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Advice on iphone fix can't access music
9/20/24 | me

Posted on 09/20/2024 4:47:20 AM PDT by MomwithHope

Need advice on an iphone update fix.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: iphone; music; software; update; vanity
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Hi, hubby updated his iphone software and now cannot access all his music. Prompt says he has to join a subscription service to listen to it now.
1 posted on 09/20/2024 4:47:20 AM PDT by MomwithHope
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To: MomwithHope

Sounds like an Apple product.


2 posted on 09/20/2024 4:50:15 AM PDT by BigFreakinToad (just remember the Harris algorithm runs at 3 am.)
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To: MomwithHope

Is it your first iPhone? You will get three months (or something like that) free when you first activate an iPhone and the. You will have to pay around $10.00 / month to continue to use the Apple Music / iCloud / Apple TV service as a bundle service. Apple Music subscription is not free.


3 posted on 09/20/2024 4:52:41 AM PDT by lefty-lie-spy (Stay Metal)
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To: MomwithHope

I am making assumptions that we are talking about Apple Music and that he has some music directly on the device. Go to Library in the music app, then go to Downloaded titles.


4 posted on 09/20/2024 5:05:24 AM PDT by Codeflier (Don't worry....be happy)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

No he has had it for years (iphone 10 I think).


5 posted on 09/20/2024 5:08:29 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: Codeflier

He’s not up yet, will try this thanks.


6 posted on 09/20/2024 5:09:00 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: MomwithHope
I'm a recent convert from Android to Apple. I have some real issues now with Apple deciding what data I can and can't put on MY phone. The subscription service is Apple Music. It is (now?) required that you subscribe or you can't use your iPhone music. Music that I paid for prior to switching to iPhone.

Let's explore a fact here. The most basic purpose of a computer is file transfer. If you work up a project on your computer and you can't transfer that data to the rest of the world, what did you accomplish? Are you planning on having the bulk of 8 billion people dropping by your place to review and critic your work?

If I had FU money I'd sue the hell out of Apple. There has to be some sort of anti-trust violation in the way they are forcing this. For example...Amazon Music does not force you into a subscription in order to purchase and download music and they don't alter your file so that it can't be used elsewhere. I have over 1800 songs. As I am new to Apple, I still have 60 or so days of 'free' Apple Music but after that, unless I enter into a paid subscription, I will lose access to all 1800 already paid for songs. Why should I have to pay for a service (monthly) when I will not likely be downloading very much music from them in the future?

I feel your husbands pain. Now, what do we do about this? Pool our resources and file class action against Apple? Pardon my rant.

7 posted on 09/20/2024 5:10:42 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: MomwithHope
I burned a huge library of CDs into iTunes and edited/moved all the music into their correct artists, genres, composers, playlists, etc., and backed it all up on a TB drive.

Syncing playlists to your iPhone is easy peasy and it's forever music. No subscriptions, no gimmicks with copywriter restrictions on, well, number of devices to which you can copy...

8 posted on 09/20/2024 5:16:15 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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To: MomwithHope

Need more detail...”...all his music” doesn’t tell us much. Music he purchased from the iTunes Store/Apple Music and downloaded to his phone? Music he owns that was “ripped” from CD’s or records? Music he played on an instrument and recorded to his iPhone? Music from an “Apple Music” monthly subscription? Music purchased from a 3rd party music store like “https://www.hdtracks.com“? Or ???


9 posted on 09/20/2024 5:19:43 AM PDT by Drago
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“...what data I can and can’t put on MY phone....”

“YOU WILL OWN NOTHING AND BE HAPPY.” - KLAUS SCHWAB, WEF.........


10 posted on 09/20/2024 5:21:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: MomwithHope

So far I can still get all my music on the iPhone without an Apple Music subscription. Sometimes, but not always, if I try to use Siri in the car, she can’t find a certain playlist, but I can still listen any of my tunes using the phone directly.


11 posted on 09/20/2024 5:25:01 AM PDT by NorthernDancer (“There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”)
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To: MomwithHope

I can play downloaded music on my iPhone.

Here are some trouble shooting tips.
Solutions to Fix Apple Music not Playing: https://www.imyfone.com/iphone-issues/fix-music-not-playing-on-iphone-ipad/#:~:text=If%20the%20music%20file%20is,them%20with%20your%20iPhone%20again.


12 posted on 09/20/2024 5:25:06 AM PDT by Apple Pan Dowdy (... as American as Apple Pie. Normal is not coming back, but Jesus will. )
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To: Sirius Lee
Syncing playlists to your iPhone is easy peasy and it's forever music. No subscriptions, no gimmicks with copywriter restrictions on, well, number of devices to which you can copy...

That's not my experience. Everything in iTunes gets uploaded to Apple Music cloud, then to your phone. You cannot copy/paste anything in iTunes, direct from your PC to your iPhone music folder. That may have been a thing in early iTunes versions but that has been shut down. Without that Apple Music subscription you will lose access. In fact, Apple appears to have plans to ditch iTunes completely. The newest iTunes version appears to be only a player and transfers will either take place with the Apple Devices app or Apple Music. This is intended to force the Apple Music app onto your PC.

13 posted on 09/20/2024 5:28:14 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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If I had FU money I'd sue the hell out of Apple.

Research and see if the EU is possibly suing Apple on this issue. They have pursued Apple on numerous issues, MUCH more than the FTC, and forced them to change.

14 posted on 09/20/2024 5:28:19 AM PDT by The Sons of Liberty (President Trump saved by DIVINE INTERVENTION. GOD CONTINUES TO BLESS AMERICA!!!)
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To: MomwithHope

Go to Apple Music.

On the bottom of the screen you should see “Library.” Click on that.

Then on the bottom of the list, click “downloaded.”

If his songs are not there, then connect the iPhone to where his songs were on a PC and resynch them.

You should be able to all of this without any subscription.


15 posted on 09/20/2024 5:30:07 AM PDT by Vermont Lt (Don’t vote for anyone over 70 years old. Get rid of the geriatric politicians.)
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To: Codeflier

OK I got some details. After the software update all his playlists were wiped out. His music is still there. But he had several playlists that were important that he used daily and seasonally. Is there any way to recover them without subscribing to Apple Music?


16 posted on 09/20/2024 5:30:44 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

I have plenty of “3rd party store” and “ripped from CD/vinyl” music files in my iPhone music library. You have a computer? Is it a Mac or Windows or Linux? Where is your music library/files on that PC?

Windows:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/118290
https://www.wikihow.com/Move-Music-from-Computer-to-iPhone
https://www.guidingtech.com/transfer-music-from-computer-to-iphone/

Mac:
(Music automatically syncs with iPhone/Apple TV box/iPad, etc.)


17 posted on 09/20/2024 5:32:20 AM PDT by Drago
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To: BlackbirdSST

I like most of Apple’s products but iTunes is a royal mess.


18 posted on 09/20/2024 5:32:31 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: MomwithHope

all the music was obtained through itunes.


19 posted on 09/20/2024 5:36:29 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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If he can see the music in his library he should be able to click directly on the mp3 file and it will launch iTunes. Once this is done, iTunes will remember the location and he can access it via the app.

He will need to click on every mp3 individually however. It's a pain in the gumper.

20 posted on 09/20/2024 5:37:50 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (Trump/Vance 2024 or GFY)
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