Red circles with square dots in center

What is the reason I suddenly saw this red circles appearing on a whole series of songs?

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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Dotted circles next to songs, won't sync, red circle with square?

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.
I then saw that someone else on this posted and said to uncheck 'sync songs', sync the device, then click on sync songs and re-sync it, but then that resorted back to where I first started, back to every song having those dotted circles next to them.
I've contacted apple about this issue numerous time and it just seems like they have no idea what they're doing. They were really nice and tried to help as much as they could, but in the end they were absolutely no help and the problem still existed. If anyone could please help me, I'd gladly appreciate it. I have no what to do anymore besides buy a new iPod, and I'd rather not over a stupid problematic thing like this.
I started a new discussion because no one was replying to the older ones anymore.
Every single song is like and they won't sync.... It is frustrating me so much. I listen to music constantly through-out my day and It annoys me that I hjave to stay at the computer to listen to them. Just a few weeks ago everything was all peachy and worked. In the past weeks I've updated to iOS 7.0.2 and then iOS 7.0.3 the other day. I sometimes wish I hadn't updated to iOS 7, because I never had an issue like this before in the past 10 years of me owning and Apple iPod.

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

Red circle with blue dot next to a mail message, red circle with blue dot next to a mail message

Received a mail message on my iPhone and next toit there is a red circle with a blue dot inside it. Normal messages have a solid blue dot when unread. What does the red circle with blue dot mean?

LMS111 wrote:
I would agree with Barney if the question had been an e-mail in the inbox but in the sent folder I still wonder why the blue dot. I also had this happen for the first time today 6/27/13. I resent both figuring it might mean the mail had not been sent properly.
No, it means unread, had you opened the mail in the sent folder the blue dot would have gone away.

Is anyone else getting tired of seeing red circles with squares in them?

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!!!
-GlexAomes

I had this problem too and my roommate solved it!
Go to 'Settings'
'Music'
Scroll to the bottom and enter your password to log onto your home sharing
Then connect to iTunes and sync!

Iphone not being recognized by Itunes so I cannot fix the songs with the red circles with squares in the middle

I have an Iphone 4s and i have two reocurring problems. So my first problem was after I had synced all my music most of the new songs and some old that never had a problem before had a red circle with a red square inside of it. I've gotten rid of it before but I dont even know how. I've read countless discussions and tried so many things that I dont even know what works. i figured it just fixed in time but there has to be an easier way that isnt so frustrating and annoying. So now my iphone isnt even being recognized. the apple mobile device is installed and running and has been stopped, started and restarted plenty of time. ive reset and restarted, reinstalled everything. my phone is charging, it just isnt being recognized by itunes or my pc. also in the device manager it isnt showing up. I am getting very close to smashing my iphone and switching to an android. everything is up to date and i also have tried to sync music on the first ipod touch that came out and even that isnt being recognized. I just want to get rid of the **** red circles and connect my iphone so i can sync it a million times in hopes that the red circles will just disappear. does anyone know why these red circles appear? Apple needs to get their stuff together and give us actual directions on how to fix this!!!! thank you for your help!!!

I had this problem too and my roommate solved it!
Go to 'Settings'
'Music'
Scroll to the bottom and enter your password to log onto your home sharing
Then connect to iTunes and sync!

My songs I added from CD's I had have been shaded out and have a red circle with a dot by them - why cant they play all the sudden?? Anyone Please..

Please help me understand why my songs dont play all the sudden - seems like the ones I bought from i tunes are fine and a few ones I uploaded but the others are errored out

Please help me understand why my songs dont play all the sudden - seems like the ones I bought from i tunes are fine and a few ones I uploaded but the others are errored out

HT203167 After upgrading to the new iPhone OS, all of my music is greyed out, or has a red circle with a dot in the middle of it to the right of titles. How do I get my tunes back?

I can not get any of my music back onto my iPhone. I lost it all during the upgrade, and don't know what to do. Can anyone help a total novice at this?
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Red Circle with Red Square back to haunt me. Apple Techs where are you, why wasn't this addressed in iOS 7.04?

