How to buy music on iPhone with iTunes

Tmoth1 wrote:

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.

Did you bother to read this thread before going off on this little rant? I think not because, if you had, you'd know that you don't have to subscribe to Apple Music, that you're free to buy music from the iTunes Store just the way you always have been able to.

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.

Tmoth1 wrote:

So Apple Music and iTunes are two different things. Yeah, that makes sense. So we need two different apps for one category. Apple dumb.

Dumb like having a car dealership that sells cars and a car rental agency that rents cars. Why do we need both?

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. Until recently, my purchased music on my computer was available to add to my phone. Now if I look for it in search, it’s not there, but I can buy it again for my phone. I do have iCloud shared across devices, but iCloud isn’t in the menu on my new phone unless I subscribe to Apple Music. Every site I’ve searched on this problem provides me with the solution to install Apple Music. So my reality is that iCloud sharing is no longer allowed. Thanks Apple, cuz you obviously don’t make enough on the equipment, through iTunes etc.

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.)

Merzerzur wrote:

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.)

It's not necessary to involve a computer if you don't want to. You can purchase and download music from the iTunes Store right on your phone.

Yes. To buy tracks you can click (computer) or tap(ios device) on the price of the song in the iTunes Store.

If its only available as part of an album, you may not be able to purchase it individually.

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

jwinsmotion113 wrote:

Simple solution - go to the Apple store Icon (white star app on a purple background) that I was totally unaware of previously, and open for the ability to purchase all the music you may want.

It's actually called the iTunes Store.

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.

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.

ken7821 wrote:

This isn't true. Turning off Apple Music just sends you to Radio. Apple is forcing you to subscribe to their music for $$$

Your statement is blatantly false. Apple in no way forces you to subscribe to Apple Music.

I know, because i'm not subscribed, and yet and i can happily buy music from the store just fine, without even seeing the Apple Music subscription.