Fixing Apple Music Logo

Apple continues to innovate and improve iOS and macOS with their recent releases. I'm still working through the impacts Siri AI could have on my workflows, but Apple really missed the mark with one change version 27... the Music logo. I've lost count the number of times I've stared at my phone's home screen and wondered, "Where did my Music app go?".

I tried to see if Apple had graced us with the option to change the app's logo like some apps do. But the new black and white logo spread to be it. I continued my search on and off for the past couple of weeks until I stumbled on a solution. I'm always happy to borrow good ideas. I'm also happy to give credit when I use someone else's good idea and this idea came from Mike Rundle on Twitter.

The Shortcut is pretty basic, just use the 'Open App' action to open the Music app.

The steps to recreate the the classic Music app icon:

  1. Download a copy of the Classic Apple Music Logo and save it to your Photos app.
  2. Create the Shortcut to open the Music app.
  3. After the Shortcut is created, click and hold the Shortcut to open the share sheet.
  4. Click on the option to 'Add to Home Screen'.
  5. Shortcuts will then ask what color and symbol you want to use. Flip over to Photo instead.
  6. Choose the Classisc Music Logo you saved to Photos
  7. Boom... brand new old app.
New vs Old

What I like about Mike's solution is that it opens up the fun of putting some vintage icons back on to your phone. There is also a great list of app icons at the Icon Gallery that could be downloaded to use as custom app icons.

Music Logo: Classic Apple Music Logo

Shortcut: Open Music


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