Does Apple now ban burned CDs on I Tunes

I own thousands of CDS. With the last software update, half my library will not synch with my phone. It shows up greyed out and when I click the song, it says song not available in your country or region. Does this mean that I Tunes is banning me from playing music I own on my phone? I bought these cds!

iPhone 6s, iOS 11

Posted on Oct 5, 2023 9:39 AM

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turingtest2

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Oct 5, 2023 10:40 AM in response to jimmy229oz

Try Edit > Preferences > Devices > Reset Sync History and then try syncing once more.

If that hasn't helped try signing out of the iTunes Store on the device and then try again.

Otherwise see this post on erratic syncing.

tt2

jimmy229oz Author

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Oct 6, 2023 1:51 PM in response to jimmy229oz

Had to do a full restore on this, but the songs came back after. Restores take forever. Really upset that when I called Apple, they gave me bad info on this. Thanks to Turingtest and The Fiend for helping me. Seems many of my friends had their library of tunes disappear when they downloaded the new IOS as well.

the fiend

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Oct 5, 2023 11:53 AM in response to jimmy229oz

Just to expand on turingtest2's post:

jimmy229oz wrote:

Does this mean that I Tunes is banning me from playing music I own on my phone?

No.

jimmy229oz Author

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Oct 5, 2023 1:16 PM in response to the fiend

Excited to try this fix but to be clear, that is what the Apple tech told me over the phone.

jimmy229oz Author

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Oct 6, 2023 7:15 AM in response to turingtest2

TuringTest, you are a frickin' genious. That worked!!!!!

jimmy229oz Author

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Oct 6, 2023 7:29 AM in response to jimmy229oz

Actually that didnt work, it just deleted the greyed out songs.

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