"All day I've been trying to play music from all sections of Apple Music in my iPhone, but an error -42587 occurred and doesn't play anything."
"I just got this message 'error -42587' when I played Apple Music today. Had been listening to a curated playlist and paused it for a bit. Came back and unpaused, the music played but this message was displayed."
Have you also encountered with the problem that you failed to stream the songs in Apple Music and it noticed you the error of 42587, or other error such as 42585, 12894,etc.? Here we provide some solutions for fixing Apple Music error 42587.
Solutions for Fixing Apple Music Error 42587
Solution 1. Restart your iPhone
Try to restart your iPhone and open Apple Music again to see whether the problem could be solved.
Solution 2. Re-enable iCloud Music Library
Logout your Apple account in Apple Music and login again. Then go to Settings > Music to tap on iCloud Music Library. Try to stream the songs again.
Note:
* In iOS 11, only when you are an Apple Music Membership can you see the "iCloud Music Library" option in settings.
* Make sure you have backup the information on your device.
How to Fix "iCloud Music Library Can't be Enabled" Error
Sometimes when you toggle iCloud Music Library on you would get the message - iCloud Music Library can't be enables and fail to import the songs in iCloud Music Library which you have saved on other Apple devices. You could try to fix it in the following way:
Step 1. Go to Settings > Music
Step 2. Tap on iCloud Music Library
Step 3. Select Keep Music or Delete & Replace
Note: If the error keep showing up, you could try step 2 & 3 again until the error disappear. If it fails, contact Apple for help.
Remove DRM from Apple Music Songs
To avoid these errors from happening, you could try to save the Apple Music songs to your iPhone directly. Then you could play the songs on other media players when the 42587 error occurs while you are trying to stream these songs in Apple Music.
But you would face a problem that Apple Music is not easy, and even unavailable for removing the songs outside Apple Music program. This is due to Apple's FairPlay DRM protection - one of the DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology used to protect the songs from being copied. To save Apple Music songs to iPhone directly, you need to unlock DRM protection. TuneFab Apple Music Converter would give you a big help.
Advantage of TuneFab Apple Music Converter
* Remove DRM from Apple Music songs;
* Convert Apple Music songs into plain MP3, M4A, AIFF, etc. formats;
* Conversion speed can reach 10x faster;
* Available on both Windows and Mac;
Process of Using TuneFab Apple Music Converter
Step 1. Launch TuneFab Apple Music Converter
Click on the Try It Free button above to launch Apple Music Converter. (Free Trial version is provided).
Step 2. Select Apple Music Songs
From "Music" in "Playlists", you can preview your Apple Music playlists. Then select the songs you want to remove DRM from, and tick them out.
Step 3. Output Settings
You are able to select the output format, output folder in output settings. It is also provided for you to amend the bit rate, codec, sample rate as well as channels of the songs.
Step 4. Convert the Songs
Start to remove DRM from Apple Music songs by clicking on "Convert" button. The conversion would be finished in few minutes.
When you get the DRM-free Apple Music songs, you could save them to your iPhone directly, then import them to the media players on your iPhone. You would successfully stream them. Afterwards, you don't need to worry about the Apple Music error.
