Had a lot of back and forth on Twitter yesterday working through how to find and follow someone on Apple Music, and the various settings that impact what the follower can see.

First things first, here’s how to find and follow someone on Apple Music:

• Tap the Music app
• In the tab bar at the bottom of the screen, tap the Search icon (it’s a magnifying glass, lower right corner).
• Tap the Apple Music tab (as opposed to Your Library, the other choice).
• Type the name of the person you want to find, or type their Apple Music nickname.

For example, to find me, you could type David Mark or my nickname, which is zzdave. Once you find them, you can tap to follow, or explore their musical tastes, etc.

I found this process a bit non-obvious, but once I figured it out, Search was clearly the right place for this to be.

As to sharing and protecting your listening history, take a read of this post from Kirk McElhearn, How to Share Your Listening History in Apple Music. Kirk takes you through the process of setting up your profile (which you’ll definitely want to do before you start following folks) and finding folks.

I find that my listening history is not updated. I’ve been listening to a ton of music that folks I’m following are listening to, and none of it is showing up on my Listening To list. A bug?

No matter, I’m enjoying this way of discovering new music.