How If iTunes Won't Sync Music?

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How If iTunes Won’t Sync Music?

30 December 2019 Amanda J. Brook Senior Product Manager

Summary
iPhone users sometimes meet with the issue that iTunes won’t sync music. Why? In this essay, we will talk about how if iTunes won’t sync music with iPhone.

Content

Part 1: About iTunes

Part 2: Why iTunes Won’t Sync Music

1. iTunes Match or Apple Music isn’t close
2. The Operation is improper
3. The iTunes version is outdated
4. The connection fails

Part 3: How if iTunes Won’t Sync Music

1. Reset settings
2. Update the latest iTunes version
3. Check the connection between iPhone and computer
4. Transfer through Tenorshare iCareFone

Part 4: Summary

Part 1: About iTunes

iTunes is the free program developed by Apple Inc., used to play digital media. iTunes can also be used to organize digital music and videos, and edit file information. Yet, it is noted that we can only sync your device with one iTunes library at a time. If you connect your iPhone to another computer, you will not obtain your library and manage your phone.

Before the synchronization process, we should add the target songs to the iTunes library. At this situation, we can use Renee Audio Tools which can easily transfer songs to iTunes.

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ConverterConvert music files between all audio formats, including MP3, M4A, ACC, OGG, AAC, FLAC and the others. It can also convert the video format into MP3.

RecorderRecord computer sounds from streaming media and microphone at the same time and output into multiple audio formats.

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1. Install and open Renee Audio Tools.

2. Click [Transfer to iTunes].

use renee audio tools to transfer songs to itunes

3. Click [Add Files] to select the target songs.

click to select the file being transferred to itunes

4. Then, click [Add to iTunes] to transfer to the iTunes library.

how to add the mp3 files to itunes and to iphone in renee audio tools

Part 2: Why iTunes Won’t Sync Music

However, some Apple users complain that iTunes won’t sync music with their devices. Here are the probable reasons:

1. iTunes Match or Apple Music isn’t close

iTunes Match and Apple Music can sync music with iPhone. If you enable one of them, iTunes will fail to sync music.

disable iphone personalised recommendations when itunes won't sync music

2. The Operation is improper

If you forget to uncheck the option [Manually manage music and videos] in [Summary], iTunes will fail to sync music.

manually manage multimedia files when cannot add media files to itunes

3. The iTunes version is outdated

If you never use iTunes for a long time, the version may be too outdated to organize your iPhone. At this situation, iTunes cannot sync with your phone.

4. The connection fails

The latest iTunes supports to sync through USB connection and WI-FI. If there is something wrong with the USB cable or WI-FI is not stable, iTunes will not work well.

Part 3: How if iTunes Won’t Sync Music

From the above part, we put forward 4 solutions.

1. Reset settings

Method 1: Tap [Settings] on iPhone, then tap [iTunes Store & App Store] > [Apple ID] > [View Apple ID] > disable [Personalised recommendations]. After that, follow this way to enable again if necessary.

disable personalised recommendations when itunes won't sync music

Method 2: Use a USB cable to connect your iPhone with the computer. Open iTunes and click the phone-like icon to enter the device. Then, select [Summary] at the left pane and uncheck [Manually manage music and videos].

2. Update the latest iTunes version

Open iTunes. Click [Help] > [About iTunes] to check the version. Update if it is not the latest one.

check and update to the latest itunes version

3. Check the connection between iPhone and computer

If you use a cable to make connection, check the cable and the USB port. If the cable is damaged, change a new one. If you transfer through WI-FI, please check, too.

4. Transfer through Tenorshare iCareFone

Tenorshare iCareFone is a file transmitter specifically for Apple devices. The clear interface and functions can facilitate users to transfer files to iTunes freely. Especially when you pay for the full version, the file size will be limited.

It is noted that this application should be used with the iTunes library and it cannot run along with iTunes at the same time. It can only sync files added into the iTunes library.

use tenorshare to transfer music to device

Install and open Tenorshare iCareFone. Then, connect your iPhone with the computer. Select [Transfer iTunes Media to Device] to sync music with iTunes.

Part 4: Summary

How if iTunes won’t sync music with iPhone? Basically, we can divide the issues into two situation, external and internal issues. The internal issues include the iTunes settings and the iTunes version; the external ones mean the connection, such as the damaged cable and the unstable WI-FI.

If you want to sync music from the computer to the device, you can draw support from iTunes. Besides, the third party applications can do this task perfectly. These are our suggestions. Hope you can learn something useful.

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