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Evermusic is a music player that allows you to work with audio tracks as files. In this case, you can move all your music collection to the cloud service like Dropbox, Google Drive, iCloud Drive, personal NAS and listen to your music from there with full control of your music library. No more iTunes synchronization, your audio files get uploaded to the cloud from PC or Mac just like other files. If you need to listen to your music offline just download it to your device using a built-in download manager. Explore our how-to guides for more details: How to play music from iCloud Drive on my iPhone or Mac How To Enable DLNA Media Server on Windows 10 and Play Your Music on iPhone How to upload my files to the cloud storage and connect them to Evermusic, Flacbox, Evertag How to transfer files wirelessly from a computer to an iPhone using WiFi-Drive How to connect a USB flashcard to the iPhone and listen to music or manage files located on it How to play music on iPhone from WD My Cloud Home

Using Evermusic is easy and convenient. Here's a step-by-step guide to help you get started: Install Evermusic: Download and install the Evermusic app from your device's app store. It's available for both iOS and Mac devices. Open the App: Launch Evermusic by tapping on its icon on your device's home screen. Connect Your Cloud Service: - Open the 'Connections' tab - Select 'Connect a cloud service' from the menu - Choose your desired cloud service from the list - Enter your credentials, and tap 'Done.' Import files manually: You can import files located on your device, files from external usb flash drive or personal computer or NAS. Find the links below. Add Your Music: To add music to Evermusic, you have two options: manual addition or automatic synchronization. Manual Addition: - Tap on the "Add music" or similar menu item. - Select folders/files from your connected cloud services or local files on your device. - Evermusic will create links to your tracks, preserving the original files' locations. - To make tracks available offline, use the built-in download manager or enable offline mode for playlists and track collections. Automatic Synchronization: - Head to the music library settings. - Select sync folders to enable automatic synchronization. - The app will scan selected folders, identify supported audio files, and integrate them into your library. Explore Your Music Library: - Evermusic thoughtfully organizes your music library by source types and music tags. - You'll find sections for online music, offline music, music on your device, and more. - Explore categories like songs, albums, artists, genres, and composers. - Utilize the search feature to quickly find specific songs, artists, albums, or genres. Customize Your Settings: - Tap the three dots button or similar to access more actions and settings. - Configure your music library settings, including metadata synchronization, personalization, and more. - Customize your album cover preferences, playlists, recents, and favorites. Enjoy Your Music: Once your music is organized and settings are configured, start enjoying your music collection. Use the top toolbar for quick actions like searching, playing all tracks, shuffling, and continuing playback. Learn More: - Evermusic offers a variety of features and settings, so consider exploring in-app tutorials or help sections for additional guidance. That's it! You're now ready to use Evermusic to manage and enjoy your music collection with ease. More detailed instructions are available here: How to upload my files to the cloud storage and connect them to Evermusic, Flacbox, Evertag How to Listen to Audiobooks on iPhone/iPad/Mac using Evermusic How to play local music stored on your iPhone or Mac How to play music from iCloud Drive on my iPhone or Mac How to use the audio equalizer on your iPhone, iPad, Mac with Evermusic and Flacbox How to connect a USB flashcard to the iPhone and listen to music or manage files located on it How to transfer files wirelessly from a computer to an iPhone using WiFi-Drive

Evermusic is a free application with some limits that you can remove after upgrading to the Premium version with an in-app purchase. This is a lifetime purchase and it will work on every iOS device connected to the same iTunes account. To restore your purchase on the new iOS device just use the "Restore purchases" menu. Since the app does not have a subscription model and only a one-lifetime in-app purchase - purchases on iOS and Mac versions of the app are different so you can upgrade only the version that you need. Yo can read more about differences between Evermusic and Evermusic premium [here]:

Evermusic and Evermusic Premium are two different versions of the same music player application, with Evermusic Premium offering additional features and benefits compared to the standard Evermusic version. Currently, the free version of the application has one in-app purchase that allows you to remove all restrictions and upgrade to the Premium version. This is a lifetime purchase and it will work on every iOS device connected to the same iTunes account. Since the app does not have a subscription model and only a one-lifetime in-app purchase - purchases on iOS and Mac versions of the app are different so you can upgrade only the version that you need. Evermusic Pro (app with red icon) has the same functionality as Evermusic Free (blue icon) with activated purchase. So there is no need to install a "red" app if you have already upgraded the "blue" app with purchase. These apps have different bundle id so if you activate in-app purchases in the "blue" app you will not be able to install the "red" app for free. We've got a comprehensive comparison post available right here: What is the difference between Evermusic and Evermusic Premium

