I have an iPhone, a macbook pro and now an iMac. I can play all my songs on the macbook (apparently that is where the library resides) I can play them on my iPhone. The iMac is a no go. All the albums have the little cloud next to them. So they are held hostage in apple's cloud?
What do I do to listen to my music on my iMac?
iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5)
You yourself stop holding it hostage and copy the library from the MacBook to the other computer. Or perhaps download them from the Cloud since that is how they ended up on your phone. While some people expect Apple to do everything for them others see it as unwelcome interference if Apple automatically puts things on their computers.
Since I could see them in iTunes and there is the option to download....I tried to download from the cloud and that is what is not working. I will manually copy them as you suggest. But I wonder, when I buy new music will it sync?
I didn't expect Apple to do everything for me. But the app, the help, the ads all say "with the cloud you can sync all devices and listen to your music anywhere" or something similar.
I would like to delete some music from my library. It appears that this is not easy or possible. I see the option to "hide". What?
You can have up to five computers associated with your Apple ID.
Manage your associated devices as shown here:
View and remove associated devices in iTunes - Apple Support
Click on the little cloud to start the download.
What happens when you try to download?
It grinds and grinds and.....it says it is downloading but nothing gets downloaded.
how to associate my iMac with my apple ID
