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Q: iPhone 5 Wont Sync Music w/iTunes 11.1.3

Ever since I updated to iTunes 11.1.3 on my Macbook Pro, I cannot get it to sync music to my iPhone 5! I tried using normal sync and I tried using Manually manage music and videos...nothing! It begins to sync and then...done!

 

Help please?

iPhone 5, OS X Mavericks (10.9), Running latest IOS 7

Posted on Nov 9, 2013 6:57 PM

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Q: iPhone 5 Wont Sync Music w/iTunes 11.1.3

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  • by KovyR,

    KovyR KovyR Nov 19, 2013 10:42 PM in response to AlwaysBreaking
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    Nov 19, 2013 10:42 PM in response to AlwaysBreaking

    If you purchased the music via itunes store, you can sync your music via iCloud, no need to sync.

     

    My issue is with music on my iTunes library that I didn't buy from the iTunes store.

  • by KovyR,

    KovyR KovyR Nov 19, 2013 10:44 PM in response to ShawNok
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    Nov 19, 2013 10:44 PM in response to ShawNok

    (In reply to ShawNok) Yes, this exactly. It is quite pathetic.

  • by larry emdur,

    larry emdur larry emdur Nov 20, 2013 9:54 PM in response to mgoul
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    Nov 20, 2013 9:54 PM in response to mgoul

    I've been trying to get some new music onto my phone for the past two days still nothing even songs that were already on my phone have now disapered? HCapture.JPGere take a look.

  • by Thad Spreg,

    Thad Spreg Thad Spreg Nov 21, 2013 12:37 AM in response to KovyR
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    Nov 21, 2013 12:37 AM in response to KovyR

    FWIW, I have had this same problem. It seems like it's an off and on problem, but maybe it's happening all the time and I just don't notice it somtimes. My issue is with syncing podcasts. Tonight, the solution was too simple. No matter what I did, podcasts would not sync from my iTunes to my iPhone. So I quit and relaunched iTunes and then everything synced just fine!

     

    HIH,

    Thad

  • by rsawyers,

    rsawyers rsawyers Nov 21, 2013 9:58 AM in response to KovyR
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    Nov 21, 2013 9:58 AM in response to KovyR

    I'm having similar issues.  No synch.  Removed music from my iphone 5 yet it still shows about 160 songs being on the phone when I view in itunes.  Problems started with music not purchased from Itunes.  Had these mysterious red circles in the album song list and when I selected a song to play things just cycled through the entire album without playing anything.  I had no problems until I made the upgrades and all 1800 songs I had in my library were able to be synched to my phone.  I have a 32 g phone and with about 10 G free and now I cannot synch my library at all except manually because I'm being told I'm 2 g over capacity.  The 10 G I had free is now showing that its being used up by "other" with no definition of what "other" is.  Its really annoying.  I've tried everyone's advice on this post and have had no luck.  Hoping its an issue that Apple is feverishly working on.   

  • by gduch,

    gduch gduch Nov 21, 2013 6:39 PM in response to KovyR
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    Nov 21, 2013 6:39 PM in response to KovyR

    I was having the same issue as well. Everything was syncing just fine but the music would not.  I went to my music library and noticed that all of my songs were unchecked.  Once I checked them, I was able to get them to my iphone 5.  Just wanted to let you know that I was very frustrated as you are, hopefully this is your issue.

  • by Vampire...,

    Vampire... Vampire... Nov 22, 2013 2:51 AM in response to KovyR
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    Nov 22, 2013 2:51 AM in response to KovyR

    Hello problem solved!

     

    Look, it isn't exactly with WIFI. But within the Itunes system.So:

    1/Connect the Iphone with the Itunes by the USB cable,

    2/Go to Summary...scroll down the third box:OPTIONS,

    3/And reorganize (for eg I've put tick for Automatically sync when this Iphone is connected + Sync only synced songs + Covert higher bit rate...) it's important to NOT tick the "Sync this Iphone with WIFI" (that's basically what's crapping the thing)

    4/Go to MUSIC from the upper options near the Summery one,

    5/Tick or do the playlists and whetver,

    6/Sync,

    7/Wait (probably because you have much music or the fact that they are being converted from mp3 into AAC),

    8/Check your Iphone and VOILA! XD

     

    Seriously, I've been hating myself carying two Iphones like a CEO for the past 1.5 weeks lol

    When I finally sat down to fix this, turned out it was in the settings.

    So Apple still rocks =D

  • by peter4854,

    peter4854 peter4854 Nov 23, 2013 7:34 AM in response to kbcons
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    Nov 23, 2013 7:34 AM in response to kbcons

    Just tried turning off the wi-fi on my phone having spent 3 hrs trying to sync my i phone 5 with i tunes. As soon as it was turned off and a usb connected as if by magic all the syncs began to work. Thank You

  • by KovyR,

    KovyR KovyR Nov 23, 2013 10:50 PM in response to Vampire...
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    Nov 23, 2013 10:50 PM in response to Vampire...

    Vampire, thank you for your help.

     

    Unforunetly your method did not work either.

     

    Screen Shot 2013-11-23 at 10.48.53 PM.png

    This is the screen I get no matter what I do. And these songs just won't sync.

  • by Vampire...,

    Vampire... Vampire... Nov 25, 2013 10:09 AM in response to KovyR
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    Nov 25, 2013 10:09 AM in response to KovyR

    Hi, I think it's realted with the amount of music. Try few artists sync little by little.

    It happened to me right after posting this, I got happy to sync all my playlist but it was too big. Anywhos, so try manually one by one.

  • by aMAZEn,

    aMAZEn aMAZEn Dec 5, 2013 4:17 PM in response to KovyR
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    Dec 5, 2013 4:17 PM in response to KovyR

    I have been struggling with this as well. Today I finally got somewhere, not sure what combination of small things I have been reading here and there, but what i did was make sure i selected only a few playlists to be copied into my iPad, I finally have two of my favorite playlists there along with my movies. This is the first time, after the itune update, that the Sync finishes without being stuck in stage 4. Next step is resyncing the rest step by step.

     

    Good luck, hope that works for you

  • by KovyR,

    KovyR KovyR Dec 6, 2013 12:58 PM in response to aMAZEn
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    Dec 6, 2013 12:58 PM in response to aMAZEn

    I have tried everything. I tried just selecting artists, manually adding songs, manually adding albums, trying just a few playlists, nothing seems to work.

  • by zenzith,

    zenzith zenzith Dec 7, 2013 6:55 AM in response to KovyR
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    Dec 7, 2013 6:55 AM in response to KovyR

    i unchecked all my playlists from the music bar once connected to itunes & synced.

    After that i checked my selected playlists & synced again...VIOLA! all my music was back in my phone.

  • by aMAZEn,

    aMAZEn aMAZEn Dec 7, 2013 6:58 AM in response to KovyR
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    Dec 7, 2013 6:58 AM in response to KovyR

    KovyR, try emptying your device fully. then start with one playlist or one song, or one item to allow your device to fully finish its sync and not get stuck, once it does that, unplug, restart itunes, and go slowly with each playlist.

     

    PS make sure you have the same apple ID on both devices you are trying to sync.

  • by AndrasSzada,

    AndrasSzada AndrasSzada Dec 8, 2013 4:24 AM in response to KovyR
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    Dec 8, 2013 4:24 AM in response to KovyR

    Hey Guys!

     

    I had the same problem, with a new iPhone 5s and iTunes 11.1.3.8

    Turning off the WiFi on the iPhone helped... it's now syncing my music.

     

    Thanks for the suggestion!

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