Evermusic supports all native audio formats that are supported by iOS. From iOS 13.0 there is native support of FLAC audio format by your device. So if you have iOS 13+ Evermusic will play FLAC files on your device. For iOS 12.0 and lower, we advise you to use Flacbox https://www.everappz.com/flacbox - another our app that supports FLAC files and other lossless audio formats using FFMPEG audio codec.

Evermusic uses only official SDK and secure connections to interact with connected cloud services. Your login and password are not available for the application. All requests from the application to the cloud service are encrypted. When you enter login and password the application shows you the official authorization page that is provided by the cloud service provider and all authorization process is made outside the application. The cloud service provider sends an auth-token to the application after successful authorization and that token is used to make API calls. ​ Auth-token is a digital key that allows third-party applications to interact with cloud storage. Auth-token is stored on your device in secure system storage called Keychain. You can download your files from the connected cloud service to the device and those files will be placed in the app "Documents" directory. You can remove that files anytime using the built-in file manager. The application does not share any information from the connected cloud account. You can revoke access to your cloud account anytime by opening the account settings page on your web browser. ​ To reject auth-token login to your account on the web browser and navigate to the settings page. There you can find all third-party apps which are connected to your cloud account and remove any of them if you don’t want to use that application anymore. ​ You can also disconnect the connected cloud accounts in the application and auth-token will be also removed from your device. If you remove the application from your device all downloaded data and access tokens will be also removed.

Tap the "+" button or "..." button in the top right corner on the navigation bar and select "New playlist" to create a new playlist and assign a name for it. Once you enter a name for the playlist tap the "Save" button and the "Add songs" dialog will appear. In that dialog, you can select which tracks you want to add to a new playlist. All tracks are grouped by source type. You can find more detailed instructions in our guide: Evermusic Guide: Playlists

You can connect your computer or personal NAS using SMB, WebDAV, DLNA protocol. Or use iTunes File Sharing to transfer music. ​​ To connect a computer using SMB protocol tap "Connect a cloud service" → SMB. Enter computer IP address and shared folder name in URL field using format smb://computer-ip-address/shared-folder-name, enter login and password and tap "Done". If your connection is successful you will see connected storage in the "Cloud services" section. A full tutorial available here: Transfer your files from the computer to iPhone using SMB protocol For WebDAV protocol, all steps are the same instead of the URL field. URL should be in format http://server-name or https://server-name if the server supports SSL. Wi-Fi Drive is a popular technology that allows you to transfer files from your computer to an iOS device wirelessly using a desktop browser. To use this feature your device and computer should be connected to the same Wi-Fi network. Open "Connections" → "Computer" → "Connect using Wi-Fi" and enable the server. After this open a desktop browser and enter the URL from the application. You can drag-n-drop files from your computer to the opened web page and they will appear on the device. More detailed tutorial available here: How to transfer files wirelessly from a computer to an iPhone using WiFi-Drive iTunes File Sharing is another technology that allows you to transfer files from computer to device using iTunes and lightning cable. Just connect a device to the computer using a cable and run iTunes. Open the iTunes → "Applications section" → and find Evermusic. Tap on the app icon to see a shared folder. Copy files from the computer to the shared folder on the device. Detailed instruction available here: How to play local files (iTunes files) on my iPhone DLNA You can also setup DLNA media server and stream your music from Window PC as described here: How To Enable DLNA Media Server on Windows 10 and Play Your Music on iPhone

