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lloyd_634 Author

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55 points

Why do songs become unavailable on Apple Music?

Hi all

Having some issues with Apple Music. I get the message "This song is not currently available in your country or region" when it's added to a playlist. However, searching for the song in Apple Music allows me to play it.

The playlist is fine on iTunes on MacOS, don't have any issues playing from there. I haven't changed region, but I have just re-subscribed to Apple Music after having about a year off from it.

Any ideas?

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iPhone XR, iOS 12

Posted on Apr 5, 2019 5:06 AM

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greenmind

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69 points

Posted on Apr 27, 2019 11:00 AM

Quite frankly the second part of your answer is quite absurb. Suppose your in France, buy a bottle of wine, put it in your suitcase, and bring it home. Suddenly the bottles are recalled. Not because there is glass in the bottle, and not because the wine is poisoness, but instead simply because the maker of the wine decides they weren't paid enough by the stores that sold them.

Yes, I'd like to see the winery get you to return the bottle, especially if you already drank it.

Still Apple Music and iCloud, have sort of solved that problem. Paying for music, we can't listen to, is just another example of the music industries, and apples greedy hand.

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Oct 9, 2019 6:14 PM in response to lloyd_634

iTunes says the song that I wrote & recorded can’t be played in the region or country. That’s pretty messed up Apple.

PJWold

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Oct 9, 2019 10:48 PM in response to Ventriloquist-Ent

It’s ridiculous!!

paulsp1

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8 points

Oct 11, 2019 8:43 AM in response to Jens213

Try Amazon.

Oct 25, 2019 2:08 PM in response to TrappedInTheWalledGarden

Please Apple. address this issue

MeliMun

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4 points

Oct 25, 2019 7:13 PM in response to daveLACZ

Thank you! this worked for me:)

paulsp1

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Oct 26, 2019 7:44 AM in response to MeliMun

Tell us what worked?

Dec 1, 2019 1:44 PM in response to Lawrence Makow

How long does it take a company such as Apple, fix a “bug” within one of its’ moneymakers, if a company credo is customer satisfaction? If it is a “bug”, then let’s see how long it takes to fix it.

Jan 2, 2020 3:00 PM in response to lloyd_634

Im having the same issue as green.

How does that get fixed?

Jan 14, 2020 2:13 PM in response to Urquhart1244

Well why don’t we get a refund?

Feb 1, 2020 7:38 PM in response to Jimmy of swans

...or people don’t want to do anything about it.

Feb 2, 2020 1:01 AM in response to bbattle87

I would imagine it’s complicated but the only solution I’ve found is to occasionally return to Google Play to listen to some of my old purchases. It’ll work on one or the other.

bexcam

Level 1

12 points

Feb 5, 2020 3:40 AM in response to Urquhart1244

Yeah no, still doesn’t work sadly. When I’m in edit mode it looks like it’s gonna work but once you exit edit mode from adding the “new” version it basically grays out again

Mar 7, 2020 9:11 PM in response to lloyd_634

My music is synced from my Mac onto my ipad.

Plays allright on my mac, not on my ipad, used to when it was itunes.

Crap answer,

Why do songs become unavailable on Apple Music?