Why won't my songs transfer from itunes to my iphone?

Hey, everyone!

I just did the latest update to iOS 8.1 on my phone, and guess what? My newly-created playlist APPEARED on my phone, after synching it the normal way. I've spent hours reading this entire thread, trying to decide which one of your brilliantly plausible solutions to attempt, and I'm SO happy for the answer to be "none"! If this is, indeed, an Apple fix, let's just hope it lasts.

I posted this before and it got removed.... probably for "advertising" or some crap.... I'm not trying to sell anything, I'm just trying to help. So I'm posting it again in hopes that it makes someone's day

The first thing you need to do (FOR MAC ONLY) is to go here and download this free program (trust me, I'm usually hesitant on downloading stuff, but this program is a life saver!). The download took a total of maybe 10 seconds... user friendly and extremely simple program, as you'll soon find out.

http://www.headlightsoft.com/detune/downloads.html

Once you've successfully installed Tune, run the program! Once you connect your device, it will automatically show what device is connected. You're ready...

Step One: Connect your iPhone to your laptop (USB) - ignore iTunes if it opens, but CANCEL any sync that may occur (if it doesn't; even better!)

Step Two: In DeTune, it should automatically recognize your device (iPhone) and show all of the data in an iTunes-style display. On the left-hand side, you'll see tabs for Music, Podcasts, etc. (JUST LIKE iTUNES) Step Three: THIS STEP IS NOT NECESSARY, but I highly recommend it to keep all of your stuff organized: Create a new folder on your desktop (title it whatever, I used "iPhone Transfers")

Step Four: In DeTune, select everything you want to transfer. DRAG AND DROP it into the folder you made on your desktop... wait for the copying to complete.

Step Five: Stare at the screen in complete awe and amazement as all of your music is now comfortably sitting on your desktop waiting to be imported into your iTunes music library!

My files were in m4a format, so you may not be able to simply drag and drop. Import them into iTunes via FILE ---> ADD TO LIBRARY, then select the files.... Don't know why you can't just drag and drop, but that works just the same.

I hope this helped! I know I was in the same boat for quite a while, and am VERY pleased with this program. I bet my post disappears within a week 😉

Good luck!!!

Actually I just found the solution!!

Plug your phone into your iMac (I have iPhone 5 with IOS 8). Go to iTunes and click on the upper left corner on your iPhone icon. Then scroll down to OPTIONS where you can select MANUALLY MANAGE MUSIC & VIDEOS. Check that box and then you can drag the songs you want to your iPhone. Now in my case I had only 10 songs or so manually drag to my iPhone. Hope this help. Apple Support helped me with this:)

Here I want to share how I transfer music from iPhone to itunes or back:

1. On the summary tab of your iTunes sync settings check "Sync only checked songs and videos"
2. In your music library check all the songs you want to sync to your phone
3. Make sure there are no exclamation points next to any of the songs you want to sync to your phone
4. Make sure you have authorized your computer for all Apple IDs for purchased music you want to sync to your phone (in Store>Authorize This Computer)
5. Check "Sync Music" on the Music tab of your iTunes sync settings
6. Sync your phone

This worked for me too! Tx ..easy fix

I had the same issue with my iPhone 5s (iOS 8.1) and by the computer side Windows 7 64 bit and iTunes 12. I just uninstalled iTunes then reinstalled and from the iPhone's section go to Summary section and uncheck the automatic sync then go to music tab and uncheck the synch musics. then synch with iphone and your corrupted musics will be deleted from your iphone then go back to music section and re-check the synch musics part. then sync with iphone again and u will see from the music app your musics will get synched.

How i got it to work was delete the songs from your original library but keep the files. Then find the music and and copy it into itunes again. This is because once you move the music files they cant be located anymore. So delete them from library but keep files, then go to where you moved them to and copy them from there and dont move them again.

I was having this same problem and read through this entire board and then happened to see someone mentioning a corrupt update. I uninstalled itunes on my actual computer (I have PC) .. and then I went and reinstalled it from the apple website and now everything is working just fine. I selected playlists and no issues all music is now showing on my iphone. There must of been an issue with the original itunes update.

Guys i wrote on this post before for solution but i found this on the internet and really it worked for me. problem is that u have too many musics and artworks of those. So here is the solution(I have copied the solution because link may die later:

Glitch: Syncing music takes a long time or won’t work

A few people have run into an issue after the iOS 8 update where they’ve installed iOS 8 and had to restore the device, and the process takes a very long time to sync (24 hours or more), or appears to hang indefinitely.

Workaround:

If you have a large number of tracks with artwork then it could be the culprit. Try deleting the artwork from your library and sync again.

Potential solutions:

• Load up iTunes and find your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch in the left column. Choose it then look under Summary at the Options section to find Manually manage music and videos. If it’s already check then try unchecking and re-checking it. You may need multiple syncs to get it to work. You may also have to toggle iTunes Match off under Settings > Music on your iPhone.
• You can also try connecting the device to your computer and firing up iTunes. On the device go to Settings > General > Usage > Manage and delete all the music. In iTunes go to the Music tab and uncheck Sync Music then apply. Now check the Sync Music box again and it should sync up correctly.

For removing artworks of songs:

Select all the tracks in the library, right click > get info > then click the tick box next to 'artwork' (so it shows a tick)

Press OK.

iTunes should now change every track to include no artwork.

The alternative of this method (the only method I can find on the web) only works if you have specifically told iTunes to download the artwork. This can be done by selecting all tracks > right clicking > clear downloaded artwork.

@Msorli Thanks to all those who suggested the solution to manually manage and drag/drop onto the iPod/iPhone icon. Was frustrated for the last few hours thinking my old trusty iPod classic had finally died. I was continuously getting the 'can't read device...please restore' error. The above solution fixed it. BTW you can drag and drop all the files in one shot. Thanks!

Had the same issue, just fixed it by realizing I had "Manually Manage Music" checked on my sync page. I unchecked it and hit sync, then all my missing songs and playlists were magically added. Hope that helps!

Okay, so I had this problem too, and I spent a while trying to fix it and here's where I came up with. *Side note: there are, like, three different music tabs that mean all different things. There is Library Music (in the library column), iPhone Music (right below the settings tab when you click on your device), and Music on your device (under the on your device tab).

1) Connect your device to your computer and start iTunes.

2) Make sure that you have all the music that you want to add/take off of your device checkmarked. I personally find this easier if you change the view to be organized by songs instead of albums or artists.

3) Then click on the icon that looks like your iPhone/iPod and it will take you to the summary of your device.

4) Go to the iPhone music and make sure the 'Sync Music' checkbox is clicked.

5) Click on the circle button that says 'Entire music Library'.

6) Sync your iPhone.

I hope this works for anyone having the same stupid problem.

it's most likely because you've moved your music on your computer. I couldn't figure it out either for the longest time, but I had moved the downloaded music files from my desktop to a folder and the computer couldn't find the original files on the computer to transfer to my phone. So i had to go back to the moved files, open them in iTunes, then re-build my playlists, and then they all could transfer to my phone.

I have had this problem too! But I just figured it out:

settings

music

and change "show all music" to on

then go to your music and download the iCloud stuff

then turn it back off.

funnyhuh has the answer. thanks