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Adding Tracks to Multiple Playlists with Shortcuts

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Adding Tracks to Multiple Playlists with Shortcuts

For all its flaws, I do enjoy using Apple Music. I’ve tested going back to Spotify before, but I find the UI too busy. With the addition of podcasts on Spotify, too, I’ve just found the Music app to be much more pleasant. Nevertheless, one thing I’m not a massive fan of is the way you edit playlists in Apple Music.

Playlists are easy enough to create, but adding to them can be quite an arduous task. It’s fine if you want to add just one track or album to a playlist: open the menu for the track or album with the ‘…’ button and tap ‘Add to Playlist.’ However, two things make this experience very frustrating.

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