Red circles and squares

I have a brand new Ipod touch 5 and when I am playing an album it will show that all songs are there but quite often it will go to play a song and wont play it but marks it with a red circle and square instead.
Why...? and how do I prevent this from happening...?

First delete all your music files on your iPhone, then re-sync without Wi-Fi being activated on your iPhone. iTunes doesn't always sync properly when your iPhone Wi-Fi is on. (God forbid Apple should tell you that).
Here's how you do it:
1. Uncheck all your iTunes so that next time you sync then all of your music will be deleted from your iPhone
2. Go under Settings/General/Usage/Storage/Manage Storage, click on Music... and delete music from there... Now you should be certain there are no music files on your phone.
3. Restart your iPhone
4. Go to re-sync (be sure to check the playlists/songs you want to sync
5. BUT FIRST on your iPhone TURN OFF Wi-Fi ... this is what screws things up... iTunes doesn't always sync properly when your iPhone Wi-Fi is on. (God forbid Apple should tell you that).

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Go to 'Settings'
'Music'
Scroll to the bottom and enter your password to log onto your home sharing
Then connect to iTunes and sync!

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my music isn't playing, it's only coming up with red circles with squares in it, and most of it is purchased music not just downloaded...is there anyway to fix this??

I talked to an apple care specialist and they helped me fix this. Go to itunes, and uncheck sync music and then apply. Then after the songs been deleted from your device, check sync music and apply and all your music will be downloaded again!!! Hope this helps!!!

Remove Red Circles with Square in middle

REMOVE RED CIRCLES WITH SQUARE IN THE MIDDLE AND PLAY SONGS:
1: Connect your iDevice.
2: Navigate into your device and on to your Music tab. Uncheck Sync Music.
3: Check that all of your songs are being imported by going in to Music in the On This Phone tab.
The gray text songs represent that they have to be manually installed inside your device by pressing the iCloud button where the "red circle of death" used to be .
HAPPY SYNCING!!!
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I've tried everything and NOTHING works... At first I had those stupid dotted circles next to every song. I restored it to original settings(as told by apple support), then re-synced everything and the songs started downloading and I was ecstatic. But then about half the songs were playable and the other half had the red circle with square inside. I was also told it will take awhile for them fully download considering I have somany songs. I waited over 12 hours with the ipod still connected and nothing changed.
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An "other" that large usually indicates that the "other" includes corrupted files.
First try:
"First you go settings/general/usage/music/then left swipe over music and press delete and you would think it deletes your music but it doesn't instead it deletes your other but make sure your ipod is connected to a computer while doing this"
as recommended by:
How do I get rid of "other" storage: Apple Support Communities
Next, usually restoring from backup eliminated the corrupted files. However, sometimes restoring to factory settings/new iPod is required.
To restore from backup see:
iOS: How to back up
Also see:
What is the Other on my iPhone and How to Remove It

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https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5524609?start=15&tstart=0

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I will try it unless someone has a better suggestion, but I'll wait a bit as it will take me a few days anyway (I had actually tried to create a new smaller playlist or download by album, but at this stage the music app is not letting me queue a list of songs for download - I think I will have to disable and re-enable iTunes match which will probably delete all the songs).
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one4truth wrote:
i bought a used 2 year old macbook pro last week did an erase and install with leopard and once that was done with nothing transfered firewire the drive had over 20 gigs of used space on it so i started snooping around and saw a number of folders in a folder labeled base system that have a solid red circle with a white dash in the middle next to them after clicking on them it says i do not have permission even though i am in under admin?
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Hello olibabe,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
First, I would check out this Apple support document related to your issue.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1463
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http://www.topix.com/forum/gadgets/ipod/TJB41HJ0RV3TNQE9D
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Looks like you have a corrupted music library. Sometimes this happens after an iOS update. Give this a try:
1. Open iTunes on your PC.
2. Connect your iPhone to your PC with a USB cable.
3. Select "File" on iTunes.
4. Select "Devices".
5. Choose "Transfer purchases".
6. Let your iPhone sync.
7. Disconnect your iPhone after syncing.
8. You should now play your music files on your iPhone without having any problem.

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The article below may be able to help you with this issue.
Click on the link to see more details and screenshots.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2755?viewlocale=en_US
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