Ripped albums from iTunes when synced to iPhone appear purchased with copyright

This is an interesting one. I don’t use Apple Music; I rip albums to PC, then sync directly to my iPhone. A problem I’m encountering is this ‘show complete album’ option. Copyright information appears below the album, and the artist name changes from greyed-out to red. Essentially, the album appears as if I have purchased tracks from the store, even when it is my own CD in origin. A fix I’ve found is to sign out of purchases on my iPhone; but that is now untenable with the latest update, which requires being signed in to use various apps like Instagram. Any tips on this would be appreciated.

Posted on Jan 20, 2026 11:47 PM

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Ripped albums from iTunes when synced to iPhone appear purchased with copyright

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