Why is music greyed out in music libary, and nothing will play.

After upgrading to IOS 5 and re-syncing my music libary, all the songs appear on the itouch but they are greyed out (i.e. not the normal bold font) and it isn't possible to play them. I've tried restoring the itouch but same issue.

Try to resync your device with your Mac or PC pressing the sync button near your device name in iTunes.
Don't stop it manually.
And be sure your device and your Mac or PC are in the one WiFi network during all sync process.
This solved the same problem with my iPhone and iPad.

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I haven't been able to sync my iphone with my iTunes music for several months now, which is getting increasingly frustrating, and as the holiday season approaches, I really need something to tune out all the holiday music >:-|.
To avoid all the obvious questions: I am running the newest version of iTunes (11.0) and iOS (6.0.1), I have over 4 1/2 gb free on my phone, I have unselected and selected different folders of music (being sure it can all fit in space available on my phone), attempted to auto-fill free space and not, restarted iTunes, my computer, my phone, shut down all the apps, connected and disconnected my phone to my computer, and connected and disconnected the wi-fi sync. Changed settings to sync only checked songs, and manually manage music and back, I have attempted a sync every step of the way.
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It sounds like you have some purchases that for one reason or another are grayed out and will not play on the iPhone.
You can delete the songs and then download them again for free from the iTunes store.
Delete a song from iPhone: In Songs, swipe the song, then tap Delete.
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http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/iphone_user_guide.pdf page 61
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Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
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I am having issues syncing music from iTunes to my iphone and ipad. I use autofill, but have had the same issue when using the sync all music option. All the files are listed in the music tab under the device, but half are greyed out and unplayable on the device (they are greyed out on the device too). There is a sync icon next to the files, but clicking on it does nothing.... I did a clean restore to ios5 and it copied my apps over, but none of my music, pictures etc. This is really annoying can anyone help?
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I have been fighting this problem with both my iPhone, my partner's, and my nephew's. It seems to have something to do with music purchased in iTunes vs. music that is ripped, since all my ripped music transfers fine and stays put.
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