Red Circle With Square - I had the red circle with square for two weeks. I did everything listed in every forum to still end up with a smart phone that couldn't play music(iPhone 4s). After I finally reformatted my HDD and reinstalled a freshcopy of MAVERICKS from USB and wiped my phone it went away.
Then it came back. A week after I finally resolved my problem, 3 days after 7.04 release, I loaded a store bought CD and BAM!!!, all 7288 songs on my iphone no longer played, now I am back to ground zero and getting somewhat fed up. This is ridiculous.

Red Circle With Square - I had the red circle with square for two weeks. I did everything listed in every forum to still end up with a smart phone that couldn't play music(iPhone 4s). After I finally reformatted my HDD and reinstalled a freshcopy of MAVERICKS from USB and wiped my phone it went away.
Then it came back. A week after I finally resolved my problem, 3 days after 7.04 release, I loaded a store bought CD and BAM!!!, all 7288 songs on my iphone no longer played, now I am back to ground zero and getting somewhat fed up. This is ridiculous.

Why does my music have a red circle with a square dot beside it?

On my iPad 3, in music, some of my songs have a red circle with a square dot, the songs are grayed out and I am unable to play them. Is there a new setting with ios 7? Does it no longer play mp3's?

Here's what I had to do, no thanks to the others on here who go at it like Apple, delete and restore.
No, you don't have to delete and restore. Just open a folder on your computer, call it something like iPad music, keep it open, open iTunes, select all your music, copy and paste it in the folder you just created, delete all your music from iTunes (relax, you just copied it into that folder). Select all the music in that folder, drop it back onto your playlist. Now, I renamed my playlist, because it was called untitled, originally, so if that doesn't work, rename, or delete and recreate your playlist, copy the music back over, sync, and they will play.
Worked for me, anyhow. Good luck!
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Why does my music have a red circle with a square dot beside it and how do i remove it

why does my music have a red circle with a square dot beside it

Here's what I had to do, no thanks to the others on here who go at it like Apple, delete and restore.
No, you don't have to delete and restore. Just open a folder on your computer, call it something like iPad music, keep it open, open iTunes, select all your music, copy and paste it in the folder you just created, delete all your music from iTunes (relax, you just copied it into that folder). Select all the music in that folder, drop it back onto your playlist. Now, I renamed my playlist, because it was called untitled, originally, so if that doesn't work, rename, or delete and recreate your playlist, copy the music back over, sync, and they will play.
Worked for me, anyhow. Good luck!
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Red circle with red square inside- what does it mean in iTunes next to songs?

I can't play songs on iTunes that have a red circle with a small red square inside it. What does the symbol mean and how do I get rid of it. I have one iPad 2, one iPhone 5 and one ip[hone 6 plus bit only one iTunes account and one computer where all the songs are stored. The same song will play on the phones but not the iPad!! I really don't want to keep upgrading the software cos really it just creates more problems!!

! = iTunes cannot find the file that contains the media associated with the entry in the iTunes database. iTunes itself does not contain your music, it just uses a reference to play a file on your computer. Something happened to break that link. Many reasons. Your computer may be having directory problems (directory = computer's database of what files it thinks are on the drive). You may have renamed a folder or file or moved a folder or file related to iTunes.
When you try to play the file iTunes will ask you if you want to associate a file with that entry. You can answer yes and look for the file that you think it should play. If the file is truly missing then you have bigger worries because who knows what else could be missing - the whole reason for computer backups and periodic maintenance.

Red circles with red squares inside?

I have red circles with red squares inside, prohibiting me from playing some of my music, playlists etc. ???

It means your songs have not properly downloaded to your iPad/iPhone.
I believe this is an ios7 problem due to more crap code from apple.
If anyone has a good solution—aside from completley resetting your device—please type it here.

My iP5 will not play any track not purchased from itunes Store, red circle with red square inside appears and skips the track, any ideas?

my iP5 will only play songs purchased formmthe itunes store.
all over songs, uploaded from cd's on my laptop and dragged into itunes will no longer play, a red circle with a red square in the middle appears and skips the track.
anybody know why Itunes / iP5 will no longer play all tracks, has worked for years, only stopped with the latest itunes update.

Hey Kelsieee,
First, I would try to resolve the issue with the ! in a circle that you're seeing in iTunes. There's some steps in the following article that go over what that ! usually means and how to fix it:
iTunes: Finding lost media and downloads
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1408
Welcome to Apple Support Communities!
Best,
Delgadoh

HT1766 My music has red circles with red squares in the middle of the circle and won't play. How do I fix it?

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