Music will only play over wifi
How come my iPhone 5s will only play my music over WiFi. My music was synced to some sort of icloud or iTunes match. How do I get it back on my phone locally.
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chuck_3rd
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Hello dtoth04,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
I see from your post that music is only playing when you're connected to a Wi-Fi network. This indicates you have enabled iCloud Photo Library, and you are streaming music rather than having it downloaded on your iPhone. In order to make it available to play when not on a Wi-Fi network, you will need to make those songs available for offline as shown in the link below.
Listen offline
You can save songs—including songs that you bought from the iTunes Store, added from Apple Music, or that were matched or uploaded with Apple Music or iTunes Match—to your device for offline listening. Tap
next to the item. Then tap Make Available Offline to save them to your device.
To see music that you saved to listen to offline, go to My Music. Under the Recently Added section, tap the category selector (Artists, Albums, etc.). Show Music Available Offline is at the bottom of the category list. When this setting is on, My Music shows only songs that you saved to your device. Turn this setting off to see all of your music, including music stored in iCloud Music Library.
Using the new Music app - Apple Support
Take care.