We are having trouble manually adding music to our iPad running the latest version iOS 8.3, this is a new thing since we updated it. Now, when we use "add to" to add music from our Mac Desktop onto the iPad in iTunes, it puts the songs on the iPad, b

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We are having trouble manually adding music to our iPad running the latest version iOS 8.3, this is a new thing since we updated it. Now, when we use "add to" to add music from our Mac Desktop onto the iPad in iTunes, it puts the songs on the iPad, b

We are having trouble manually adding music to our iPad running the latest version iOS 8.3, this is a new thing since we updated it. Now, when we use "add to" to manually add music from our Mac Desktop onto the iPad in iTunes, it puts the songs on the iPad, but they are greyed out and don't play. Any ideas?

We do have manually manage music checked, and no syncing setup. We don't want it to sync because my iTunes library on my computer is way bigger than the amount of space on the iPad, so we just want to upload select Albums to it. We've done this in the past, but it doesnt' seem to work the same way anymore for some reason.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on May 26, 2015 4:50 PM

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idelle Author

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May 26, 2015 4:52 PM in response to idelle

Here is a screenshot of the "greyed out" songs on the iPad, it doesn't appear to be loading or doing anything, we've walked away for an hour and it still looks this way.

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Kappy

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May 26, 2015 4:56 PM in response to idelle

First, you must add music tracks from the Desktop into iTunes, then sync from iTunes to your iPad. The first part requires you to select Add to Library from the File menu of iTunes. Then select the tracks you want from the iTunes list of your Music and sync them to your iPad.

Please get iPad User Guide for iOS 8.1.

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idelle Author

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May 26, 2015 7:45 PM in response to Kappy

That did it! I didn't know we had to click on "sync" to copy the files… I thought that meant it would sync my entire computer/ipad, and we just wanted to do the music so we were hesitant to hit sync. Everytime we update the iPad, it makes us jump through new, extra hoops, not sure why it everything is getting harder (more steps) but glad to have your help to figure it out! Thanks!

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