Songs without album cover art won't play on my iPhone 12 Pro
Hi everyone
Today I encountered a really weird problem on my iPhone 12 after I synced my music from my computer to my phone. I have done this procedure for 10+ years and I've never experienced this before. I buy 95 % of my music - the rest are unreleased bootlegs etc. from Soundcloud and sometimes these downloads come with no album cover art.
In the picture below you'll see my "Recently added (Sidst tilføjet)" playlist on my iPhone and you'll see, that the songs with no album cover art are greyed out and I am not able to play them on my iPhone. The four greyed out songs at the bottom were bought on either Beatport or BandCamp on the 13th of January 2023 and I have the files on my computer and can play them without a problem on my computer - which should mean, that the files aren't corrupted in any way.
If I press one of the greyed out songs it shows a message in Danish that says (translated): "This song is not available in your country or area at the moment".
VPN? Apple ID country? It is worth nothing, that I am NOT using a VPN and my country is indeed set to the same it has always been (Denmark) in my Apple Music / Apple ID (this shouldn't affect these songs either as I didn't buy any of the greyed out songs on iTunes Store, I bought them on other music sites).
System info: I am using iTunes (I guess it's called "Music" now) version 1.2.5.7 on my 2017 15" MacBook Pro and the OS is Monterey version 12.6.2. My iPhone 12 is using iOS 16.2.
A bit unrelated: In general I think the new iTunes/Music app on my MacBook Pro is horrible - the new search function is so bad and the integration between searching in either your own music library or iTunes Store without being able to quickly switch between these two swiftly is making my everyday usage in iTunes super clumsy. As a professional producer and DJ, this is a big downgrade in the usability in iTunes, in my opinion.
I hope you guys can help me out!
Thank you!
Kind regards,
Rasmus
iPhone 12 Pro, iOS 16