grey dotted circle
I have iPhone 8 iOS 12.0 and iTunes 12.9. All my music on the iPhone plays as it should and syncing has been smooth but when I look at it under "Device" in iTunes, hundreds of songs have the grey dotted circle. Some of these songs have been ripped from CD's and some have been downloaded (years ago and recently). There are no duplicates. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the songs afflicted. Since everything is working as far as syncs and playing music goes, I have been loathe to do anything about it. What's bugging me is that I noticed the "On My Device/Purchased Folder" list of songs with the grey dotted circle increased between two syncs this afternoon (there are many more songs with the issue than are in the Purchased Folder). I assume there must be something screwy with the iPhone database. Any thoughts as to what might be going on?
iPhone 8, iOS 12, iTunes 12.9