New iPhone 5s only syncs cloud music
I bought my wife a new iphone 5s to upgrade from her 4s. The 4s was backed up to the iCloud and we restore it on to the new iPhone 5s - all seemed to work fine except when we attempt to sync the music on her laptop that was not purchased via iCloud, it refuses to sync. IT looks like it is going to sync, but then completes with no error message. What can we do to ensure her music collection on her laptop will sync to her new phone without losing any data?
Thanks
Wayne
If you are using an LTE signal, the indicator bars will always have a different signal strength than 4G oe 3G.
I would get five bars using T-Mobiles 4G on my iPhone 4S and I get 3-4 bars using LTE on T-Mobile. It's normal if this is what you are talking about.
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My itunes music is grayed out and unplayable on my new iphone 5. only a few songs work and the rest just take up space. They will play correctly in my itunes on the computer but not the phone. Please help.
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http://osxdaily.com/2014/09/21/downgrade-ios-8-back-to-ios-7-1-2/ -
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I tried the "Transfer Purchases" option - however this only worked for apps - not sure if I'm missing some sort of setting.
I do not want to use iCloud as I do not have enough space for my music.
Thanks!You cannot. The music must be in the iTunes library first. See these User Tips:
Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device
Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive -
I've just bought a new laptop. It is only syncing purchased music
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Thanks!If you did not backup your iTunes library on your old computer and transfer it to your new computer, see if this helps: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141
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A) on the exact computer that you used to import them into iTunes
or
B) are already synced to your iphone
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I recently upgraded to iOS 7.0.3 and now my iPhone 4S will only sync purchased music to my phone from iTunes. Help! I have TONS of music that I have bought and burned to my computer, but cannot listen to it on my iPhone. This seems ridiculous!
Also, it's taking FOREVER (over an hour) to sync my iPhone to iTunes...
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In short. No, you cannot unsync. If you had a back up from your old iPhone you cand restore from a back up.
In iTunes go to Edit > Preferences > Devices > and select the latest back up.
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These are two possible approaches that will normally work to move an existing library to a new computer.
Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
If you have an iOS device that syncs with contact & calendar data on your computer you should migrate this information too. If that isn't possible create a dummy entry of each type in your new profile and iTunes should offer to merge the existing data from the device into the computer, otherwise the danger is that it will wipe the information from the device.
If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
Should you be in the unfortunate position where you are no longer able to access your original library, or a backup of it, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device for advice on how to set up your devices with a new library with the maximum preservation of data.
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joseruiz1I ran into this same problem earlier with my new iPod classic 160 gb. Turns out it could be your files show in iTunes but they aren't connected to the location those music tracks are actually located.
Does this make any sense?
You basically have to make sure iTunes is picking your songs from the right music folder via your preferences.
Option 1: If your iTunes is completely wiped blank and your music is stored in a safe place, backed up, etc. You can do the following:
Step A. Preferences > iTunes Media Folder Location > choose folder
**** please be sure to pick a location that is new or different from where you ACTUALLY stored your music to prevent your files from deleting itself as it updates****
For example, if you stored your music on your Desktop then you wouldn't choose your music folder to be the one in Desktop. You choose the folder where you want your music to go such as C:\My Music or in Mac, you choose the music folder.
Step B. Once you choose the folder where all your music is stored and you check the box that says "Keep iTunes Media Folder organized" and "Copy Files to iTunes Media when adding to library."
Step C. This is the part that will make sense. Drag the folder on desktop that houses all your music into iTunes. Because you checked the box "Copy Files to iTunes Media when adding to library," iTunes will copy all the backup music you dragged into the folder location you designated it in "Preferences > iTunes Media Folder Location > choose folder."
---- once all that is done, your itunes will have ALL your music tracks linked to the right location on your computer and your iPod will sync with as many or all of the music you desire.
Hope this helps.
-Kayla -
I am unable to login to my itunes match since I got a new iphone. Where is my music? how can I get it?
Hello there, jane_apple_user.
The following Knowledge Base article reviews the steps for how to add your iOS device to iTunes Match:
iTunes: How to add a computer or iOS device to iTunes Match
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4913
To add an iOS device to iTunes Match
On your iOS device, go to Settings>Music.
Note: iTunes Match requires iOS 5.0.1 or later; you can find the latest iOS software here
Tap the iTunes Match switch to On.
To access your music in iCloud, open the Music Player app on your device.
Your music in iCloud will be integrated into your local music library. A download button will appear to the right of any content that you have in iCloud that doesn't already exist on your device.
Important:
When enabling iTunes Match on your iOS device, the music library on your iOS device will be deleted and then replaced with your music in iCloud.
Syncing music with iTunes will be disabled while iTunes Match is enabled on your iOS device.
By default, when adding an iOS device to iTunes Match, downloading over a cellular network is enabled1. To disable downloading over cellular for iTunes Match, choose Settings > Music > Use Cellular Data > Off.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro. -
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I should mention that, for the first problem, I do make sure that my new tracks are stored in the folder where I told iTunes that my music is in. Also, when I say the cataloging of my library stops short of cataloging all my songs, I have tried leaving the computer unattended for days (my computer's sleep mode is disabled). It always stops before cataloging all of my music regardless of whether I am doing something else while iTunes is cataloging, or if I just let iTunes be the only program that's open during the cataloging process.
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Set up iTunes to manually sync. See:
iTunes 11 for Mac: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
iTunes 11 for Windows: Syncing overview
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gdgmacguy wrote:
The iPhone can only sync with ONE music (iTunes) library at a time. You can't "merge" songs from more than one iTunes library. This is different than with the iPod.
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