So sick of iPhone not letting me play my locally-stored music!

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So sick of iPhone not letting me play my locally-stored music!

For clarity: I’m not a member of Apple Music and never will be after hearing how they can replace your music files with their own. All the music I have on my iPhone is music synced to it from my laptop.

I just want to play the music I bought on CD, imported to iTunes, and synced losslessly to my iPhone! WHY does my iPhone keep insisting on trying to play some Apple version of the track WHEN THE TRACK IS ON MY IPHONE?! “It’s not available in your region.” It’s MY music, which I bought, either physically or DRM-free from a store like Qobuz or 7Digital.

I’m so, so sick of Apple’s micromanaging and desire to have a part in every little thing my device does.

iPhone XS

Posted on Dec 1, 2022 12:04 PM

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DB-mac

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Dec 1, 2022 05:00 PM in response to mayboy128

I agree 100%! (and I posted a similar question just a few hours ago). To make matters worse, not only did Siri ignore the album in the Library on my iPhone, it signed me up for the free Apple Music trial without my permission!

Does ANYONE have an answer that doesn't involve changing a setting that no longer exists in the Music Settings under the current iOS? (that was the answer back in 2018.)

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mayboy128 Author

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Dec 1, 2022 10:20 PM in response to DB-mac

Aw man, I’m sorry to hear that!

The thing that works for me is resetting dialogs in iTunes (by the Sync area when you click your phone in iTunes), but then it’s just a matter of time before some other song gives an error message.

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hcsitas

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Dec 2, 2022 04:35 AM in response to mayboy128

Apple Music doesn’t co-exist with personal/ripped collections very well. Use instead, a 3rd party app like File Explorer, the basic version of which is free. The pro version works across all devices on your local network and also popular cloud services. Both versions are ad-free and come with built-players, can recommend.

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So sick of iPhone not letting me play my locally-stored music!

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