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Q: Music not syncing after iOS 7 update

I updated to iOS7 on my iPhone 4 and less than half of my music is syncing to my phone. Any thoughts? I am already hating this update for more than one reason and this is adding icing to the cake...

iPhone 4, iOS 7

Posted on Sep 18, 2013 9:29 PM

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  • by DasKita,

    DasKita DasKita Sep 23, 2013 1:31 PM in response to seanmacc
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    Sep 23, 2013 1:31 PM in response to seanmacc

    Thank you, soooooo much! Consolidating my library worked like charm!!! I thought I was going to go mad, thank you!!!!!

  • by seanmacc,

    seanmacc seanmacc Sep 23, 2013 1:36 PM in response to DasKita
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    Sep 23, 2013 1:36 PM in response to DasKita

    Great!!  You're welcome- hopefully that also works for others that are having this issue!

  • by Lilinss,

    Lilinss Lilinss Sep 23, 2013 1:52 PM in response to yax412
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    Sep 23, 2013 1:52 PM in response to yax412

    I repaired iTunes and did a hard reset on my phone and when I connected with the cable, it synced the 2 playlists that I checked. But when I changed and checked "Sync entire music library" or even checked more playlists to sync, it was back to being stuck at "Waiting for changes to be applied"

    I tried everything mentionned here and none of them worked for me

  • by slee204488,

    slee204488 slee204488 Sep 23, 2013 5:37 PM in response to seanmacc
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    Sep 23, 2013 5:37 PM in response to seanmacc

    I consolidated my library and tried to sync a few playlists without success. The sync got cancelled after a few hundred songs.

     

    I still believe syncing Playlists, not Artists, Genres causing the problem.

  • by EbyThomas,

    EbyThomas EbyThomas Sep 23, 2013 5:43 PM in response to slee204488
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    Sep 23, 2013 5:43 PM in response to slee204488

    No don't think so. Of my 3000-odd songs, I added about 2000 of them to a playlist and synced that to my phone without problems. Of course I had to to do that in steps of about a 100 songs, so it took me about 2 hours, but I did manage to get them eventually.

  • by slee204488,

    slee204488 slee204488 Sep 23, 2013 5:49 PM in response to EbyThomas
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    Sep 23, 2013 5:49 PM in response to EbyThomas

    After all the suggested steps, I successfully synced the first playlist(83 songs) but failed to sync the second playlist(350 songs)...

  • by EbyThomas,

    EbyThomas EbyThomas Sep 23, 2013 5:52 PM in response to slee204488
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    Sep 23, 2013 5:52 PM in response to slee204488

    Try the 350-playlist in increments of 95 or so.. As in add 95 to the playlist, sync it, then add the next 95, sync it again, so on..

  • by clevergirl929,

    clevergirl929 clevergirl929 Sep 23, 2013 6:07 PM in response to yax412
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    Sep 23, 2013 6:07 PM in response to yax412

    So I tried everything above, and finally found out what was causing my issue.  On your phone go to Music and select More at the bottom.  Under the Shared option, make sure your entire music library is selected.  My phone only had what I had purchased on my iphone selected, not my entire music library.  As soon as i choose Music Library all of my songs magically appeared, without having to sync again.

     

    Just tried to resync after unchecking a few songs on iTunes.  It still won't sync but at least my songs are on my phone.

  • by SoupsFoosington,

    SoupsFoosington SoupsFoosington Sep 23, 2013 7:12 PM in response to clevergirl929
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    Sep 23, 2013 7:12 PM in response to clevergirl929

    THIS WORKS. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU NEED.

  • by k-pak05,

    k-pak05 k-pak05 Sep 23, 2013 8:03 PM in response to clevergirl929
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    Sep 23, 2013 8:03 PM in response to clevergirl929

    Checking the entire library under the shared option mentoned by clevergirl resolved my problem after a day of waiting screens. The music is there, under the 'other' mentioned by previous users ... it's just unrecogonized until you hit the 'switch.' Still get the 'waiting for changes to be applied' but all the music is there. Thanks for the tip!

  • by slee204488,

    slee204488 slee204488 Sep 23, 2013 8:07 PM in response to k-pak05
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    Sep 23, 2013 8:07 PM in response to k-pak05

    I don't see shared feature in my music app. I am using iphone 4. Don't use match service.

  • by k-pak05,

    k-pak05 k-pak05 Sep 23, 2013 8:18 PM in response to slee204488
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    Sep 23, 2013 8:18 PM in response to slee204488

    No need for match, I do not use the service either. Screen shots attached ... navigate to the 'More' tab here:

    IMG_2122.PNG

     

    Then select the 'shared' option as pictured below. There should be an option to select your entire library as the 'iPhone' library is defaulted to. Hope this helps.

    IMG_2123.PNG

  • by slee204488,

    slee204488 slee204488 Sep 23, 2013 8:41 PM in response to k-pak05
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    Sep 23, 2013 8:41 PM in response to k-pak05

    What is wrong with me? No shared option...

     

    Also, this solution does not seen to explain the abrupt cancellation of sync...

     

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  • by Lilinss,

    Lilinss Lilinss Sep 23, 2013 10:33 PM in response to k-pak05
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    Sep 23, 2013 10:33 PM in response to k-pak05

    Yeah I don't have a "Shared" option either. Did you do that while syncing ? Were you syncing your entire music library or by playlists ?

  • by rcc174,

    rcc174 rcc174 Sep 23, 2013 10:57 PM in response to clevergirl929
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    Sep 23, 2013 10:57 PM in response to clevergirl929

    Clevergirl's method worked for me finally!  Got everything on my phone by switching sharing to my whole library.  Sharing wasn't showing up for me at first either, but I was syncing my phone and then it just popped up and I was able to edit the settings.  Not sure how to force it to come up though...

     

    Thanks for the fix!!!

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