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Music files don't copy from iTunes to iPhone, appear grey with a dotted circle
When I drag music files from iTunes (desktop) onto a connected iPhone, many times the files just don't copy to the iPhone - the tracks appear in the list on iPhone, albeit grey and the most-left ...
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How to delete all music on my iPhone
How do I delete all the music on my iPhone. I tried doing it through iTunes but it says my collection is not managed by iTunes and I don't want to erase and sync because all my apps are nicely backed ...
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How can I play music from my iPhone through my computer?
Now that I've had my iPhone for a few months, I'm trying an experiment to see if I can't replace the laptop I carry around with my iPhone + internet connected computer. To this end, I've been trying ...
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Is there a way to keep my iPhone from receiving calls/texts/alerts while listening to music?
I like to listen to music on my iPhone when running, but it's really annoying for the music to be interrupted by calls/texts/alerts. I know I can put it in airplane mode, but that will keep me from ...
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What does "Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library" mean?
I just plugged my iPhone into my new mac (previously it was managed using itunes on a PC)
I just want to delete some songs that are on the iPhone.
It seems I can't press delete on the songs in ...
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Apple Music: Heart ratings ("Loved" tracks) are not supposed to synchronize between devices?
I hearted/Loved dozens of tracks on Apple Music desktop (on Mac), but when I played them on my iPhone, they were not hearted/Loved.
Is it normal? I hope not, because it wouldn't make any sense! (Why ...
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iTunes shows 'ghost' songs on my iPhone that are not there, how do I fix this?
When I go the Music app on my iPhone it shows the 'No Content' screen (see screenshot below). This is because I purposely deleted all music from the device (through Settings > General > Usage > Music >...
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Purchased music keeps appearing (iPhone 5, iOS 7.1)
I have downloaded music directly from iTunes onto my iPhone from the app. The problem is some of the songs I don't want on my iPhone and I just do not have the space for it, and I would like to add ...
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How to listen to the same song at the same time on 2 different iPhones?
My girlfriend stay far way from me, but we have a habit that is listening to music together in the morning. But now we have to do that by playing loud by a Computer so that the quality is so low. I ...
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I don't want to lose my data on my iPhone, can someone help?
I got an iPhone 4S not too long ago, maybe a month or so. I already have it set up and I bought all of my music on iTunes. I am getting a MacBook Pro soon, and I want to load the music I have on my ...
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How do I get songs previously purchased on my old iPhone onto my new iPhone?
I just got a new iPhone as my old one was broken. My old one was a iPhone 4 and this new is a 4S. Now I purchased songs from on my old phone and when I look at these songs on the iTunes music store it ...
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iOS Album-Art Mismatch Post Sync
Whenever I sync any song to my iPhone, some of the songs / albums display the wrong album art despite having the correct album-art in iTunes. I have had this issue since iOS 8 and all of my devices ...
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Adding music to an iphone from multiple computers
My iPhone is currently managed on my macbook, where I've added my music library from iTunes onto the phone. However, I want to also be able to add music from my PC to the iPhone, without erasing the ...
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How can I see music downloaded to my iPhone via Amazon Cloud Player in the Music app?
I downloaded some songs to my iPhone using Amazon Cloud Player, but they are not showing up in the (official) Music app. I assume that Amazon Cloud Player downloaded MP3s to a directory on my device. ...
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iTunes: How to transfer a music purchase between two Apple IDs?
I bought an album off of iTunes on my phone, and now my mom wants to listen to it. The problem is I bought the songs using my apple ID on my phone, and her iTunes is under a different account.
Q: Is ...
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No explicit songs show on my music
I just purchased a bunch of new songs through the iTunes store on my computer and one by one I saw them being iClouded onto my iPhone.
I was very happy about this until I noticed that none of the ...
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Why do my most recent iTunes music purchases not sync to my iPhone?
