Developer behind Hezel & Denim here. I recently dropped a big update to Hezel, my music library backup and recovery app. (If you're wondering why anyone would want to back up their library, I've written a post here explaining why.)
I wanted to share some of the new features with you:
New Liquid Glass Design
The entire app has been redesigned for iOS 26. Big Liquid Glass buttons make the app really satisfying to use. The icon has also been updated, so it looks just as gorgeous in clear and tinted modes.
Backup Export
A lot of you have been asking for a way to export your backup, so I added a new .hezel file format that lets you quickly transfer your entire backup to other devices running Hezel. You can even export your backup as a .csv file if you want an easier way to play around with your data.
Select Multiple Songs to Restore
Earlier, if you wanted to restore multiple songs, you had to tap on each of them individually. Now there's an easy way to select as many songs as you want and restore them with a single tap. This works even inside playlists!
Play Music From Your Backup
Have you ever wondered what you were listening to this time last year? Now you can browse your backup from then and simply tap the song you want to listen to, it'll play just like that on Apple Music. I highly recommend revisiting your music library back in time, it's super fun!
Backup Reminders
Even if you don't enable automatic backups, you'll get helpful reminders when it's been a while since your last backup.
There are other features and improvements like support for collaborative playlists, more reliable Auto-Backup, and a simple way to manage all your backups in one easy list.
Some of you might already be familiar with the update since it's been out for a while. If you haven't tried it yet, get it from here!
I really hope you like the update. Thanks for your support.
Also, if you've been meaning to get Hezel Ultra, now is a great time before the lifetime and yearly plan prices change later this year.
Why is the post pinned by the moderators while not really following the sharing guidelines for devs?
Makes it look like it’s some essential product which is quite the privilege and free promotion in such a big subreddit.
I’m genuinely not trying to sound like an ass when I ask this: what is this app for?
I’ve read through the post and visited the App Store page. I can’t imagine a scenario in which I’d use this? I honestly think it must be late and I’m not properly understanding.
Is this for backing up music if I don’t subscribe to Apple Music?
Hello guys! Just one question. I have the ultra subscription but today I needed to restore my backup on another account. The “favorite” songs aren’t backed up? I can’t find it anywhere.
I have Apple Music (say from Canada)
I'm moving to another country soon, say Australia.
When I finally change my region and mode of payments and all of it.. I will have to start over because the library will be erased.
Will Hezel be able to help out importing the library back? Or 90% of it at least? If I do a backup when I was in Canada & then import it after changing everything?
I have over 9000 songs in my current library.
I already have the app Hezel but not sure if regions affect it or something.
Why isn't the playlist's username linked to the profile username dynamically when restoring from Hezel, BUT it is dynamic when the user manually creates a playlist from the Apple Music app?
For example if I restore a playlist, but change my name afterwards, Hezel's restored playlist will not update to my new username, BUT any manually created playlist will do.
I want to delete music and start organizing after restoring it up from Hezel, but I'm wary of accidentally putting a name on there and not being able to change it.
Apple Music wipes your library and playlists anywhere from 30 days to a year after being unsubscribed, and being able to export as CSV means some programs and services can import your whole library. I personally exported my entire AM library as CSV to import into Lidarr for a locally hosted library via Navidrome/Plexamp.
In case Apple Music randomly deletes songs or playlists, you delete them and want them back, you want to cancel for a while and still have your library when you come back, if you want to delete your library and restart but keep your playlists, if you want an archive of what your library looked like in the past (for example what your replay looked like on any given week).
If I’m not mistaken the current Android SDK is just a wrapper around the Web APIs, unlike on iOS where it can access the same data as the Apple Music app, making it possible to fetch 100K songs in just a few seconds.
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