Metadata Synchronization: When you add tracks to the library, the metadata reader gets to work. This background process reads all metadata from your tracks and organizes them by Artist, Album, Genre, and Composer. You have the flexibility to adjust the speed of metadata reading to load data faster, but be aware that this may use more energy. You can also disable the metadata reader and display file names instead of tag information. Importantly, the metadata reader only updates metadata in your music library and does not alter the files stored in your cloud account or local storage. If you wish to edit metadata for audio files, you can do so using the built-in tags editor, which you can activate from the corresponding action in the options menu. When the background synchronization checkbox is checked, the metadata reader works in background mode. However, please note that if the application consumes significant energy in the background during audio playback, the iOS operating system may suspend the app. So, if you have a large music collection, it's advisable to use the desktop version of the application for metadata synchronization. You can then use the data backup and restore feature to transfer the synchronized music library from the desktop, which is available in app settings. The 'Reload metadata' action will flag all files in your music library as having missing metadata, triggering the metadata reader to refresh the metadata for every file in your music library. Online Music Synchronization: Automatic online music sync allows you to add tracks from connected cloud services to the music library automatically. To activate this feature, head to music library settings and select sync folders. With this option enabled, the application scans all selected folders, identifies supported audio files, and seamlessly integrates them into your library. You can start or stop synchronization by tapping on the corresponding menu action. Online music synchronization operates exclusively when the app is in the foreground, which means synchronization may take some time. To speed up the process, leave your app open, connect it to a power source, and enable 'Screen' -> 'Always active' option in application settings. Alternatively, you can perform online music synchronization on the desktop version of the app and transfer the music library to the iOS version using the data backup restore feature. You can also set how often you want to synchronize your online music library. If you set it to "immediately," online sync will start every time you open the application. Offline Music Synchronization: This option scans all local folders located in the application's "Documents" directory to find supported audio files. All these local files are seamlessly added to your music library. Local files located on your device but not within this application must be added to the music library manually, as the app does not have access to files located outside the application "Documents" directory, as restricted by iOS/MacOS security. It is advisable to periodically initiate offline music synchronization to keep your music library updated with your local files. Offline Folders: Offline mode is a handy feature that lets you access your favorite music even when you're not connected to the internet. When you enable offline mode for any album, artist, playlist, genre, or remote folder, all the files within that collection will be automatically downloaded to your device for offline playback. You can conveniently access these files in the "Offline Folders" section of the app. What's even more convenient is that when you add new files to the remote server in the folder you've marked for offline use, these new additions will also be automatically downloaded to your device. It ensures that you have the latest music ready for offline enjoyment. If you ever need to synchronize an offline folder from your cloud service manually, here's how you can do it: Simply tap the three dots located in the top-right corner of the app, and select the "Synchronize" option. This allows you to update your offline collection with the latest tracks from the cloud service at your convenience. For those who like to customize their experience further, you can adjust the synchronization timeout settings in the application settings to suit your preferences. This way, you have full control over when and how your offline collection is updated, ensuring you always have your favorite tunes available, even without an internet connection.

Before you can download music and listen to your music offline you should connect network account. Just open the "Connections" screen and add your account. Once you added a network account you can download your music from the cloud. To download music from the cloud – Open connected cloud service. – Navigate inside the folder you want to download. – Tap on the more actions button "..." in the top right corner and choose the "Select" menu item. – Select files you want to download and tap on the "Download" button. To enable offline mode for Artist/Playlist/Album/Genre – Open Artists/Albums/Playlists/Genre Screen – Tap the "Offline mode" checkbox – Offline Artist/Album/Playlist/Genre will appear in the "Offline music" section of the music library Another available option is download music from cloud services and import it in Evermusic as described here: How to Download Music From YouTube and Listen to Offline Music on iPhone

Before you can start searching for music, you need to connect your network account. Simply go to the "Connections" screen and link your account. Then, head over to the "Music Library" tab and add music from your connected network account to your music library. Be patient for a bit while the track metadata loads. Once that's done, you can start searching for music in your library. - Open the Evermusic app on your device. - Tap on the "Search" icon or the search bar at the top of the screen in the "Music Library" section. - Enter your search query. You can search by song title, artist name, album, genre, or any other relevant keyword. - Evermusic will display the search results, and you can browse through them to find the music you're looking for. - Simply tap on the song, album, or artist you want to listen to, and it will start playing.

