I have synced my music collection from iTunes to my iPhone on my Windows 10 desktop for years with no issue. Today I sync'd my iPhone 12 to iTunes and over 100 songs are now labeled "unknown album"
What can I do to fix this?
iPhone 12 Pro Max, iOS 16
Quick update. I deleted the Music app on my iPhone, which deleted all the music info on the phone. I reinstalled the Music app and then re-synced with iTunes on my desktop. Problem solved! My music library is as it should be, and all is right in my music world. Thanks.
Quick update. I deleted the Music app on my iPhone, which deleted all the music info on the phone. I reinstalled the Music app and then re-synced with iTunes on my desktop. Problem solved! My music library is as it should be, and all is right in my music world. Thanks.
The usual explanation for this would be that you had selected a bunch of tracks, deleted the value in the Album field, and then pressed OK to action the change. Is the Keep iTunes Media folder organized option enabled? Do you have any form of backup? Failing that do you have any files in the Previous iTunes Libraries folder? See ExportImport for a script that can be used to export metadata from an old library, then import the data into the current library.
tt2
Ah, I thought the damage was in the iPhone library rather than the iPhone. Yes, resyncing might help. If not are the tracks in .mp3 format? I'm reaching here, but it could just possibly be a result of multiple tags as discussed in Repair security permissions for iTunes for Windows - Apple Community.
tt2
Thanks for your help. I did not select/delete any album information. All the songs are associated with the correct album in iTunes on my desktop computer. It's only on my iPhone that shows the numerous songs from "Unknown Album." I'm going to re-sync and see if that helps.
Good to hear. 🙂
tt2
100s of Songs now labeled as Unknown Albums
