Q: How do I save ALL of my music onto my phone so I do not need to stream it over cellular data or wifi?
after the IOS software update 9.2, my iPhone 6 (64gigs), it held all the music I desired in the music app. All songs were saved to the phone and I did not need to be connected to wifi to listen to any song. Once i updated my phone, to 9.2, all songs were no longer saved on my phone. All songs now needed to be streamed, eating data or using data. Y question regards how I easily re-install my 1440 songs onto my phone?
iPhone 6s, iOS 9.2
Posted on Jan 17, 2016 11:56 PM
Community Specialists
Hi ishyaboi,
Have you subscribed to Apple Music or iTunes Match on your iPhone? If so, you would need to download the 1440 songs you have to your iPhone by choosing the option to "Make Available Offline." If you have not subscribed to either of these services, you can manually sync the songs you want to your iPhone from your iTunes library on the PC. Click on the links below for complete details. I've highlighted some key information here for you.
Add music from the Apple Music catalog to your library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC
Apple Music members have access to the entire Apple Music catalog, recommendations from experts, and new content directly from artists. You can add these songs, albums, and playlists to your own library on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC.
To add songs, albums and playlists from Apple Music to My Music, make sure to turn on iCloud Music Library on your device.
Download songs, albums, and playlists to listen to offline
You can download songs, albums, or playlists to your device so that you can listen to them when you're not connected to the Internet.* You must download songs, albums, or playlists on each device that you want to use for offline listening.
*You can download music on up to 10 devices. These songs are accessible only during your Apple Music membership.
On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
- In the Music app, find the item that you want to download.
- Tap the More Options icon
to the right of the song, album, or playlist name.
- Tap the Download icon
to the right of the item's artwork. If you see a
instead of the download icon, the item isn't in your iCloud Music Library. Tap the
to add the item to My Music, then tap the download icon to download the item to your device.
Songs and albums appear under My Music > Library. Playlists appear under My Music > Playlists.
On your Mac or PC
- In iTunes, find the item that you want to download in the My Music or Playlists tab. You can't download items to listen to offline from the iTunes Store.
- Click the cloud icon to the right of the song's name, on the album cover, or to the right of the playlist's name.
Songs and albums appear under the My Music tab. Playlists appear in the Playlists tab, under Apple Music Playlists in the sidebar.
View just songs, albums, and playlists that you downloaded to your device
- iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch: In the My Music tab, tap Library. Then tap any of the different views (Artists, Albums, etc.), and turn on Only Offline Music. A message that says "Showing only music on this [device]. Show All Music." appears at the top of the screen. Tap Show All Music to see all of your music.
- Windows: Hold down the Control and B keys on your keyboard to open the iTunes menu bar. Choose View > Only Offline Music. A message that says "Showing only music on this computer. Show all music." appears at the top of the screen. Click "Show all music" to see all of your music.
When you view an item that you've downloaded to your device, you'll see an offline icon
near it, but its exact location varies. For example:
- If you download an entire album or playlist, the offline icon appears when you're looking at the album or playlist in My Music. You'll also see an offline icon when you view a compilation, but not when you view specific genres, artists, or composers.
- If you download a song, the offline icon appears to the right of each song title.
- If you download songs from an album, but not the entire album, the offline icon appears to the right of just the songs that you downloaded.
Move content from iTunes on your computer to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you're a member of Apple Music or have an iTunes Match subscription, you have iCloud Music Library turned on. When you have iCloud Music Library turned on, you can't manually manage music. You can still manage videos using the steps below.
Take care,
Posted on Jan 20, 2016 7:05 AM