iPhone and iMac, both mine, somehow different music libraries

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iPhone and iMac, both mine, somehow different music libraries

I have had many devices over the years. Somehow, my iMac and my iPhone have different music libraries. I can consolidate purchased music, and share those between the libraries just fine.

The problem is, I have some songs on my iPhone that are my own. iTunes ignores these, no matter what I try.

I want to merge both libraries, and have all songs on both devices. Both libraries are connected to my own Apple profile.

What can I do?

Thanks,

Robert

iPhone 6, iOS 12

Posted on Dec 21, 2019 8:48 AM

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Dec 21, 2019 10:44 AM in response to david braun

Imported from CD on a macbook, then synced with my iPhone. The iMac has never been used to sync the data. I realise my mistake now, thank you very much. I can go to the library on my macbook, and upload the music folders to iCloud, and import them from there.

I think I was lucky. Without the macbook, these songs would have been stuck in my iPhone library. I don't understand the purpose of that. But still... thanks.

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Dec 21, 2019 10:40 AM in response to F.R.V.

How did you get your tracks onto the iPhone?

AFAIK, iTunes doesn't load music-from FROM the phone unless they're from the iTunes-store, so you have to find a way to get them onto your mac. Then, include them in your iTunes-library and happily sync the two...

hth

david

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Dec 21, 2019 10:48 AM in response to F.R.V.

If I'm right, this behavior has been introduced to allow syncing the phone on various machines without having to worry about music being spread. A heritage of the Napster-hype, so to say.

Apple had to make such compromises when it got into the music-business.

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iPhone and iMac, both mine, somehow different music libraries

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