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Q: Why won't my songs transfer from itunes to my iphone?

When I plug in my phone into my computer and try to sync my playlists on iTunes to my iPhone, the sync completes but the songs will not transfer.  I even tried deleting the existing playlists from my iPhone and I couldn't even do that.  I have literally tried everything that I know.  Any suggestions?

iPhone 5, iOS 7.0.2

Posted on Sep 28, 2013 2:13 PM

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Q: Why won't my songs transfer from itunes to my iphone?

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  • by bruno119,

    bruno119 bruno119 Aug 19, 2015 5:53 PM in response to clairebears
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    Aug 19, 2015 5:53 PM in response to clairebears

    THAT IS IT! FINALLY!!

     

    I've been trying everything for literally hours and this finally fixed it. THANK YOU!

  • by clairebears,

    clairebears clairebears Aug 20, 2015 4:45 AM in response to bruno119
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    Aug 20, 2015 4:45 AM in response to bruno119

    YAY! Glad it helped. I was tearing my hair out too

  • by Lion el Johnson,

    Lion el Johnson Lion el Johnson Aug 20, 2015 10:10 AM in response to clairebears
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    Aug 20, 2015 10:10 AM in response to clairebears

    YESSS, finally this has sorted my problem out. great help. thanks

  • by King Duku,

    King Duku King Duku Aug 21, 2015 11:33 AM in response to ajal1
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    Aug 21, 2015 11:33 AM in response to ajal1

    i'm having the exact same problem When I plug in my phone into my computer and try to sync my playlists on iTunes to my iPhone, the sync completes but the songs will not transfer.  I even tried deleting the existing playlists from my iPhone and I couldn't even do that.  I have literally tried everything that I know.  Any suggestions


    IPHONE 6 plus iOS 8.4.1

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Aug 21, 2015 11:35 AM in response to King Duku
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    Aug 21, 2015 11:35 AM in response to King Duku
    1. Backup the device.
    2. Restore as a new device.
    3. Restore the backup made earlier.

     

    tt2

  • by DJ_Eko,

    DJ_Eko DJ_Eko Aug 26, 2015 12:22 AM in response to ajal1
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    Aug 26, 2015 12:22 AM in response to ajal1

    This is to the original post/problem. This worked for me, and you should try this first before doing all that reseting of your phone and backups and who knows what else everyone has been saying... lol so, (main issue) you try and add songs to your device, it completes whatever syncing process it was doing, you check the device's music (on the comp display) and the "added" music is in gray with the hollow circle next to it, which means it is like "ready" to sync, but never does. From here highlight the song(s) that are grayed out, click edit>delete. so you just got rid of the "ready" songs from your device. try and sync them again. It worked the third time for me. Good luck!

  • by chankun,

    chankun chankun Sep 24, 2015 12:59 AM in response to ajal1
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    Sep 24, 2015 12:59 AM in response to ajal1

    ok i had the same problem and i didn't ave to reset my whole iphone  i just had to update the software on my iphone from my computer, like when i connected the iphone i clicked on its icon it says update the phone and thats what i did, i had to keep it connected for like 2 hours but now it adds my music normally

  • by Shea1027,

    Shea1027 Shea1027 Sep 27, 2015 9:18 PM in response to ajal1
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    Sep 27, 2015 9:18 PM in response to ajal1

    Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod  

     

    Follow the  steps in this link. It helped a lot.

  • by scminnella,

    scminnella scminnella Sep 30, 2015 1:21 PM in response to ajal1
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    Sep 30, 2015 1:21 PM in response to ajal1

    Well, for what's its worth, this is what I did. For some unknown reason, iTunes won't sync under Summary. You have to select one of the tabs underneath it. Select> IPhone>Settings>Music, and then check "Selected playlists, artists, etc.." and it works just fine.

  • by savwatkins,

    savwatkins savwatkins Oct 8, 2015 10:57 AM in response to ajal1
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    Oct 8, 2015 10:57 AM in response to ajal1

    I think everyone who has asked this question has found a solution to their problem, but I was having a similar issue today where it said all of my purchases transferred and they didn't. After I did the File > Devices > Transfer Purchases, and Synced it, I realized I had to (phone connected to laptop via USB) go to the View tab in iTunes and select "All Music" and not "Only Music Available Offline". Then those songs showed up and I could download them from the cloud or whatever. Hope this helps other people who seem to have tried everything!

  • by f'sl,

    f'sl f'sl Oct 30, 2015 8:57 AM in response to ajal1
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    Oct 30, 2015 8:57 AM in response to ajal1

    I was having exactly the same problem, and I tried all the many things people suggested (I restored the iPhone, reset network settings, tried using playlists, turned "show only music on this phone" on and off, etc). Finally I turned off Genius, and voila - everything works again as it should.

  • by jad132,

    jad132 jad132 Nov 1, 2015 11:08 AM in response to jbea479
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    Nov 1, 2015 11:08 AM in response to jbea479

    Thanks!! It finally worked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • by ssstwright,

    ssstwright ssstwright Nov 29, 2015 6:32 AM in response to Shea1027
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    Nov 29, 2015 6:32 AM in response to Shea1027

    Finally, I figured this out.  I went to ITunes/Preferences and then turned on  ICloud music.  I have no idea how it ever turned itself off, but this worked immediately.

  • by OrcusDei,

    OrcusDei OrcusDei Jan 3, 2016 8:00 AM in response to ajal1
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    Jan 3, 2016 8:00 AM in response to ajal1

    SOLUTION

    This solution probably won't help everyone, because I can see multiple problems in different posts here, but common one:

     

    1. Plug in iPhone
    2. Go to iTunes
    3. Click on iPhone icon
    4. Go to Summary
    5. On the right bottom part of the screen click on "Select music and video manually"
    6. Accept / Apply changes

     

    Probably a warning that this will erase all your actual music from iPhone will pop up. Accept :-( - it will.

     

    Now you can go to your Music Library in iTunes and just drag and drop what you need to the leftside where your iPhone device will pop up when you drag.

     

    Why this happens?

    iPhone can sync only with one Library (come on Apple! Its 2015!!!!!)

    iTunes saves it's library files on the drive. When it can't reach its' files, it will get corrupted. Especially if you have files on external drive, you gonna get screwed sooner or later. When you plug iPhone in, it will think it's completly new library => hence it won't add the files.

  • by ifonlyappleworked,

    ifonlyappleworked ifonlyappleworked Jan 5, 2016 1:12 AM in response to OrcusDei
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    Jan 5, 2016 1:12 AM in response to OrcusDei

    Nope its just killed my iphone, Apple wins again (waving white flag)

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