Why Cant I Download Music On Apple Music
Apple Music saves “offline” content into the iTunes folder labelled Apple Music. However, Apple put FairPlay DRM to Apple Music which as the old DRM they used pre2009 for iTunes songs. The result is the Apple Music songs are in a protected.m4p format which can’t be burned onto CD or convert.
If you are stuck on this problem: Apple music won’t play on iPhone/iPad/iPod and screen says “Item Not Available! This item can’t be played”, read this guide to fix it in minutes.
- Now, let’s take a look at steps to burn Apple Music to CD. Download the application on computer. Click on the button above to get the tool, quick install it by following the guide. Just rest assured that this software won’t bring harm to your computer as it is clean and safe.
- Oct 15, 2018 - If you don't subscribe to Apple Music or iTunes Match, learn more about how to access your music. You can't download, play, or access songs.
After syncing an iPhone, iPad or iPod with iTunes, trying Apple Music for the free three months, or just experienced an iOS update, you may meet some problem: the music or songs you purchased from iTunes store are greyed out, and won’t play on your iPhone/iPad/iPod.
When playing music on iPhone iPad iPod, these songs can’t be played will be skipped, and they are shows as greyed out. When tapping it, a window pops up and says “Item Not Available! This item can’t be played.” Normally, these songs can be played correctly in iTunes.Therefore, many people want to know why these Apple music won’t play on iPhone/iPad/iPod, and how to fix it.
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Why Apple Music Won’t Play on iPhone/iPad/iPod
If you find some songs on your Music App are greyed out, and can’t be played on your iPhone, iPad or iPod, except looking for solutions to fix it, you may also want to know why won’t your music play on your iDevice.
In most cases, Apple music not playing on iPhone/iPad/iPad results from a sync issue. Maybe the music file is missing on your computer (but still listed in your iTunes Library, and you synced it with your iDevice), or maybe the file is corrupt or modified in some way, and this makes the songs unreadable on iTunes or iDevice.
Next, we will focus on how to fix music won’t play on iPhone/iPad/iPod, and offer you several potential solutions below. After trying every potential solution, you should check if you have fixed this problem, if not, try the next one.
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How to Fix: Music Won’t Play on iPhone/iPad/iPod OR This Item Can’t Be Played
Solution 1: Update your iTunes to the latest version if it is not the current.
Solution 2: Reauthorize your computer.
In some cases, iTunes may “forget” that your music is authorized. So you can refresh the authorization and authorize again. About how to authorize or deauthorize your computer on iTunes, you just need to: Click Account > Authorizations > Authorize This Computer or Deauthorize This Computer.
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Solution 3: Re-sync your iPhone, iPad or iPod with iTunes.
If you have the copies of these songs, try to sync your iDevice with iTunes again. By the way, if you synced your iDevice over Wi-Fi, this time sync it with USB cable, because sometimes the network error may cause Apple music not playing.
Solution 4: Add music to iTunes library again, and sync again.
You know, if you delete or get some song file lost before syncing, this will make the songs synced to iPhone iPad greyed out, and can’t be played. At this moment, you can add all the music files to iTunes Library again, and sync with your iPhone iPad again.
About how do add file to iTunes Library, you just need to: Click File > Add to Library > Select the folder with music file you want to add > Click Open to start adding.
Solution 5: Clean iTunes Library and the songs in iDevice, and sync again.
After trying the solutions above, if Apple music still won’t play on your iPhone/iPad or iPod, you can perform a clean sync with following steps:
Step 1: Back up all your songs, like export all songs from iTunes Library to external drive for backup, view full guide here >
Step 2: Remove all the data from iTunes library, and sync it with your iDevice. This will also remove all the songs, ringtones, iBooks, Podcasts, etc. on your iPhone, iPad or iPod.
Step 3: Export the music files you backed up to iTunes Library again.
Step 4: Restart your iDevice, and sync it with iTunes. Then all the new songs will be on your iPhone, iPad or iPod again.
Solution 6: Make a full backup, and then restore your iPhone iPad to Factory Settings.
Solution 7: Try an iTunes alternative to transfer and sync iPhone/iPad/iPod music.
If you still fail to fix the problem of music won’t play on iPhone/iPad/iPod, you can try the third-party software like AnyTrans, which allows you to transfer music between iTunes and iDevice as you like. Supports two-way transferring (from iTunes library to iPhone iPad, and from iDevice to computer and iTunes library), and you won’t lose any data during transferring.
