Songs won't download to phone, only available through iCloud music library

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Songs won't download to phone, only available through iCloud music library

I had 1100 songs prior to getting apple music in august and only have downloaded about 60 since then and all sorts of problems have occurred. My main problem being that all the music i had prior to apple music has all switched to "iCloud music library" which is forcing me to listen to all my music using Cellular data with the option of making them "available offline" one by one. This happened all of a sudden and now I only have 8/1100 songs downloaded to my device and the rest for some reason is only available using "iCloud music library". How do I download all of my music to my device so that I do not have to use cellular data anymore or have to manually "make available offline"?

iPhone 6, iOS 9.1

Posted on Nov 14, 2015 7:52 PM

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Nov 14, 2015 10:19 PM in response to WeezyFWeena

Switch from cellular to using wi-fi for most data transfer.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7163823 - If you have signed up for Apple Music or iTunes Match you won't have the option to manually manage or sync music to a device in iTunes. Music syncing is done through iCloud and all your eligible music should appear there. Movies can still be synced.

A bit more about this, and some options- https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7194995 and: Move content from iTunes on your computer to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

- https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201593

and a workaround - https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7202449?answerId=28842873022#28842873022

If you have not signed up for one of the iCloud based services:

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/7104625?answerId=28481661022#28481661022 - "Music syncing has changed in iTunes 12.2.0 and iOS 8.4 Music App."

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