why is my iPhone 12 asking me to "transfer" my Apple ID in order to play songs from iTunes Match?

iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 14

Posted on Oct 29, 2020 5:49 PM

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Oct 29, 2020 5:50 PM in response to strangefyr123

I'm not sure what will happen if I click "transfer" and don't want to lose any songs in iTunes Match. apple iTunes support couldn't tell me exactly what would happen if I clicked that button.

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