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Finder sync claims phone doesn't have enough free space (but it does) [duplicate]
I am old-fashioned and listen to downloaded music on my phone. This past week, I've been getting a strange error where the phone refuses to sync with my Mac laptop because there's supposedly not ...
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Deleting music from library also "deletes" from purchase history
I recently discovered that deleting a song from my music library on either my iPhone 15 Pro or my Macbook Pro will also cause it to "disappear" from my list of purchased songs, making it ...
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Music app on MacBook is stuck loading iPhone
I have my iPhone 7 which I've previously always synced with iTunes on my Windows laptop (there are 60 GB of MP3 files). I'm trying to replace the Windows laptop with my MacBook, which I've never ...
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Looking for an exit from the iTunes <> iPhone Music sync hell by enabling "Sync Music"
Using iTunes (latest) on a Windows 11 laptop and iPhone (iOS 16.2).
I have 4000 songs on the iPhone, and a bit more in the iTunes library (from CDs... ; the lib was manually copied from the Music ...
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Play Count and Last Played date not updating from devices
I use Apple Music and iCloud Music Library (and iTunes Match). In the past my play counts from my devices update the shared library. I use this for my smart playlists.
But lately they update only on ...
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How to stop iTunes on my PC to upload random picture on my iTunes iPhone?
I download a lot of music from my PC iTunes to my iPhone iTunes. On the PC you have the option to choose the "Artwork" of each song you have on there, which I always personally choose, to ...
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Declining a call on iPhone 12 Mini (by pushing side button) while I'm on Zoom Meeting on iMac opens Music app and starts random music track
I really had no idea how to name this question, yet it now describes my problem.
So I was over a Zoom call / meeting on my iMac with Bose headphones connected. Suddenly someone phoned me but I couldn'...
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Finer volume adjustment in iOS
I use my iPhone to listen to music while I sleep. I usually gradually reduce the volume as I get more sleepy and sleepy, then I turn off the music by pressing the down volume key again when the volume ...
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How do I retrieve a list of all my songs on the iPhone?
I have a large collection of mp3 files that I want to listen to on my iPhone. I do not have an Apple Music subscription.
I have used iTunes on Windows to add a subset of my songs to its library and ...
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Music library on external drive & iPhone sync: how functional is it?
I'm moving to a Macbook after long time on a desktop. I found a good bargain on a basic M1 MB Air, which is powerful enough for me but it is 256gb SSD, which is definitely enough for the useful things ...
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Does the Music app still exist for iphones?
I'm trying to get my iPhone 12 (running iOS 15) to play music (originally from CDs, not locked to any Apple account) that I synced using iTunes from an older mac. I've seen instructions referring to ...
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how to add ordinary music files on Apple music in iphone?
I have a 14 in macbook pro running Monterey and an iphone 13. I also have a 500 MB 10-hour white noise m4a music file. I'm able to airdrop to iphone 13 and play the music in Files app on iphone, but ...
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Newly added music not syncing to my iPhone after getting a new Mac (10.14.6 macOS Mojave), but iTunes library is identical
I replaced my old Mac Pro 1.1 tower with a newer 5.1 tower (running 10.14.6 macOS Mojave). I have a secondary drive that I hold multimedia on, including my music library. I removed this drive from my ...
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Music on iPhone/iPad grouped bizarrely despite being fine on iTunes
I have some 'albums' in my iTunes library that look fine to me:
However, when I sync them to my phone and iPad, they become grouped in really weird ways:
If I play the album, all the songs are ...
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Prevent AirPods from opening Mac's Music (iTunes) app?
How do I prevent my AirPods Pro from launching my Mac's Music App (formerly iTunes) when I squeeze the stem to play?
I wear my AirPods Pro pretty much all day and I'm constantly switching between my ...
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Downloaded Music Missing from iPhone Music Library
I'm having a bit of a problem with my music library on my iPhone. All the downloaded songs marked as explicit have randomly gone missing from my iPhone 11 Pro. I can see that the files are still in ...
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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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iPhone 11 plays random music without prompting, what's going on?
My wife's iPhone 11 running iOS 13.3.1 seems to randomly start playing stuff from the music app. We don't have Pandora or anything like it on there. The music seems to play in random situations; I ...
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iTunes USB sync deleted all playlists from my iPhone
I just synced my iPhone XS to my MacBook over a USB cable for the first time in a few months because I had some MP3 files I’d added to my iTunes library manually that I wanted to transfer. After the ...
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Can I re-download the Songs of Innocence download I once had without an Apple Music subscription?
I used to have the U2, Songs of Innocence album on my phone, that was a free download from Apple in 2014. (This was slightly controversial at the time.)
I can't see it on my iPhone X, running 13.3 in ...
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Turn off iCloud Music library on iPhone?
I have recently got rid of my Apple Music subscription (and moved to Spotify), as part of my sub I used to use iCloud Music Library. Now with Apple Music gone I want to just sync my library the old ...
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importing wav music files in iTunes
I download an album in wav format.
I would like to import it in iTunes and upload it to my iphone 8 plus.
I am using iTunes version 12.10.2.3 on Windows 7.
For some reasons I can't import the album ...
