How do I transfer ripped CD's from iDevice back onto my PC with iTunes?

To be precise, Syncing of music is one way; from iTunes to your iPhone. Even Apple purchases are not actually copied from the your phone to iTunes. Instead, once you sign into your account via iTunes, your store purchases can then be downloaded from the store to your iTunes Library.

biosphere76 wrote:

Is there now, within IOS 15 a way to get around this?

Not that I'm aware of, only the third-party software that it sounds as though you are already aware of.

However, to retrieve as much of your non-Apple music, the first thing to try is; if you only recently deleted the songs from your iTunes Library, check your recycle bin to see if you can retrieve them. If that is not successful:

• for CDs, rip them again from the CD
• for purchases as M3 files from other stores, go to your account with that store and re-download them

Can I suggest that for the future, you make a backup of all your music? A portable device (even a non-Apple one) is not a suitable backup. Phones get stolen, lost, broken and eventually just fail. As do hard drives, so relying on your computer as your only copy is not a good idea.

• Main copy on your computer
• Back up onto an external drive (in case you lose your complete computer)
• Perhaps even a second back up

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - Apple Community. I think iFunbox is still available and free. Or MediaMonkey.

tt2