How to find Apple Music Replay

For a lot of people, Apple Music Replay is a real highlight.

The year-end roundup tells you your most-played songs, artists, albums and the like over the past 12 months — just like the much-loved Spotify Wrapped.

Unfortunately, my own year-end stats are completely ruined by family members playing abominable music by Whitney Houston and others on our kitchen HomePod. Luckily, there’s a fix (which I’ve yet to implement).

Yet for such a popular feature, Replay is pretty buried in the Apple Music app. Here’s how to dig it up.

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Have you seen Slow Horses, the acerbic Brit spy comedy/thriller on Apple TV+? It’s gotta be my overall favorite show on the platform, and I’m itching to get started on season three, which just debuted. Here are three good reasons you should be watching it, too.
Equipped with a tiny fan, a humble MacBook Air can perform like a MacBook Pro — too bad it’s just a demo.
Stainless steel makes for a great Apple Watch band, and these from Elago are a real steal at just $20.

— Leander Kahney, EIC.

How to find your music stats with Apple Music Replay

Apple Music’s annual recap is a great way to find your music stats, including your most-played songs, artists and albums from the past year. Here's how.

www.cultofmac.com/760177/find-apple-music-stats-with-apple-replay

These apps and games won the 2023 App Store Awards

Apple highlights the 14 best apps and games across several categories and genres.

www.cultofmac.com/838843/apps-games-won-2023-app-store-awards

Tiny fan makes MacBook Air perform like MacBook Pro

The AirJet chip fits in Apple's lightest laptop and boosts its performance when needed.

www.cultofmac.com/838869/tiny-fan-makes-macbook-air-perform-like-macbook-pro

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Try one of Elago's stylish $20 steel bands for Apple Watch

There are few things more classic than a stainless steel watch band. It's durable yet stylish, rugged yet elegant, and appropriate for work or play. And these cost just $20.

www.cultofmac.com/774368/try-one-of-elagos-stylish-new-steel-bands-for-apple-watch

Apple’s new Personal Voice feature rings clear in ‘The Lost Voice’ video

What if an illness or accident left you unable to speak? Check out what the new Personal Voice feature in macOS Sonoma, iOS 17 and iPadOS 17 can do.

www.cultofmac.com/838892/apples-new-personal-voice-feature-rings-clear-in-the-lost-voice-video

Robert De Niro jabs Apple over deleted anti-Trump comments

The "Killers of the Flower Moon" star planned to slam Trump, but Apple apparently prefers he stick to the subject at hand.

www.cultofmac.com/838774/robert-de-niro-jabs-apple-over-deleted-anti-trump-comments

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AirPods Pro 2 drop back to Black Friday price after 24% discount

Apple's latest noise-canceling earbuds hit their Black Friday price again, with a big $59 discount dropping it to $189.99.

www.cultofmac.com/838855/airpods-pro-2-drop-back-black-friday-price

New deal means fully American-made Apple silicon chips

Apple silicon processors that TSMC makes at its Arizona plant won't have to go to Taiwan for packaging.

www.cultofmac.com/838860/apple-silicon-tsmc-made-in-america-makos-packaging

3 Reasons to Watch: ‘Slow Horses,’ the acerbic Apple TV+ spy thriller

Gary Oldman's brilliant portrayal of greasy-haired, insult-slinging, fart-prone spy Jackson Lamb is just the start for "Slow Horses."

www.cultofmac.com/838791/3-reasons-to-watch-slow-horses-apple-tv-spy-thriller

Today in Apple history: Fans queue up as Apple opens Tokyo store, its first outside US

On November 30, 2003, Apple first expanded its Apple Store chain outside the United States with a shiny new retail outlet in Tokyo's Ginza district.

www.cultofmac.com/456264/apple-store-outside-us

This is the USB-C game controller your iPhone 15 needs [Review] ★★★★½

Wrap your iPhone 15 in the GameSir G8 Galileo game controller and you have the physical buttons, triggers and sticks needed for high-end gaming.

www.cultofmac.com/838765/gamesir-g8-galileo-review-usb-c-game-controller-iphone-15

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You always have to keep pushing to innovate. Dylan could have sung protest songs forever and probably made a lot of money, but he didn’t. He had to move on, and when he did, by going electric in 1965, he alienated a lot of people. His 1966 Europe tour was his greatest. He would come on and do a set of acoustic guitar, and the audiences loved him. Then he brought out what became The Band, and they would all do an electric set, and the audience sometimes booed. There was one point where he was about to sing “Like a Rolling Stone” and someone from the audience yells “Judas!” And Dylan then says, “Play it fucking loud!” And they did. The Beatles were the same way. They kept evolving, moving, refining their art. That’s what I’ve always tried to do — keep moving. Otherwise, as Dylan says, if you’re not busy being born, you’re busy dying.

— Steve Jobs, 2011.

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