To fix Apple music won’t play on iPhone/iPad/iPod with AnyTrans, steps are as followed:
Step 1: Free download AnyTrans and install it on your computer.
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Step 2: Transfer music from iTunes library to iPhone iPad again to make music playable: On the homepage of AnyTrans, click iTunes Library tab > Click Music Tab > Select all the songs you want to transfer to iPhone iPad > Click To Device button to start it.
Fix Music Won’t Play on iPhone iPad with AnyTrans
And when transferring music to iPhone, iPad or iPod with AnyTrans, all the incompatible audios will be converted into the Apple supported format automatically. If music won’t play on iPhone/iPad/iPod or the item can’t be played because of incompatible formats, this problem also can be solved automatically during transferring with AnyTrans.
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The Bottom Line
If you meet this problem – Apple music not playing on iPhone/iPad/iPod iOS 10 update, in case that you may be stuck on some other iOS update problem, don’t forget to check the full list of most common iOS 10 problems and solutions to fix it. Or if you are tired of confusing iTunes sync, you can download AnyTrans to have a try now >
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AUSTIN — Garth Brooks is making the most of his first visit to South By Southwest.
In addition to doing a keynote Friday afternoon, the reigning CMA Entertainer of the Year also announced a free outdoor show for Saturday at Lady Bird Lake, sponsored by Amazon Music, which Brooks did an exclusive streaming deal with in October 2016.
He also got to hear the premiere of his new single Ask Me How I Know played live on Austin's KASE-FM country radio station. 'It sounds a hell of a lot better on this system that in it does in my truck,' he said in a press conference Friday morning here at the Austin Convention Center.
Brooks also hinted at a possible surprise show for later in the evening. 'I'm not really sure what all is going on,' he said. 'I know I ate breakfast this morning so I'm ready to go however late we go.'
Brooks discussed his decision in October 2016 to enter into an exclusive streaming deal with Amazon and its on-demand Amazon Music Unlimited subscription service ($7.99 monthly for Amazon Prime members, $9.99 for others)
While Brooks respected Spotify co-founder Daniel Ek ('He's a good guy that understands music') and Apple Music's team ('I'm never going to change to fit their rules'), Amazon offered the full package: streaming, album downloads and physical CDs, said Brooks, who never used the competing companies' names calling them 'the other guys.'
He expects special releases and archival music including demo tracks to be available eventually. 'New, old, everything becomes possible with these guys,' Brooks said.
When asked whether consumers deserve the right to buy individual album tracks, Brooks asked the reporter what his wedding song was. The answer Fools Rush In (Elvis Presley's version of the Johnny Mercer song). 'That might be one of the greatest songs ever recorded,' Brooks said. 'Is it worth more than 99 cents? ... That song alone is worth 10 bucks.'
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Royalties from album tracks keep songwriters in business, he says.
And some of the strongest cuts on an album may not be the hits, he said. 'I can't imagine Hotel California without Pretty Maids All in a Row,' Brooks said during his afternoon keynote speech.
Face to Face, a song on his album The Chase, a song about date rape is 'a really dark song about having the courage to stand up for yourself.' That won't be played on the radio, Brooks said, however, 'I can't tell you how many letters that song has been credited with saving lives.'
'The definition of a commercial single is what song is not going to piss off the most people,' he said. 'But I want the songs that make a difference in my life, that become my anthem that isn’t your anthem. That is what makes music priceless.'
Brooks said that he began doing a weekly Facebook Live 'Inside Studio G' event to connect with his fans. 'I am just talking about me, so please don't associate this with anybody else that has been in the press lately that's tweeting their ass off,' he said. 'For me just throwing it out there and throwing it out there, I don't dig that. ... I want interaction, I want back and forth.'
Technological upgrades coming to Facebook Live will make the dialogue 'be like in this room,' he said. 'That's where we are headed.'
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Asked about his thoughts about the festival, Brooks said, 'you hear the myth, the story, the legend and you come down and see this is ran very cool. Everything goes on time.'
He noticed that 'there’s a freshness on everybody’s face down here. And that freshness is all about is content. That's what I love. We’re going to talk technology but the truth is everything is based on content. So to get somewhere where content is king, that’s where I want to park and where I want live, right there.'
'Between the gaming, the movies and the music (at the festival) this is the place to be if you want to know what’s happening and feel like you are 20 years old again,' Brooks said.
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