Q: Syncing of Purchased Music doesn't correctly transfer to IOS devices
I have several old purchased albums in my iTunes library on a MacMini running MacOS 10.10.5. When I sync them to various IOS devices (iPod Nano 5 1.0.2 Mac., iPod Touch 4 IOS 6.1.6, iPhone 4S IOS 9.3.5, and iPad 2 Air IOS 10.0.1), several of the songs when playing will terminate early. Not all of them mind you, but several songs on different purchased albums. The problem doesn't seem to affect ripped CD's, only purchased music. It also does not appear to affect newly purchased music, only music purchased several years ago. The music within iTunes on the MacMini plays fine.
One attempt I made to "solve" this problem was to import a burned CD copy of one of the albums which overwrote the purchased items. This actually worked for this particular album, but there must be a better solution. This would seem to point the finger at the playlists on the MacMini, except that they play fine on the MacMini. I don't really know how many purchased albums this affects although I've run into the problem with several of them so far.
From what I can tell from other discussions, this seems like it may be an on-going issue, although some of the discussions indicate that the problem occurs on ALL of the music, either purchased or ripped. In my case, the problem seems to be confined to purchased music and music that was purchased several years ago.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Posted on Sep 25, 2016 7:28 PM