Synced Content iPhone Storage - iOS 17 Update

I would love to use previous versions,

like the new iMessage

it would be a challenge to create a selection to use previous versions for selection. Or just swallow what is forced down. I guess it seems THAT NOT ALL NEW IDEAS ARE ACCEPTED with a 😉.

so wouldn’t it more useful and less aggravating if propositions were accepted with a 👍 by the community. Kinda like a total solution.

I am curious if you were able to find an MP3 player for your iPad that will play your local music?

i am in the same shoes. I have many MP3 music that I ripped from my CDs. I bought an iPad with 512gig storage, yet no player to manage my music stored. It is sad to see this lack of support.

ExWin wrote:

I am curious if you were able to find an MP3 player for your iPad that will play your local music?

i am in the same shoes. I have many MP3 music that I ripped from my CDs. I bought an iPad with 512gig storage, yet no player to manage my music stored. It is sad to see this lack of support.

If you have a Mac running macOS Catalina, or later, you should be able to use the Mac's Music app, and Finder-based synchronization, to load music onto your iPad.

Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

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If you have a Mac running macOS Mojave, or earlier, or a PC that is running Windows you should be able to use iTunes to load music onto your iPad.

Use iTunes to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod with your computer - Apple Support

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Note if your iPad is running iPadOS 17, Mac- or PC-based synchronization probably requires:

• macOS Catalina 10.15 or later using the Finder
• macOS High Sierra 10.13 through macOS Mojave 10.14.6 using iTunes 12.9 or later
• Windows 10 or later using iTunes 12.12.10 or later (free download from apple.com/itunes/download)

That is, El Capitan and Sierra are no longer an option. I believe that "iTunes 12.9" is a typo and that High Sierra users can use the most recent version of iOS 12.8.3, possibly with a patch that iTunes itself will prompt them to download. If I remember correctly, the iPhone 15 Technical Specifications used to refer to iTunes 12.9, but now say iTunes 12.8 or later.

i know that already. Thank you though.

i got rid of my PC and trying to do with just my iPad and iPhone atm.

lack of support to utilizing 512gig is somewhat of a sad joke.

I agree with the person I posted a reply question to, and that is, Apple is not very supportive when you have your own music, otherwise an app would be written.

I realize you are not asking me, but I use iMazing to synch my 16GB of ripped mp3's to my iPads & iPhone (I use the Apple Music app). You do need the paid version, though, to work with a large number of files. I no longer use iTunes.

Thanks. so, you do not use a PC/Mac based computer to sync?

i manually copied the files into my iPad. Would iMazing be able to link music files to the music app?

i would love to get rid of extra devices and space on my PC, when I get one.

I have about 32Gig of CD ripped music.

I see. Thank you for that.

it is amazing to have an iPad pro, that has reasonable processor and storage, yet Apple

make you dependent on a PC. I do not think it is a technology issue, as much as Apple only sees its vision and not catering to some realities. Disappointing.

again, thank you for sharing. Few of us out there, who are forgotten about, because we do not subscribe to Apple music.

It would be great if the discussion about alternative music players were held in another place.

1. It’s not a solution.

2. The synced content is in my case the apps I have on my phone (iPhone 12 mini). It takes up 31.4 GB of space while my synced music is less than 2 GB.

Wow! Ok I have Apple Music and I noticed I have all this new stuff in my music collection I have never heard of before! No wonder that’s the reason syncing from my laptop to my iPhone made my iPhone freeze! Someone dropped the ball on this BIG TIME! Smh They need to fix this!!

I am sort of new to Apple world. Does Apple take on problems and follow through with resolutions?

Or is up to them to not address real problems and ignore them? Are we held hostage choosing this platform?

43Gig lost in synch is not acceptable.

Well I wish they would hurry up, this has been going for at least 2 months now and we need more people to complain, it is unacceptable, I have been really thinking of changing from apple in future, having been with then since the 1992. They are no longer what they use to be. Even their phones have been surpassed by others these days . Their mp pic is rubbish compared to others,

wake up apple, re evaluate yourself before it is too late.

i have two iPads a mac and a phone and it’s accumulating merely to make me get higher gb models., well I will go elsewhere rather than be blackmailed.

ios 7.2.1 fixed my problem. The synched content is now 11.2 G and matches the memory reported to be used by all my music under the music app size report. It no longer shows on the total memory report as music. Only the music app size is accounted as memory used for Music category.

You must be running a new version of iOS. The reported problem in early iOS 17.0.x was real but was fixed in the later iOS updates. Apple’s refusal to simply acknowledge that there was a bug that was fixed is disingenuous

Here’s the details on memory use assigned to the music app. Note that synced music is no longer encumbering the memory assigned to music documents and also encumbering memory as synced content. It is now only assigned to the synced content memory allocation.

My 14PM is on 17.2.1. I have loaded approx. 16GB of my own music on it - ripped CDs, MP4s that I own from elsewhere, zero Apple Music. My Synch Data is approx. 16GB, the Music app shows 813MB of documents & data.