available for people who also subscribe to Apple Music subscription. If they don't subscribe, they even don't have the opportunity to access to Apple Music's song library. That's because there is no free plan provided by Apple and Apple Music songs are protected by DRM technology. When your subscription expired, you also can't listen to your collaborative playlist, too.

As a consequence, here, we will introduce another way to keep and share Apple Music playlist you created to others who don't have Apple Music paid plan without limitation. Also, you can keep a collaborative playlist on Apple Music forever even without subscription anymore. To figure out this issue, you just need AudFree Apple Music Converter to remove DRM from Apple Music. What's more, you can convert DRM Apple Music to common audio files, which won't disappear when your subscription is over. And then you can upload converted local Apple Music files to cloud drive and share them via links to your friends.

Now, let's learn how to use this tool to convert collaborative playlist in Apple Music and share with others without limits. Please download, install and open this program on your computer.

Step 1. Log in to your Apple Music account in the built-in Apple Music web player of AudFree tool. Then you can find Apple Music collaborative playlist and tap it. Then click on the '+ ♫' icon on the main interface of AudFree. Later, tap 'Add to list' to import Apple Music playlist for converting.

Step 2. In this step, you can click the 'menu' icon > 'Preferences' to open setting window. Then choose 'Conversion' and adjust output format as MP3, FLAC, WAV, etc. and personalize other audio parameters, like bit rate, sample rate, channel, etc. Once done, click 'OK'.

View also:

How to Convert Apple Music to MP3

How to Convert Apple Music to AIFF

How to Convert Apple Music to FLAC

Step 3. After that, simply hit on the 'Convert' button at the bottom-right corner in the 'Converting' window. Then the added Apple Music collaborative playlists will be converted to unprotected files and saved on your local computer.

Step 4. Click the 'Converted' > 'file' icon to navigate to the destination folder to locate DRM-free Apple Music playlists. At last, you can send collaborative playlist on Apple Music to the one you'd like to share.

Part 5. FAQs about Apple Music Collaborative Playlist

Q1: Does Apple Music Have Collaborative Playlist?

A: Yes. Here is about what is Apple Music collaborative playlist. It is a playlist that allows multiple users to edit the playlist, like adding, removing, and managing songs. Users can share the link to invite others to join and collaborate together. Besides, you can react to the track by emojis.

Q2: Can You Collaborate on Apple Music Playlists?

A: Yes. If you are the playlist creator, you can invite friends to join the playlist to manage it together and even react to tracks with emojis. If you are the invitee, you can ask the creator to invite you to the playlist and edit it.

Q3: Why Can't I Collaborate Playlist on Apple Music?

A: You need to have your device and Apple Music app to the latest version. Also, you need to have a valid Apple Music subscription. Besides, make sure that you are aged 13 and above.

Q4: Why Can't My Friend Join My Apple Music Collaborative Playlist?

A: It may be caused by the 'Approve Collaborators' option. If you turn it on, your friend must hit 'Request to join' and you need to agree to it. If they don't request and you don't agree, then your friend can't join. Besides, they don't have an Apple Music subscription, they can't join your playlist.