Music transfer to new iPhone 12

Hello IOOFTAZ,

We understand that you're trying to sync your music from your Windows computer to your iPhone. Is the remainder of your music content through Apple Music? If so, you'll want to review the following:

Turn on Sync Library with Apple Music - Apple Support

If not, let us know where the music originated that isn't syncing and we can go from there.

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I had the same problem and I'm happy to say got it resolved. First of all I had to re download all of my CD's onto my Mac. Before doing that I had to update my Mac's operating system to Mac Big Sur. Since my Mac wasn't equiped with a CD port that meant I had to buy one through Apple for $75 or so. So once all of that business was done then the actual process could begin. The process began by going to the music app or I Tunes and click on "Would you like to import the CD". Next is getting the CD onto the I Phone. Connect the I Phone to the Mac and go to Finder--then hit " I Phone" in the left margin. Expand the I Phone app and hit "Music" at the top and then "Albums" or songs or whatever you want to download and check this next to your preference. Then hit "Apply" and it should download onto your phone. Be sure to hit the disconnect sign next to "i Phone" in the left margin before disconnecting your phone or this will screw things up for quite a while. Hope it works for you as it did for me. It's a long process (especially downloading the CDs onto the Mac) but in the end is worth it. Good Luck . Jerry D

I am having same problem! What is going on here?! I have thousands of songs I uploaded from CDs. I get the new iPhone every year and have had no problems transferring my CD music until iPhone 12. Someone please help!!!!!!

I there an answer to this question? I also purchased a CD drive so that I COULD RE-DOWNLOAD MY CDS TO MY MAC which doesn't have a CD port. So my question is once my CDs are again downloaded to my MAC how do the CDs get transfered to my new I Phone 12?

Tenn1sb0y wrote:

I bought a iPhone 12 and changed my number. When I tried to open my music, my past purchases aren’t there? What can I do to retrieve my music?

Did you Sign in with your Apple ID - Apple Support? Ideally all your music would be in an iTunes library so it could be synced/restored to your iPhone when needed.

tt2

No. Apple Music is an optional service. You can all locally stored media to iTunes and then sync it to your device. See Import media from a computer to iTunes on PC - Apple Support and Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support.

tt2

If you rip content into iTunes and then sync to your device iCloud isn't involved. If you have purchases in the cloud you can download them to the device. Apple Music and iTunes Match are optional services that use the cloud, but again if you choose to use them you can download content so it is available when you don't have access to the Internet.

tt2

I'm having the same problem - the music that is not syncing is from CD's that I imported to iTunes

Do I have to subscribe to iTunes to get my CDs from my Windows desktop to my iphone12?

same problem

Did you sort it out? I still have not.

Yes, my external hard drive (where my music is) was disconnected

Rip CDs into iTunes or Music. Sync music to iPhone.

tt2

what if I donèt want to be on icloud to listen to the music?

I bought a iPhone 12 and changed my number. When I tried to open my music, my past purchases aren’t there? What can I do to retrieve my music?