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I recently bought a new PC and moved my music from my old one. I went to sync my music with my iPhone XR in iTunes and the the option to manually manage music was not there. What magic do I have to do to get that capability back?
Windows, Windows 10
Select the device with this icon first:
The option you're looking for should be on the device's summary tab. Note that adding content from a new computer may cause iTunes to erase all existing media content on the device. iPhone's can only be manually managed from a single library. See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - Apple Community if needed.
tt2
When you manually manage content you simply drag & drop from the library to the device where it appears in the sidebar. The options for choosing playlists, artist, albums, etc. only appear when you sync with the library. As for checkboxes in the songs view there is an option for these under Edit > Preferences > General. Checkboxes are best used to exclude content like bonus interview tracks from normal playback rather than as syncing tool.
tt2
Thanks, tt2! That was what I wanted. I appreciate your help!
I'm still a bit confused. I assume you meant the Manually manage music and videos checkbox. I checked that:
I checked it (as you can see above) but went to the music tab and the check boxes for individual songs are not there.
Any additional insights appreciated.
PS - I put in screen shots but I'm unsure if they are showing up...
You're welcome. 🙂
tt2
Manually manage music in iTunes
