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Confused by clouds only on iPhone

I have all my music that I downloaded or put on myself in my iTunes Library, on both my iMac and iPod. I recently got my first smartphone and immediately much of my music showed up on the phone. But all songs have a red cloud say I can stream these. I don't want to use iCloud. I don't have to stream nor do I want to do that. I bought these songs and they are in my library on my Mac and iPod as well as backed up on external drives. What must I do to just simply get them to my Pro Max iPhone...just synch? I'm concerned I might do something wrong.

iPhone 11 Pro Max

Posted on Jan 26, 2020 7:25 PM

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Posted on Jan 26, 2020 7:49 PM

Did you subscribe to Apple Music (with a free trial):

Subscribe to Apple Music on iPhone - Apple Support


It sounds like you don't want Apple Music:

View, change, or cancel your subscriptions - Apple Support


Then you should be abled to sync your music library from your iMac:

Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support


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Jan 26, 2020 7:49 PM in response to Bob Foss

Did you subscribe to Apple Music (with a free trial):

Subscribe to Apple Music on iPhone - Apple Support


It sounds like you don't want Apple Music:

View, change, or cancel your subscriptions - Apple Support


Then you should be abled to sync your music library from your iMac:

Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support


Confused by clouds only on iPhone

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