Why do songs become unavailable on Apple Music?

Over 2500 of my hand picked songs from 15-20 yrs ago are unavailable to play on my portable devices. But I can play them on my Mac Desktop computer only 1 yr old (music library recently transferred). All from my own purchased CD collection, which is really old, uploaded into iTunes Library. What is really going on ?!?!

I have the same problem, all my music is from my CD's. Apple have deemed hundreds of tracks aren't available on my ipod touch,

This is the 1st ever Apple product I've bought (and now the last) I've re-synced, deleted, reinstalled etc. but nothing works

Only had the ipod for 4 days - glad it was second hand, going to sell it and use my old phone as the portable player

In that case they I have to also assume that apple has not commented to any of the users on the forum as well since I've seen only one response that gave a apple provided reason, their ipad was still under warranty, which was complete BS and frankly irrelevant.

paulsp1 wrote:

In that case they I have to also assume that apple has not commented to any of the users on the forum as well since I've seen only one response that gave a apple provided reason, their ipad was still under warranty, which was complete BS and frankly irrelevant.

If a user of the forum contacted Apple, that would have been different. You're free to contact Apple if you want to discuss the matter with them. Use the Contact Support link at the top right of every page of these forums.

I only recently created the play lists mostly of music that comes from my own CDs. Pretty bloody useless, the playlist concept if is not just an collection of tracks that I have selected from my own resources.

I have another problem. I love the soundtrack from the Tron: Legacy movie and I cannot download the album because it’s not available in my country. I mean what’s the problem are we not paying the same like US? In my country IPhones a a lot more expansive and the monthly subscription is more expensive as well in my country if we will compare the salary from US and my country, WHAT IS THE PROBLEM APPLE?!!!

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/tron-legacy-daft-punk/21201657?ean=0050087160555&st=PLA&sid=BNB_ADL+Core+Good+Media+-+Desktop+Low&sourceId=PLAGoNA&dpid=tdtve346c&2sid=Google_c&gclid=CjwKCAjwq4fsBRBnEiwANTahcN5CSajH_LiTW0lnx6kasxzXOEquY2U9QcfR92Sz8KwyDt1uBaFIrRoCTPwQAvD_BwE

Just buy physical CDs. You'll have it forever, and most of the time old CDs are cheaper than Itunes anyway. Also, better audio quality. Forget Itunes.

That link doesn't work for me but same answer. Just get the CD from somewhere. Maybe this Amazon link will work:

https://www.amazon.com/Tron-Legacy-Exclusive-Daft-Punk/dp/B01LXDWUGW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2MIN44FQ2V5JP&keywords=tron+soundtrack&qid=1568840489&sprefix=Tron+sound%2Caps%2C347&sr=8-1

I have a huge CD collection, NOT pirated music. This never used to be an issue, and with only certain songs on a CD. This seems like Apple’s way of getting people to buy tracks from them, which is extortion. The Apple sites say it was the artist or the record company who have retracted the rights, but I haven’t been able to verify this in a non-Apple site. This is total BS. Apple, do you really need more money??

This is nothing to do with the purchasing or not of songs I have been using MP3 tracks (legally purchased over many years). They work fine on the PC but not in ITunes on an iPad. Even when it has been resynched there are still problems.

come on Apple get this fixed!

I have the same issue. I loaded new music for my vacation into my phone and cannot access it. What’s weird is there will be 1 or 2 tracks out of say a dozen that are playable. It’s pure crap if you ask me. More of Apple trying to train us to use their subscription services.

I only buy cds and almost never buy streaming or iTunes products, and it blocked me from playing tracks I just recently loaded into iTunes and then on to my phone. With each upgrade I think more and more about getting rid of iOS and Apple, but I’m in so deep with so many devices for both business and personal use. There will be a tipping point if Apple keeps up this crap.

If the message “song not available in your region or country” can be “tricked,” then it would seem it’s a software problem. Apple, are you addressing the hundreds of posts from multiple sites about this issue? Seems like it’s still occurring. That is, unless you expect all of us to ditch all our music and repurchase everything from iTunes...

Agree with the other comments. Apple music has basically destroyed my OWNED music library. Once I synced my device, almost all of my music won't play and comes up as not available in my region. But it's my music that I purchased and loaded or purchased through iTunes. Songs play fine on my computer. Not on the device

100% of my music has been purchased in the US so there is a problem with the app. My device is also a fairly new iPhone. all updates are current. My issue is not with a few songs either. It seems to be a significant % of my music library.

How do you fix this?

So, in my case I actually own the physical CDs and it’s telling me this... so I need to reload those songs even though I own the physical copy that I loaded into iTunes originally? That’s absolutely ridiculous