How to buy music on iPhone with iTunes

Apple wants to force us to subscribe to its radio subscription service. They will be sued by a large class soon for bait and switch. We can no longer simply buy music on iTunes. I am done with Apple. It has become rotten.

I attempted to buy some music from the itunes store today and didn't realize it had directed me instead to Apple Music. When I tried to sync to my iphone, it said the Apple Music could not be synced to iphone. Followed the steps in the thread above to change back to the itunes store so I could purchase and download the music, but there is no option now to purchase, only to play it. Have I unwittingly signed up for a three-month Apple Music subscription now that they're going to continue to charge me for if I don't cancel? Do I have to wait 3 months until those songs are now longer available to me through Apple Music so that I can actually purchase them and sync to my iphone? Any advice or suggestions? I agree with some of the other posters... this is crappy of Apple and I may now search for other options. I've spent all day trying to figure this out. It really should not be this hard.

You can download music from the store to your computer; however, even though it stores in iCloud, it will not show up on your phone to download unless you subscribe to Apple Music and pay the fee.

Wrong, it will show and you can download it on your phone e.g. via the Purchased tab in the iTunes Store app (unless you've hidden it)

Download iTunes on your computer (dosnt matter if is not a MacBook)... sync your music from your PC with iTunes... connect your phone and in the music sync section, select the music.... and then sync your iPhone with iTunes and automatically all your music is going to move to your iPhone. (Dosnt matter if you downloaded from internet.)

Agree, this is unacceptable! I switched to Amazon for my music. For my family Prime works well, and they don’t try to force you into some plan, with no obvious option to decline. When I say no thanks, that should of been the end of it. Actually it was for Itunes for my family. A happy customer tells 7 people, unhappy customer tells 70. Those numbers are from a time before social media, guess my higher now.

Andy

My Apple Music is off, but it’s wont let me get my already purchased music out of iCloud. It just keeps popping up a screen to renew my subscription. I never signed up for the free trial in the first place. Now I’ve lost all my music that I’ve already purchased.

How are you trying to redownload your past music purchases ? If using an iOS device you're going to the Purchased tab in the iTunes Store app, if using a computer's iTunes you're going to the Account > Purchased menu option ?

I deleted some songs that I had purchased because I was told that once I bought them I would have access to those songs forever, but when I clicked on the iCloud next to the song it tells me to renew my Apple Music. When I go into iTunes to retrieve the song that way it wants me to repurchase it. I went into my past purchases and it shows that I have already purchased all of the songs I’m trying to retrieve.

As long as the song remains available in the iTunes Store you would not need to re-purchase it, and can simply re-download it.

However Apple does not guarantee the permanence of media in the stores since rights holders can at any point in time remove the media they own from the iTunes store.

If you want to guarantee permanent access to your purchased media, its best to download it to a computer, and back it up.

Legal - Apple Media Services - Apple

It is your responsibility not to lose, destroy, or damage Content once downloaded. We encourage you to back up your Content regularly.

REDOWNLOADS

You may be able to redownload previously acquired Content (“Redownload”) to your devices that are signed in with the same Apple ID (“Associated Devices”). You can see Content types available for Redownload in your Home Country at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204632. Content may not be available for Redownload if that Content is no longer offered on our Services.

No, what Kappy says is not true. When you click on "not now" to subscribe to Apple Music it simply kicks you back to the original screen. When you go to the store you're lost. They simply are trying to make you become a subscriber. Time to move on.

This is on your phone ? If you are seeing you are in the Music app where you play your music, you need to exit that and go into the iTunes Store app :

Or if using your computer's iTunes, and if you don't have the store hidden via the Restrictions tab in iTunes' Preference, you need to click on the Store tab at the top middle of the screen :

Press2Start wrote:

What I know from experience about Apple Music is that after you're free trial, you cannot keep the files. Never. Each month you have to pay in order to keep the songs, BUT if you cancel you're membership you will lose you're songs again. So I would stick with iTunes & purchase single music which we can keep. With Apple Music you cannot even after you cancel you're membership.

You're post contradicts itself. First, you say you'll lose the music you downloaded if you cancel. Then, you say you can't cancel.

Of course you can't keep the music you've downloaded through a streaming service once you cancel the service. That's how it works. That's how Spotify, Amazon Music and Google Music work. The last music service I remember that let you download unlimited music that was yours to keep for one monthly fee was Emusic. You say you've never heard of them? Of course you haven't. They went out of business (at least in that form) about a decade ago. And, they never offered new releases from big name artists. Do you honestly think it would make business sense to let you download as much music as you wanted for $9.99 a month? Do the math.

Streaming services are not for everyone. They don't claim to be.

And, yes, you can cancel Apple Music whenever you chose to.

Manage your Apple Music membership on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, PC, or Apple TV - Apple Support

The app is called "iTunes" not "iTunes Store".

If you can't find it on your iPhone, you may either have removed it or restricted it. Check Settings>General>Restrictions to see if it has been restricted.

See this article if you've removed it:

Remove built-in Apple apps from the Home screen on your iOS device with iOS 10 and later - Apple Support

I tried following Apples directions but there is NO option for the iTunes Store there anymore! Getting pretty ticked off

Thanks King Penguin!