ipod only syncs 10 songs in a playlist

Do the songs play correctly on the computer? Note that you cannot sync content from the Apple Music subscription service, or anything currently located in the cloud. Syncing will typically exclude unchecked tracks.

tt2

Subscription content from the Apple Music service is subject to DRM and is only supposed to work within iTunes, Music, or iOS devices when downloaded to them using your Apple ID. Apple surely don't sanction using third-party tools to remove DRM, whatever you claim. Either the tool you have works, or it doesn't. If it works, and produces something playable in other software, e.g. VLC, then one would expect those copies to be playable in a 5th gen. classic too. If they don't then you've already had a suggestion of what to do. Convert once more to some other compatible format, and see if that can be added to the library and then synced to your device.

Please read item B.8.ii from Apple Support Communities Use Agreement - Apple Community.

tt2

I don't have enough information to go on, but you could try converting the songs that won't transfer into new copies in AAC/256K format and see if the new copies will work.

tt2

Converting DRM protected Apple Music content to remove the protection so the files can be used elsewhere is a breach of contract. If you want to listen to those tracks on your classic you should purchase them properly, otherwise stick to listening within the context of iTunes/Apple Music.

tt2

Riley_The_Gamer wrote:

no, it's not.

Pretty sure it is.

Still, the risk is yours.

tt2 has beaten me to it. I too refer you to B.8.ii from https://discussions.apple.com/terms

Riley_The_Gamer wrote:

well - okay. i called apple support and everyone's said it's fine.

What's fine, converting Apple Music to another format in order to get round a restriction designed to prevent you from making an unprotected copy for yourself?

It isn't fine, you will be in breach of your contract with Apple (read into this; "it's against the law") and what's more, discussions here in the Apple forum about circumventing such restrictions are forbidden by Apple. I'm fairly certain that you would have agreed to abide by both policies (not attempting to create unprotected versions and not discussing attempts to create unprotected versions) when you signed up with Apple Music and for the forum here.

So, let's start again:

• if the music that will not copy to your iPod is originally from Apple Music, then it cannot be added to an iPod Classic
• any attempt to get around that restriction, including, but not limited to, converting the music to an unprotected format would put you in breach of your agreement with Apple, that you agreed to abide by, when you signed up for Apple Music
• if you have managed to create a copy, but that copy will not go onto the iPod either, then there is nothing anyone here can suggest. Nothing.
• MacOS will not provide you with a solution, you will face the same restriction. Even if it did, are you seriously suggesting that you would buy (or get your parents to buy you) a Mac rather than paying a small sum for a legitimate (purchased) copy of the songs?
• all your claims:
  • it's only you listening to the music
  • you won't keep a copy when you subscription ends (I regard that one with particular amusement)
  • you've already paid for the subscription (which does not mean you get to make your own copy)
  • you've paid for the convertor and the iPod (that doesn't help the musician, does it?)
  • your parents say it's okay
  • Apple told you it's ok (but what precisely did you tell them?)

are irrelevant. They mean nothing.

Hopefully, you will see this response before the most likely event, which is that this whole discussion will be removed by Apple due to the nature of the discussion.

You have to do what I did when I was young; buy only what you can afford and then wait until you can afford to buy the more expensive option.

It doesn't matter how many different ways you find to ask the same question; you cannot put Apple Music onto an iPod Classic.

Technically, this is because the Classic simply isn't capable of using Apple Music. In addition to that, it is protected music; protected against copying in any form so that you can get to keep a copy once you stop paying the subscription. Attempts by you to get round this restriction are against Apple's Terms of Use (as has been explained), to which you agreed when you created your ID. In other words, you are in dangerous legal territory. If you don't understand what that means, get your parents to read this discussion (don't simply tell them your interpretation of it). As for whether you could be sued, it's not for anyone here to say.

i talked to apple support and showed the converter, the guy said that because it's old technology that doesn't support apple music even though it's made by apple, it would be perfectly fine to put the songs on the iPod unless you cancel the apple music subscription.

Have a think about what you've written there. Since you cannot put Apple Music onto a Classic, the Apple representative is correct in saying that you can put it onto an iPod (that is, a modern iPod Touch) for as long as you pay the subscription. Since the only way to put Apple Music onto a Classic would be to convert it to a format the Classic can use (which so far, your attempts have found impossible), you would then be breaking the contract by which you are bound, which prevents you from attempting to get around the restriction you face. Again, if you don't understand what this means, get your parents to read this discussion in its entirety.

Riley_The_Gamer wrote:

edit; i know this is kinda of not relevant, but does anyone know of any good things a kid can do to make some money? I'm not old enough to get a real job so just looking for some legal things an actual child can do

I think it's time this discussion came to a close. I'm now asking myself if you're old enough to be here: read the same article, https://discussions.apple.com/terms section C.1 regarding minimum age.