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I have music in my iTunes/Music library that I ripped from CDs years ago. The album isn't on iTunes (limited edition.) How do I get it to upload to the cloud so I can play it on other devices?
When I look a Cloud status it just shows as blank.
Bottom line, they will play on my computer but not on my phone. Is there a way to copy them to my phone?
iPhone XS
Got er done... It wasn't easy.I had to connect my iPhone to the computer. On the iPhone went to Music in Settings and turned off Sync Library. Then on my computer, in iTunes/Music, I selected my phone and went to Sync Settings. On the General page chose "Sync only checked songs." Then under the Music tab find the songs that need to added to your phone. When they are selected, you Sync the phone and after the songs are copied to the phone, you can turn on Sync Library on the phone and all the missing songs will play.
This all started because I have some old tunes that were ripped from vinyl and were never widely released. Also, on my computer, when I look in Music with iCloud status turned on I have songs in my library that show as No Longer Available or simply show as blank. I manually copied all those tunes to my phone and now all my songs play.
Got er done... It wasn't easy.I had to connect my iPhone to the computer. On the iPhone went to Music in Settings and turned off Sync Library. Then on my computer, in iTunes/Music, I selected my phone and went to Sync Settings. On the General page chose "Sync only checked songs." Then under the Music tab find the songs that need to added to your phone. When they are selected, you Sync the phone and after the songs are copied to the phone, you can turn on Sync Library on the phone and all the missing songs will play.
This all started because I have some old tunes that were ripped from vinyl and were never widely released. Also, on my computer, when I look in Music with iCloud status turned on I have songs in my library that show as No Longer Available or simply show as blank. I manually copied all those tunes to my phone and now all my songs play.
You need a subscription to either Apple Music or iTunes Match. See Identify cloud status icons in your music library on your Mac or PC - Apple Support. Once an item is listed as either Matched or Uploaded it will be available on any other computer or device where iCloud Music Library is enabled for your Apple ID. The alternative approach is to Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support.
tt2
Thanks. I checked and see that I no longer have Match.
Do you know how to turn off iCloud Sync so I can manually copy songs from my computer to the phone. I'm running 10.15.2 on my Mac and 13.3 on my phone. The instruction I see say to go to my phone's Music setting and turn off iCloud Sync but I don't have that option.
I have a subscription to both Apple Music or iTunes Match. the iCloud status is blank. It shows the status of most songs. I just hit Sync from the menu. I’ll connect it to the computer and see if I can figure out a way to do it that way.
Try File > Library > Update iCloud Music Library.
tt2
Thanks. I'm away from home until Tuesday but I'll let you know how that works when I get home.
You're welcome. 🙂
BTW apart from an edge case with Apple TV 2 there is no benefit to having iTunes Match in addition to Apple Music.
tt2
Turn off Sync Library (the new wording for iCloud Music Library) and you can sync content directly from the library.
tt2
How to get music from my iTunes/Music library into the Cloud iTunes/Music library?
