Quick Tour
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1

Hello

Thanks for testing Time Machine. Ever since I was a kid, I've loved music countdowns, the top 100 songs of the week. Music takes you back to a place and a time better than almost anything.

Here's a quick look at using the app.

2

Getting around

The main screen

The main screen

  1. 1Where you are. Tap the green date to open the dialer.
  2. 2Every chart covers a whole week. Any day you dial lands on that week.
  3. 3How far each song rose or fell since last week.
  4. 4The song playing now.
  5. 5The week the playing song is from. Browse anywhere and it keeps playing. Tap here to jump back.
  6. 6Shazam: let it listen to a song playing nearby.
The dialer

The dialer

  1. 1Your destination.
  2. 2Turn a dial sideways; you can also tap either side to move one step, and press and hold to go faster.
  3. 3Tap GO to travel.

You can also swipe between weeks.

3

Listening

Play order

Play order

  1. 1Tap NOW PLAYING to change how a week plays.
  2. 2Random Mix is the default. Or count up from 1, or down from 100.
Settings

Settings

  1. 1Connect Apple Music for full songs. Without it, you hear previews.
  2. 2Full songs or previews, for each play order.
  3. 3Where the app opens when you come back.
  4. 4See the introduction again.
My favorite thing to do: full songs, random play. Pick a week from when you were ten, hit play, and let it run. Three or four songs in, you're hearing things you haven't thought about in years. It's like having a radio from that exact week in time.
4

Finding songs

Search

Search

  1. 1Each result shows its best week on the chart.
  2. 2Some songs were by an artist with someone else. Those show up too.
Shazam: it charted

Shazam: it charted

  1. 1It opens the song at its best week.
  2. 2Play it, or save it.
Never charted

Never charted

  1. 1If it never charted, it tells you.
  2. 2You can still save it to Apple Music.
5

Keeping songs

Long-press any song

Long-press any song

  1. 1Last week, its peak, and how long it charted.
  2. 2Share it. For now, links only open for other testers.
  3. 3Save it.
Tap the player at the bottom

Tap the player at the bottom

  1. 1Save.
  2. 2More: add to Apple Music, go to the artist.
  3. 3The song’s chart history.
The ••• menu

The ••• menu

  1. 1Add the song to your Apple Music library or a playlist.
  2. 2See everything by this artist.
The graph

The graph

  1. 1Drag along it to follow the song’s run.
  2. 2Its peak, and how many weeks it held there.
  3. 3Where it came in and dropped out.
  4. 4Share the graph.
The menu button

The menu button

  1. 1Tap for Saved, History and Settings.
  2. 2Everything you’ve saved, and everything you’ve played.
6

Good to know

One beta quirk. Play and pause work from your lock screen, but to skip a song, come back into the app.

That's it. Explore, and tell me what you find: what's broken, what's confusing, and what you wish it did.

You can send feedback at the link at the bottom of settings, or just text or email me directly.

Thanks for listening!