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Maclver

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Nov 23, 2008
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Got a random question about downloading my music for offline use.

Currently my library is about 40% purchased/ripped music and 60% Apple Music. On my Mac I have everything downloaded locally and it’s about 100GB. Right now when I setup my iPhone, I have to turn off “Sync Library”, plug in my iPhone to my Mac, sync music over. Then I go back to my iPhone and turn on “Sync Library”, which allows my Apple Music songs to show up.

From there I have to go to the music app on my iPhone and tap “download” for it download the Apple Music songs to my device for offline listening.

My question is, if all my music is downloaded locally on my Mac, how can I transfer all of it to my iPhone so I don’t have to do the above steps?
 
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