On iPhone and iPad, open the Songs page in your Library or a folder page and tap “⋯” › “List appearance” to choose “List”, “Timeline” or “Artwork”; both pages share the setting. “Timeline” places songs on alternating sides of a center line, each as a card with a small cover. “Artwork” alternates large, tilted covers that run off the screen edge, with a glass capsule showing the title and artist. The playing song glows and shows a play mark. After updating, “Tiles” from 1.13.1 becomes “Artwork” and “Focus” becomes “Timeline” automatically.
Open the Songs page in your Library or a folder page, tap “⋯” at the top right › “List appearance”, then pick “Timeline” or “Artwork”. Pick “List” to go back.
These styles have no letter index on the side (drag the scroll bar to move fast), no swipe actions and no “⋯” button on each row; use the long-press menu, which also has “Add to Queue”.
When you select multiple songs, the dots on the center line become checkmark circles. With very large accessibility text or a narrow window, songs line up in a single column.
With Reduce Motion on, cards and covers no longer scale, fade or drift as you scroll; covers keep only their fixed tilt.
With Reduce Transparency on, the glass capsule in “Artwork” becomes solid and the glossy highlight on cards and capsules goes away, so text reads more clearly.
On Mac the song list always uses the list layout.
Overview
On iPhone and iPad, open the Songs page in your Library or a folder page and tap “⋯” › “List appearance” to choose “List”, “Timeline” or “Artwork”; both pages share the setting. “Timeline” places songs on alternating sides of a center line, each as a card with a small cover. “Artwork” alternates large, tilted covers that run off the screen edge, with a glass capsule showing the title and artist. The playing song glows and shows a play mark. After updating, “Tiles” from 1.13.1 becomes “Artwork” and “Focus” becomes “Timeline” automatically.
Steps
- Open the Songs page in your Library or a folder page, tap “⋯” at the top right › “List appearance”, then pick “Timeline” or “Artwork”. Pick “List” to go back.
- These styles have no letter index on the side (drag the scroll bar to move fast), no swipe actions and no “⋯” button on each row; use the long-press menu, which also has “Add to Queue”.
- When you select multiple songs, the dots on the center line become checkmark circles. With very large accessibility text or a narrow window, songs line up in a single column.
- With Reduce Motion on, cards and covers no longer scale, fade or drift as you scroll; covers keep only their fixed tilt.
- With Reduce Transparency on, the glass capsule in “Artwork” becomes solid and the glossy highlight on cards and capsules goes away, so text reads more clearly.
- On Mac the song list always uses the list layout.