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Can't play music from my iphone on itunes?

I don't understand this problem. I haven't done it in about a year, but I used to be able to play my iphone library of songs on my laptop through itunes.

Now all my music is grayed out. I checked to see if its authorized, and it is. That is fine.

The mp3's are not bought through itunes, if that makes any difference? (CD's, old collections, etc...)

I can play it fine from my iphone.

THanks for any suggestions. I tried reinstalling as well, no dif.

Message was edited by: VegasGeo

iphone (not g3), Windows XP Pro

Posted on Nov 9, 2008 5:19 PM

51 replies

Aug 14, 2009 4:17 AM in response to VegasGeo

sven wittoeck

That Senuti applicaion rocks very simple and easy to use, right now my Drobo is being shipped and I wanted to just listen to all my music on my iPhone, my iTunes library is all on the Drobo so I dont have access to any of it currently. Now I'm listening to music!

Thanks

mjrm

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Sep 14, 2009 7:29 AM in response to VAs Hachi Roku

Does anyone know if itunes 9 and the iphone update have changed this issue?

Oct 15, 2009 9:10 AM in response to mjrm

This is still a problem! ;(

I just bought my first iPhone last week and was excited about being able to listen to my music at work through iTunes, until I plugged my iPhone into my work computer and discovered that this was not possible. This could be done with every other iPod I have owned but not this iPhone that I'm syncing a whole lot more money into. This is ridiculous Apple, and needs to be fixed.

I understand not being able to copy music from one computer to another but; you can't do that in iTunes anyway. This is my music and I should be able to listen to it on anywhere.

roaminggnome

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Oct 15, 2009 9:13 AM in response to RollTide1017

It's not broken, so there is no "fix".

Apple has chosen to design the iphone this way.

You may leave feedback for Apple at:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Dec 1, 2009 11:59 AM in response to roaminggnome

Not a fix, but a work-around. Plug your (external) speakers into your iPhone and play from iPhone.

Kamo123

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Feb 26, 2010 6:19 AM in response to Chris CA

Chris,

I tried what you suggested but it does not work. My home computer is now set to *Manually manage music* but my computer at work still would not let me play my iPhone music. I went to iTunes preferences and in Devices chose to *Prevent auto syncing* on both computers. It did not help either. When I select *Manual manage music* on my work computer it still wants to erase my iPhone. I actually did this once - just to see if it would help. Tough luck. I had to restore all my music at home. Both of my machines are up-to-date MacBook Pros.

This is extremely frustrating, especially coming from a company with reputation for making everything simple for their customers. Please let me know if their is real solution coming. The only suggestions I am finding on the boards involve hacking the device and basically turning it into a hard drive. Is this really the only way to go?

Can't play music from my iphone on itunes?