How to Fix: Apple Music Error 42587

"All day long I've been trying to play songs from all sections of Apple Music on my iPhone, but a -42587 error occurred and I did not play anything."

"I just received the 'error -42587' message when I played Apple Music today. I listened to a playlist and paused, I came back and released the song, but this message was displayed."

Did you also encounter the problem that you were unable to stream the songs in Apple Music and noticed the error of 42587, or another error such as 42585, 12894, etc? Here we provide some solutions to fix the Apple Music 42587 error.

Solutions for Fixing Apple Music Error 42587

#1. Restart your iPhone

Try restarting your iPhone and open Apple Music again to see if the problem can be resolved.

#2. Re-enable iCloud Music Library

Log out of your Apple account on Apple Music and log in again. Then go to Settings> Music > iCloud Music Library. Try streaming the songs again.

Note:

1. In iOS 11, only when you are an Apple Music Membership can you see the "iCloud Music Library" option in settings.
2. Make sure you back up the information on your device.

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How to fix the error "iCloud Music Library Can't be Enabled"

Sometimes when you switch the iCloud music library, you receive the message: iCloud Music Library can not be enabled, and it does not matter what songs from the iCloud Music Library you've saved to other Apple devices. You could try to fix it as follows:

1. Go to Settings> Music
2. Tap the iCloud Music Library
3. Select Keep Music or Delete & Replace

NOTE: If the error continues to appear, you can try step 2 & 3 again until the error disappears. If it fails, contact Apple for assistance.

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How to Remove DRM from Apple Music Songs

To prevent these errors from happening, you can try to save Apple Music songs directly to your iPhone. Then you can play the songs on other media players when the 42587 error occurs while you're trying to stream those songs to Apple Music.

But you would face a problem that Apple Music is not easy, and even unavailable to remove songs outside the Apple Music program. This is due to Apple's FairPlay DRM protection - one of the DRM (Digital Rights Management) technologies used to protect music from being copied. To save music from Apple Music directly to iPhone, you need to unlock DRM protection. TuneFab Apple Music Converter would give you a great help.

Step 1 Download and install Apple Music Converter

Install and launch Apple Music Converter. Once the software started normally, the itunes will be lauched automatically at the same time.

Step 2 Select Apple Music Songs

You can view your Apple Music playlists. Then select the songs from which you want to remove the DRM and mark them.

Step 3 Output settings

You are able to select the output format, output folder in the output settings. It is also provided for you to change the bit rate, codec, sample rate, and song channels.

Step 4 Convert your music

Begin removing DRM from Apple Music songs by clicking the "Convert" button. The conversion would be completed in a few minutes.

When you get music from Apple Music without DRM, you can save them directly to iPhone and import them to iPhone media players. You could transmit them successfully. Then you do not have to worry about the Apple Music error.