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Transferring music purchases

I bought 152 songs from the iTunes Store on my phone. When I try to transfer them to my MacBook using an USB only 14 show up for transfer. This includes an album of 20 songs I bought at once but only 5 of those appear. I do not belong to Apple Music but I do have an iCloud account. What is happening and can I fix it without subscribing to Apple Music?

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 25, 2020 9:54 AM

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Posted on Oct 25, 2020 1:25 PM

Hatrk Mom,

If you bought them on your phone, they will show as "Purchased" on your account, and you can download copies to your MacBook by following these steps: Redownload apps, music, movies, TV shows, and books - Apple Support

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Oct 26, 2020 5:15 AM in response to ed2345

Thank you for your reply. I have tried these steps. The purchases DO show on my phone but for some unknown reason only a few of them show to download on my MacBook. I even have a brand new album I bought with 20 songs but only 5 of those appear on the list to download. I am trying to figure out why all the other music isn’t transferring.

Transferring music purchases

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