All of my music is on my iPhone. When I go to settings to turn on sync I get a message that the music on my phone will be deleted and replaced. Does this mean I'll lose all of the CD's I've loaded onto my phone? I don't have any music on my MacBook
iPhone 6s, iOS 14
Apple Music seems to have worked. I'm pretty sure that iTunes Match doesn't work going from an iPhone to iCloud because of the warning that the files on the phone will be deleted. Once I get all my devices synced to iCloud, I'm going to keep the iTunes Match and cancel my free trial of Apple Music because I can buy a lot of good CD's at thrift shops for a lot less money. Thanks for the help.
Apple Music seems to have worked. I'm pretty sure that iTunes Match doesn't work going from an iPhone to iCloud because of the warning that the files on the phone will be deleted. Once I get all my devices synced to iCloud, I'm going to keep the iTunes Match and cancel my free trial of Apple Music because I can buy a lot of good CD's at thrift shops for a lot less money. Thanks for the help.
The discussion you link to relates to iTunes and transfers between computers. Both of my MacBooks have been upgraded to Apple Music and my problem is how to get music from my iPhone 6s to my MacBook without having the music deleted.
The essentials are the same. You'll need the assistance of a third party tool to extract the media from your device, or you could potentially subscribe to Apple Music on your phone to upload its content which is also supposed to work. My approach would generally be to extract the media with i-FunBox, but given the option I'd also use Windows for recovery because I have some scripts that can reclaim ratings, play counts, playlists. etc. and I've not yet been able to rebuild those for Mac.
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DumbfoundedNewbe wrote:
Do you think the free trial of Apple Music would work? I've already purchased iTunes Match.
I'm told Apple Music does, but I've not personally tested it. I don't know if iTunes Match will upload the content from a device in the same way that Apple Music is supposed to. I'd try and copy off the media with i-FunBox anyway before trying either iTunes Match or Apple Music just in case that doesn't work out. It might be too late if it doesn't.
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DumbfoundedNewbe wrote:
Tried to download i-Funbox and got a message that Apple couldn't open it because it hasn't been checked for malicious software.
I've installed it for the first time on Big Sur and got the same thing. Since I've used it before and reckon it is probably OK I told my Mac to open it anyway. I've scanned the Mac with Malwarebytes and it didn't flag up anything.
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I spoke too soon. The only thing that shows up on my MacBook is album covers without the artwork for sixty CD's that I loaded. The music isn't there and doesn't play. The only music that plays is music that is also available for download through Apple Music. When you scroll over these albums there is also a circle with three dots.
Fortunately, I didn't erase the music from my iPhone because all of it is still available.
I checked the status as you suggested and nothing was uploading. I purchased the AnyTrans app and after two tries was able to transfer the music files from my iPhone to my MacBook Pro. After that, I was able to upload the music files from my MacBook Pro to iCloud Music using my iTunes Match subscription.
Then I ran into a problem sharing the Music Library with family members. Part of the problem may have been caused by one family member having an inactive Apple ID. I contacted Apple Support and they reactivated the Apple ID and I was able to delete the family member.
But I was still unable to share the music on my wife's iPad and iPhone. This problem was fixed when I went into the settings on her iPad and under Music changed the Apple ID that is linked to music purchases from her Apple ID to mine. Fortunately, she had never used Apple Music so no music was lost. Bottom line - everything is up and running and we're working on making some play lists for our next road trip. Thanks for all the help.
See Identify cloud status icons in your music library on your Mac or PC - Apple Support. The music on your phone may still be matching/uploading. What do the status columns tell you?
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Do you think the free trial of Apple Music would work? I've already purchased iTunes Match.
Tried to download i-Funbox and got a message that Apple couldn't open it because it hasn't been checked for malicious software.
You're welcome. 🙂
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Glad to hear you've got everything under control.
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Syncing music from iPhone to MacBook Pro