For some reason, the last 15 songs or so that I've downloaded won't sync to my iPhone. I've tried:
Removing all music by unchecking "Sync Music" (didn't actually remove the music for some reason) and ...
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Music Home Sharing not visible in iOS 10
How do I access Home Sharing for Music in iOS10? I'd like to stream music from my Mac iTunes Library.
When I go to the Music app, there are no contents:
Home Sharing is active in iTunes on my Mac ...
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Can't add music to iPhone anymore
I have seen this: Greyed out songs when trying to add from itunes to iphone? but though the issues are similar, I think my version has a different cause. Anyways, none of the answers there did work ...
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iPhone only showing purchased music
Today I was editing my music library, deleting old songs and such, and then of course, synced my iTunes to my iPhone. Everything synced fine until I realized my iPhone was only showing music purchased ...
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I want to remove all songs from iPhone 5, have unchecked and synced but iTunes still says I have 5GB of audio!
I always thought I knew a fair amount about iPhones/iTunes etc but this has me stumped!
I have a 16 GB iPhone 5 running the latest version of iTunes on a Windows Laptop. I do not have iTunes Match.
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How can I get iTunes 11.1 to list songs by album and show cover art
Before being forced to upgrade iTunes I originally had my music library set up so that I had all the songs listed, ordered and group by album and I could see their cover art, this made things easier ...
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iTunes won't sync music library back to iPhone 6 or 5
This is my Bizarro Problem.
For a while, I have noticed that my iPhone has lost some of the music files when I sync to the Mac. First it was CDs that I had ripped, and therefore was not associated ...
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Greyed out songs when trying to add from iTunes to iPhone?
I just got an iPhone 4 and downloaded the most recent version of iTunes onto my computer because I had a version that was too old. It told me I needed to convert the songs to create an AAC version of ...
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how to prevent music on iPhone from automatically syncing songs to iTunes
I've created an iTunes library - around 1000 songs. My wife has an iPhone and has downloaded her own music to it. She recently connected the iPhone to our home computer (where my iTunes library ...
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An automated iTunes?
So I've wanted this for a really long time but I'm not 100% sure how to do it. I basically want to be able to have iTunes play a radio station when I come home.
I was thinking of being able to have ...
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iOS' Music app - "Object not available" "This item can't be played"?
After a reset and restore suggested by Apple's support for a completely different problem with my iPhone half of my music library become unplayable with the tracks appearing in gray and tapping them ...
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Is it possible to add music to your Music Library on the iPhone?
Possible use cases. Someone emails you a music demo. You find a song you want to download online. You want to download an MP3 from Soundcloud.
It is easy to add songs to iTunes and sync it over with ...
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Album covers getting mixed up on phone from iTunes
I had this problem earlier but then knew how to fix it, it was when I sent songs to my iphone the cover art got messed up with art from songs I already have on my phone. I fixed this by uploading the ...
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Music files showing up on iPhone, but not in iTunes library. How to get rid of them
In iTunes, in "On This iPhone" I have all of my music files deleted, but on my iPhone in the "Music" app it shows a bunch of my old music albums and files, opening an album it has the "Download from ...
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How do I retrieve songs hidden in the iCloud with iTunes 11.0.4?
My younger sister bought a few pop songs on my mom's computer (which is not an Apple but she has iTunes on it), and because of the iCloud they showed up on my computer as well. I really can't stand ...
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How to put songs to my iphone from itunes without deleting songs in my iphone
I have a problem. My friend placed music in my iphone using his laptop recently. Unfortunately i want to put more song in my iphone using my computer. However, I cant sync my iphone to my comuputer ...
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How can I use a lower sample rate for songs on an older iPhone, in order to fit more songs?
I have a first-generation iPhone that I use for playing music at work (connected to Bose Wave Radio). It only has 8GB of flash memory.
Is it possible to have iTunes transfer music to this iPhone at a ...
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What is the point of 'sync music' in iTunes if I have to click 'make available offline'?
