Collaborate on a playlist in Music on Mac
If you subscribe to Apple Music, you can share a playlist and collaborate on it with others. Everyone can add, remove and reorder music in the collaborative playlist and react to songs with emoji.
Note: Apple Music isn’t available in all countries or regions. See the Apple Support article Availability of Apple Media Services.
Invite others to collaborate on a playlist
Go to the Music app
on your Mac.Click a playlist in the sidebar, then click
.To approve people before they can join, turn on Approve Collaborators.
If you don’t turn on this option, anyone with the link can join the collaborative playlist.
Click Start Collaborating, then select how you want to share the playlist, such as Messages, Mail or AirDrop.
People and groups you’ve had recent Messages conversations with are listed at the top. Click one to share the playlist with them in Messages.
If necessary, add people by doing one of the following:
Type a name, email address or phone number for each recipient.
Click
to select someone from your contacts.
Click Done when you’ve finished adding people.
If you’re the host and you turned on Approve Collaborators, notifications appear in the top-right corner when a new person requests to join the collaborative playlist.
Add more people to collaborate on a playlist
If you’re the host of a collaborative playlist, or the host hasn’t turned on Approve Collaborators, you can share the link to the collaborative playlist with more people.
Go to the Music app
on your Mac.Click a collaborative playlist in the sidebar.
A collaborative playlist has the collaborate icon
next to its name.Click
, click Share Invite Link, then follow the steps to invite others to collaborate on a playlist.If necessary, click Done when you’ve finished adding people.
Manage shared settings for a collaborative playlist
If you’re the host, you can change access and permissions for individuals or for everyone after you’ve started collaborating on a playlist.
Go to the Music app
on your Mac.Click a collaborative playlist in the sidebar.
A collaborative playlist has the collaborate icon
next to its name.Click
, then do any of the following:Invite others with a link: Click Share Invite Link. See Add more people to collaborate on a playlist.
Note: If you didn’t turn on Approve Collaborators, anyone collaborating on the playlist can share the link.
Approve people before they can join: Turn on Approve Collaborators.
Accept request: Click
to allow the person to join the collaborative playlist.Click Approve All to accept all requests at the same time.
Decline request: Click
if you don’t want the person to join the collaborative playlist.
Stop collaborating on a playlist with one or more people
If you’re the host, you can remove people from the playlist or stop collaborating on it altogether.
Go to the Music app
on your Mac.Click a collaborative playlist in the sidebar.
A collaborative playlist has the collaborate icon
next to its name.Click
, then do any of the following:Remove one person: Move the pointer over the person’s name, click
, choose Remove Collaborator, then click Remove. Stop collaborating on a playlist: Click Stop, then click Stop.
Remove yourself from a collaborative playlist
Go to the Music app
on your Mac.Click a collaborative playlist in the sidebar.
A collaborative playlist has the collaborate icon
next to its name.Click
.Click Leave, then click Leave.