Itunes 12 does not have the "Manually manage music" option

I have tried to figured out this problem since I have 3G IPhone 2009, and its still complicated procedure. I have to back up all music file even I want to add 1 (one) music files. And the Itunes will be sync all the music files (at least 2000 songs) all over again, painful but it is.

And now I have stop using Iphone or Ipod since 2009. I thought Apple's programmers had problem to do such easy task and they don't listen very well.

Thanks

This is the best way I can explain this. Your "iTunes Music" in your iPhone will delete, BUT if all your music is saved in your iTunes on your computer it will sync back into your iPhone. If you have music from other peoples' iTunes in your "iTunes Music" on your iPhone it will delete and you will not be able to get it back. So, only music in your personal iTunes library will sync back to your iPhone after deletion.

Thanks man. You are genius. Point number 3 solved my issue.

3) Go back to "Settings" and scroll down to "Music" and turn off "iCloud Music Library". You should see "Genius" pop up above "iCloud Music Library". Notice when you go back to "Settings" and go back to "Music" it does not turn back on.

Thanks again.

I seemed to have to switch off iCloud music, at that point I began to wonder what the point of paying Apple £15 a month when I couldn't seem to use their service whilst also accessing music I've bought over the years, so I unsubscribed.

It is kinda scary how badly thought through a lot of iTunes and Apple Music related decisions seem to be...

I'm not sure what people mean when they say the "summary tab".

I'm not sure what people mean when the say "iCloud Library". I go to iCloud Drive on my phone and turn it on, but the word "library" doesn't appear.

The Genius did not appear above Music when I turned on cellular data.

So I still can't find the "sync" button, manually or automatically. I can't uncheck a song. I can't delete a song using the delete button. I'm stuck.

I finally found the sync button! I right clicked beneath the word Devices in the Playlists view and it came up.

maybe doing something in all those suggestions worked.

holy crap, just when i thought nothing anyone said on these forums would work this did. You're a saint, i might even go as far as saying I'm falling in love with you. You cannot imagine how frustrating it was not being able to sync new music to my phone and the steps everyone else had been talking about doing absolutely nothing to help my problem.
thank you so much

where can i find it at? i have the iphone 6s and theres no icloud music library dude and its not letting me sync even with manual the newest update is garbage and itunes is garbage anymore as soon as i can im leaving wortless apple and thier sh*tty iphones

Worked, thanks. Not sure why Apple continues to make default changes to our phone/iTunes setups when they update. As bright as they are you would think they would make it easier on the user. Beginning to be painful to even look at an update message.

Fo MacBook El Capitan: In iTunes 12, there is an icon of the device on the left side bar and above that side bar as well. Click on the top one and a summary will appear. The manually manage music option is listed in that summary.

I have this same problem. I DO NOT have an iphone. I just have MacBook pro and a brand new iPod touch. I am getting very frustrated with today's need to have cellular data. I don't need it. I don't want it. I just want my music!!!! iCloud is a real pain in the rear.

If you turn off the iCloud library, then you lose all the AppleMusic songs you have downloaded. I really do hate this. There is no longer a way to add physical music you have paid for(CDs, etc) to your ipod if you have AppleMusic.

Diskcikenget wrote:

I use an app called airdrop.

It allows me to transfer between iDevices and also my computer, all wirelessly of course.

Check it out, you might like it.

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Same issue here.

Same here! It won't even let me sync my playlists to my phone? UGH this is so annoying!

You need to turn off the iCloud library in settings on the iPhone, then the manually manage music and videos option should be available again.

Hope this helps

James