iTunes (PC) sync to Iphone

I am trying to sync my iTunes library on my Windows 11 PC to my iPhone.


I was led to believe this would be fairly straight forward, but it's not proved to be.


I have the latest version of iTunes on the PC, the latest software update on my iPhone and I'm an Apple Music customer too.


As I understand it, Apple tries to 'match' the songs in my iCloud library with what's duplicated on Apple Music. And this works. However I have a lot of files in my library that are not on Apple Music that I uploaded to iTunes from old CDs etc.


But when I try to sync these to my phone via Apple Music most of the files appear greyed out in the library on the phone and can't be accessed, although a handful are available - sometimes on an album 3 of the songs have syncd while the rest haven't...


I've also tried a hard-wire synch by plugging the iPhone into the laptop but that doesn't work either. The process seems to initiate but nothing happens in terms of transfer of files from the laptop to the phone.


It's driving me nuts. Any help would be appreciated. I have a large library (120gb) and have tried leaving it a few hours for the sync to work but that didn't happen.


Thanks

iPhone 13, iOS 16

Posted on Jul 8, 2023 2:17 PM

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Once hypha subscribe to Apple Music, you should not have to manually "hard-wire" sync your music library to your iPhone. You should be able to access your music library, including your playlists, on any device that has the Apple Music app and signed in with the same Apple ID that you use with your Apple Music subscription. Make sure you have Sync Library enabled on all your devices:

Use Sync Library to access your music library across your devices - Apple Support


Perhaps this article will help:

If songs are missing from your music library after you turn on Sync Library - Apple Support


Posted on Jul 8, 2023 6:38 PM

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Jul 8, 2023 6:38 PM in response to aellis80

Once hypha subscribe to Apple Music, you should not have to manually "hard-wire" sync your music library to your iPhone. You should be able to access your music library, including your playlists, on any device that has the Apple Music app and signed in with the same Apple ID that you use with your Apple Music subscription. Make sure you have Sync Library enabled on all your devices:

Use Sync Library to access your music library across your devices - Apple Support


Perhaps this article will help:

If songs are missing from your music library after you turn on Sync Library - Apple Support


iTunes (PC) sync to Iphone

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