This app offers extensive support for various audio formats, ensuring you can enjoy your music collection without any hassles. Here's the full list of supported audio formats and their corresponding file extensions: AAC (MPEG-4 Advanced Audio Coding) ALAC (Apple Lossless) AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) HE-AAC (MPEG-4 High-Efficiency AAC) iLBC (Internet Low Bitrate Codec) Linear PCM (Uncompressed, Linear Pulse Code Modulation) MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3) μ-law and A-law IMA4 (IMA/ADPCM) Supported Audio File Extensions: mpeg aifc 3gp avi aif latm 3gpp m4a loas cdda aac m4p m4b ac3 pls mp4v m3u m4r aiff xhe mp1 snd mp2 wav qt wave m3u8 m4v mp3 3g2 caf mp4 flac au w64 ec3 adts amr vtt mpa aa With this wide range of supported formats and file extensions, you can enjoy your music in the format of your choice.

- Open the Audio Player Screen. - Tap on the "Equalizer" icon on the bottom of the screen. - Select one of the available presets (rock, pop, dance, disco..) or change equalizer sliders to build your own preset. - Toggle switch control in the top right corner on the equalizer screen to activate the equalizer. Full tutorial available here: How to use the audio equalizer on your iPhone, iPad, Mac with Evermusic and Flacbox

- Set up your Chromecast device. - Open the "Audio Player" Screen. - Tap on the "Google Cast" icon on the bottom of the screen and select your device from the list of available devices. - Once the connection is established you can stream your music from iPhone to Google Chromecast device or AirPlay.

– Open "Settings". – Select the "Music Library" section. – Scroll to the bottom and tap the "Delete Music Library" button. – This action will delete the only local database and doesn’t delete any files in your cloud or local storage.

Metadata Synchronization: When you add tracks to the library, the metadata reader gets to work. This background process reads all metadata from your tracks and organizes them by Artist, Album, Genre, and Composer. You have the flexibility to adjust the speed of metadata reading to load data faster, but be aware that this may use more energy. You can also disable the metadata reader and display file names instead of tag information. Importantly, the metadata reader only updates metadata in your music library and does not alter the files stored in your cloud account or local storage. If you wish to edit metadata for audio files, you can do so using the built-in tags editor, which you can activate from the corresponding action in the options menu. When the background synchronization checkbox is checked, the metadata reader works in background mode. However, please note that if the application consumes significant energy in the background during audio playback, the iOS operating system may suspend the app. So, if you have a large music collection, it's advisable to use the desktop version of the application for metadata synchronization. You can then use the data backup and restore feature to transfer the synchronized music library from the desktop, which is available in app settings. The 'Reload metadata' action will flag all files in your music library as having missing metadata, triggering the metadata reader to refresh the metadata for every file in your music library. Online Music Synchronization: Automatic online music sync allows you to add tracks from connected cloud services to the music library automatically. To activate this feature, head to music library settings and select sync folders. With this option enabled, the application scans all selected folders, identifies supported audio files, and seamlessly integrates them into your library. You can start or stop synchronization by tapping on the corresponding menu action. Online music synchronization operates exclusively when the app is in the foreground, which means synchronization may take some time. To speed up the process, leave your app open, connect it to a power source, and enable 'Screen' -> 'Always active' option in application settings. Alternatively, you can perform online music synchronization on the desktop version of the app and transfer the music library to the iOS version using the data backup restore feature. You can also set how often you want to synchronize your online music library. If you set it to "immediately," online sync will start every time you open the application.

– Open "Connections" section. – Add your network account. – Navigate inside the folder with audio files. – Tap on any audio file. – This will add files from the selected folder to the audio player queue. More detailed instructions are available here: How to play music from iCloud Drive on my iPhone or Mac How to upload my files to the cloud storage and connect them to Evermusic, Flacbox, Evertag How to play music on iPhone from WD My Cloud Home Play music from Dropbox on your iPhone when you are offline Evermusic: stream your music from the cloud and free up space on your iPhone or iPad

