I have transferred several thousand songs from my iMac to my iPhone in six genres. When I go to my music on the iPhone, only five of the genres are displayed. How do I get the missing genre to be listed? I am extremely frustrated.
iPhone 13 Pro, iOS 16
Hi guido239,
If you have ample space on your iPhone for all of the songs, you may need restart your Mac and iPhone and sync again:
on your Mac, select the device in the Finder sidebar.
4. Select Music in the button bar.
5. Select the “Sync music onto [device name]” tickbox to turn on syncing of your music.
6. With the tickbox selected, syncing is set to transfer all your music to your device.
7. To sync a selection of music, click “Selected playlist, artists, albums and genres”.
8. Select the tickbox for the individual items you want to sync in the music list. Deselect the tickbox for any item you don’t want to sync.
9. Click Artists, Albums, Genres or Playlists to see your content organised by that category.
10. Select syncing options:
11. When you’re ready to sync, click Apply."
You can find these steps along with other information that may be helpful, here: Sync music between your Mac and iPhone or iPad – Apple Support
Restarting will clear out any minor software issues that may have occurred in the process.
Restart your iPhone - Apple Support
Shut down or restart your Mac – Apple Support
If you still have questions, reach out to Apple Support directly, as this may require closer guidance: Get Support
Cheers!
Hi guido239,
If you have ample space on your iPhone for all of the songs, you may need restart your Mac and iPhone and sync again:
on your Mac, select the device in the Finder sidebar.
4. Select Music in the button bar.
5. Select the “Sync music onto [device name]” tickbox to turn on syncing of your music.
6. With the tickbox selected, syncing is set to transfer all your music to your device.
7. To sync a selection of music, click “Selected playlist, artists, albums and genres”.
8. Select the tickbox for the individual items you want to sync in the music list. Deselect the tickbox for any item you don’t want to sync.
9. Click Artists, Albums, Genres or Playlists to see your content organised by that category.
10. Select syncing options:
11. When you’re ready to sync, click Apply."
You can find these steps along with other information that may be helpful, here: Sync music between your Mac and iPhone or iPad – Apple Support
Restarting will clear out any minor software issues that may have occurred in the process.
Restart your iPhone - Apple Support
Shut down or restart your Mac – Apple Support
If you still have questions, reach out to Apple Support directly, as this may require closer guidance: Get Support
Cheers!
Thanks for the reply, guido239.
You have the ability to change the genre to the correct one if it's not updating properly. On your Mac, open the Music app, click Songs, then find one of the songs that would be classified as Rock. Once you locate it, choose Song > Info, then change the genre to Rock or the genre you prefer. Once it's updated, sync your music with your iPhone again if doing so manually. If you use Sync Library, then this information will automatically update on both devices.
This resource will help if you need to update or change song information in the future:
Change song and CD information in Music on Mac
We hope this helps!
I have about 3,500 mp3 files in 5 genres of music (Classic, Easy Listening, Jazz, Rock, and Soundtrack) that I want to transfer from my iMac to my iPhone. I have ample space on the phone. All of the music files appear in my phone. However, my phone only displays the following genres: Classic, Easy Listening, Jazz, and Soundtrack. The Rock Genre is not displayed despite the fact that the songs are on my iPhone. How do I get the Rock Genre to be displayed?
Missing Genre