Used to be, I bought music in iTunes and then sync'ed it to my phone. If I didn't have enough space on the phone, I'd only sync certain playlists. Then I always had the music on my phone, even if in ...
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How to get music from Dropbox to ANY mp3 music type app
I am using an iphone 6, first time with an iphone, not really fond of it unfortunately bought it for the slow-mo video but having a heck of a time getting my music transferred!
I don't want to live ...
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How can I transfer music from one iphone to another if it has NOT BEEN purchased from iTunes (ie., songs that were put on there from cd's I own etc.)
Is there a way to transfer songs from one iphone to a new iphone that were NOT purchased from iTunes? I am talking about songs that were from cd's that I or my son own. They are on my old phone but ...
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Can't seem to sync albums that weren't purchased from the itunes store to my IPhone 5c
I recently got a new iPhone 5c. When I tried to sync my music from iTunes to my phone, it only synced songs and albums that I had bought from the iTunes store. All of the music that I had uploaded ...
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Some songs are skipped over/broken on my iPhone; how can I find these?
Sometimes when I go to play a song on my iPhone, it skips over it entirely and goes onto a song after it in the list.
The same happens when I try and play it in iTunes directly from the device - it ...
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Apple Music doesn't let me play my song? (Music app problem!)
There is a certain song that I sync to my iPhone 6s from iTunes (newest version) that can't be played directly. Everytime I choose it, it show this:
(In summary it recommend me to join Apple Music. (...
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How do I remove a "missing" MP3 file from my iPhone?
I have an MP3 file located on my iPhone that I want to delete but am unable to find in the Music app.
The track only appears when I connect my iPhone to my Mac and go to (Devices > iPhone > Music) in ...
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Why does iPhone Music app show me "Apple Music" logo instead of my iTunes songs?
I synced all of the music in my iTunes Library to my iPhone (like it was an iPod).
I've been listening to the music in my Jeep for weeks by plugging into the USB port and choosing songs and playlists ...
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Can I hide purchased music from the Music app in iOS 10?
At some point or another, I bought some albums on iTunes. In some cases, I've also ripped these CDs and imported them into iTunes. In older versions of iOS, I could hide purchased music from the Music ...
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Import music into iPhone without deleting everything
My OSX crashed and I installed it completely new (no backup). Now I wanted to import some music into my iPhone and it seems it is not possible. Every time I get the warning that everything get deleted ...
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How to delete music album from iPhone but not from any other devices nor from iCloud
The fact I have to ask this question on here is testament to the utterly terrible user interface Apples these days seem to endorse. I know how to remove 1 track from the iPhone but still keep it in ...
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iTunes keeps syncing my unchecked songs to my iPhone
I'm trying to free up space on my iPhone, so I've cut back on a HUGE amount of music (~1000 songs). I went through iTunes and unchecked all of the music I wanted removed and then made sure that I had ...
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Is there a way to "uncheck" songs on my iphone?
I have many audiobooks in my itunes, some of which are in their appropriate place, but some of which are categorized as songs. I've moved them all to playlists and unchecked them in itunes so that ...
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iPhone music is skipping
Some of the music on my iPhone 4G 32Gig started skipping intermittently when I play it on the phone. These are mp3 files synch'd to the iPhone through iTunes from my Windows 7 laptop.
I have filled ...
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Is it possible to purchase music on an iPhone without iTunes?
Do any music stores beyond iTunes exist that allow you to legally purchase content on an iPhone? That is to say, is it possible to purchase music without connecting to a computer? Streaming or ...
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Does ITunes compress audios synced to iPhone
I have a few mp3 320kbps audios I need to pass onto my iPhone, however I need the format to be exactly the same and I don’t want any compressing to be done to the audios. I wanted to know if when I ...
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Two iPhones, one computer, one music collection
(This is not the usual "I want to share one Apple ID across two iPhones" question. Sharing an Apple ID may be the answer, but it's not the goal. I know of at least one other possible answer.)
Problem ...
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