Metadata Synchronization: When you add tracks to the library, the metadata reader gets to work. This background process reads all metadata from your tracks and organizes them by Artist, Album, Genre, and Composer. You have the flexibility to adjust the speed of metadata reading to load data faster, but be aware that this may use more energy. You can also disable the metadata reader and display file names instead of tag information. Importantly, the metadata reader only updates metadata in your music library and does not alter the files stored in your cloud account or local storage. If you wish to edit metadata for audio files, you can do so using the built-in tags editor, which you can activate from the corresponding action in the options menu. When the background synchronization checkbox is checked, the metadata reader works in background mode. However, please note that if the application consumes significant energy in the background during audio playback, the iOS operating system may suspend the app. So, if you have a large music collection, it's advisable to use the desktop version of the application for metadata synchronization. You can then use the data backup and restore feature to transfer the synchronized music library from the desktop, which is available in app settings. The 'Reload metadata' action will flag all files in your music library as having missing metadata, triggering the metadata reader to refresh the metadata for every file in your music library.

iOS supports mp3 tags in Unicode UTF-16 format. If tags are in a non-Unicode page (for example Japanese or Cyrillic) iOS cannot read it and throws garbled characters. You can fix corrupted audio tags using a build-in tags editor. Just download an audio file, tap the more actions button ("...") and select "Edit audio tags" from the drop-down menu. More detailed instruction available here: How to edit id3 tags on iPhone

– If you don't have an account in one of the cloud services we support, please go to their website to sign up. – Once you got an account, download the cloud service application for Mac or PC and install it. – Follow the instructions of the cloud service on moving files to the cloud. – Once the upload is complete, you may open the app and log in to the cloud service to get access to your music collection. For more information please read these posts: Evermusic: stream your music from the cloud and free up space on your iPhone or iPad How to play music from iCloud Drive on my iPhone or Mac How to play music on iPhone from WD My Cloud Home

To set a sleep timer in Evermusic, follow these steps: - Open the Audio Player screen. - Tap the more actions button "..." located on the left side of the current item title to access additional actions. - Select "Sleep timer." You can then choose the desired time interval, and the player will stop playing music after that specified duration. This feature is handy for falling asleep to your favorite tunes without worrying about music playing all night.

To connect a cloud service in Evermusic, just follow these simple steps: - Open the "Connections" tab. - Select the "Connect a cloud service" menu item. - Choose your preferred cloud service from the list. - Enter your credentials (login and password) for the selected cloud service. - Tap "Done." If you encounter any issues during this process, make sure to check your internet connection and verify your login/password information. Evermusic currently supports various cloud services, including iCloudDrive, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box, MEGA, Yandex.Disk, WD MyCloud Home, DLNA, MediaFire, WebDAV, SMB, MyDrive, pCloud, HiDrive, 百度网盘, My Cloud Home, InfiniCLOUD, Put.io. In the premium version of the app, you can add an unlimited number of services for even more convenience. You can read more detailed instruction here: Evermusic Guide: Connections

If you need to edit several files located on your cloud storage activate select mode by tapping on "..." button in the top right corner. After this, you will see checkboxes near every file. You can perform an action for a separate file or group of files. Select needed files by tapping on the checkbox. Next actions available for the selected files: "Download" - download file or folder from the storage to the "Local Files" section. "Move" - move file or folder to different folder on the cloud storage. "Rename" - rename file or folder on the remote storage. "Delete" - delete file or folder from the cloud storage. This action cannot be undone. "Sort" - sort files by name, size, date edited. "Grid"/"List" - change the view mode from table to thumbnails. If there is not enough space to show all actions "More actions" button will appear. Tap on it to see all available actions. You can read more detailed instruction here: Evermusic Guide: Connections

If you want to change songs order in the playlist tap "..." button in the top right corner and choose the "Select" menu item to enter selection mode. Use reorder control and drag-n-drop gesture near every track to move it up or down. If you tap on the reorder control this will move the track to the top of the list. You can also change songs order by using the sort function. In more actions menu tap the "Sort" menu item. You can sort tracks in the playlist by "Name", "Size", "Song number", "Album", "Artist". Tap "Done" to exit select mode and apply changes. More instructions available here: Evermusic Guide: Playlists

To add songs to a playlist in Evermusic, follow these steps: - Open the playlist you want to add songs to. - Tap the "more actions" button (represented by "..." or three dots) located in the top right corner of the screen. - Select the "Add songs" menu item. This will open a dialog box. - Choose the tracks you want to add to the playlist by selecting them. - Once you've selected the desired songs, tap the "Done" button to confirm your changes. More detailed instruction available here: Evermusic Guide: Playlists