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Apple Music Migration
What’s the most efficient way to replicate my Apple Music library on a different account?
I was thinking of creating a playlist with all my library and then sharing this playlist with the other ...
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How to add iTunes song to my iPhone?
I'm attempting to copy song from iTunes to my iPhone. All versions of software are current. Trying to drag-and-drop from iTunes into my iPhone. This was simple at some point in Apple history. Now, ...
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iTunes music Library empty
I was listening to music a couple of minutes ago, and launched music, and noticed that everything was gone. I have tried respringing multiple times and quitting and relaunching mail, but it keeps ...
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iTunes splitting albums containing songs from multiple different artists [duplicate]
As seen here, my iTunes is splitting my albums up. More specifically, albums that contain songs that have different artists names in the tags. Those "Avengers - Age of Ultron" albums are supposed to ...
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Copy "Artist" into "Album Artist" in iTunes?
In iTunes, Is there a way to automatically populate the "Album Artist" metadata with the "Artist" information, for all songs where the "Album Artist" field is empty?
Obviously this is for songs from ...
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How can I get CarPlay to work with my 50 000 songs iCloud library
I just bought Sony XAV-AX200 to use with my iPhone 7 plus in a 2007 Volkswagen Golf (Rabbit).
Now it seams that CarPlay can’t deal with my 50 000 song iCloud music library.
It takes 5 minutes to ...
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iPhone plays particular album staticky through a particular system
I have one album on my iPhone — A Perfect Circle, Mer De Noms — that sounds horrible when I play it through a particular system, my Harman/Kardon HK 3480 via AudioQuest Beetle (Bluetooth). It sounds ...
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How to sync iPhone songs to MacBook Pro?
I synced my Windows iTunes with my iPhone 7 and put a lot of songs on my phone.
Today I got a USB to USB-C hub for my MacBook ( I have a windows PC and a macOS laptop ), and my iPhone appears on ...
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What's a simple & reliable way to transfer & listen to mp3s on my iPhone?
Please don't say iTunes. I've owned countless iPods (including the original) and iPhones (including the original) and iTunes has never been a reliable means for getting content on to an iOS device.
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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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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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Why Itunes keeps stubbornly grey my songs out, while they are still available on apple music?
I can imagine a few reasons why some songs become greyed out and not available for listen/donwload: for instance song removed by owner from apple music, or it was probably rearranged to another album. ...
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My PC with iTunes is dead; how do I save my CD sourced MUSIC still on iPhone to iTunes in cloud?
My iPhone backup PC that had my iTunes backup is dead. I'd loaded a lot of my CD's to the iTunes in that PC. How do I back up my iphone MUSIC contents to a cloud back up, including the CDs which are ...
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On plugging in my iPhone to the car stereo, music plays automatically
I have a Sony head unit in my car that has a USB socket and no Bluetooth. When I plug in my iPhone 5C running iOS 10.3.3 into the USB, it starts playing music from my iTunes library automatically.
I ...
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iTunes on iOS shows song genre instead of a title for random albums (the same album on Mac shows everything correctly)
I have a mp3 album on my old drive. I've imported it to iTunes on my Mac. Everything looks correctly.
When I want to sync that album to my iPhone, it's synced however instead of track titles I see ...
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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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AppleID can I transfer data without using the same one? [duplicate]
I don't want to use the same Apple ID on my new phone as on my old phone because it got messed up, however I don't want to have to buy each app twice. Is there a way I can without using the same Apple ...
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Can I add music to iPhone from a computer without my full library?
I just got a new MacBook, and I won't be able to restore the files from my previous MacBook (which isn't with me) for a couple of weeks. That older computer has my music library and syncs with my ...
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Music won't sync onto iPhone: "Item Not Available"
When I go into the Music app on my iPhone 6, many of the songs in my library are grayed out. When I tap on them, it gives an error saying
Item Not Available
This item can't be played.
How can I get ...
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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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Random person music library in iTunes
I mainly use the USB connection between my MBA and iPhone 5s just to do backups. There is no music on my iPhone. Today, when I have connected my iPhone I have noticed a random music library from the ...
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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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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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Problem transfering music not purchased on itunes to my iphone
I found some similar questions on here, but they are all from a few years ago and the answers don't seem to apply to the current version of itunes, so I thought I'd start a new question.
I downloaded ...
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How do I make band names appear on iTunes/Music?
On the right are songs I've purchased on iTunes itself, and on the left are songs I've bought (yes, I paid for them/supported the bands) from other sources, namely their websites and a code from a ...
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Completely clear all cloud music from iPhone
I'm trying to get rid of all of the cloud music from my iPhone 6S on iOS 10.2.1.
So far I have:
Gone to Settings>iTunes & App Store> and toggled Automatic Downloads> Music
Gone to Settings>Music ...
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Copying songs on to iTunes
I have music purchased online, but I do not have my phone synced to iTunes. How do I put my songs into the phone?
I have tried using DropBox, but the song has to be downloaded every time!
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Music won't play on my iPhone 5s why not?
I go onto my music and select a playlist I want to listen to, I then click shuffle or select and song and it won't play. It looks like it is about to play but then it automatically pauses and skips to ...
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