Flashing download icon in Apple Music app

[chrisi29]

Hi guys!

Something's bothering me with my new iPhone. Nothing major but still annoying. Yesterday I put some music on it through iTunes and every time I click on a song, an iCloud button appears next to the album cover for a tenth of a second. If I click on the menu button I can select "Download" (which is weird, since the music's already on my phone) which then causes the flashing icon to read "Downloaded"
The songs always play normally. Here's a video of it. Can anybody help?

I have an iPhone 7 Plus.

Thank you!
Chris

 

[peterpayne]

That's normal. I do that too and get the same thing.

The Music app is made for Apple Music/iCloud. If the song/album is on your iCloud account (bought on iTunes or added on Apple Music), you get the download icon or the "Downloaded" text.

If it's ripped music or added through iTunes, but not bought there, the app tries to "find" it on your account, it can't so no download icon or "downloaded" text appears.

"Downloaded" is only for iTunes purchases or Apple Music added albums. It should be for ripped music, but it means "downloaded" from iCloud/Apple Music, not "downloaded" on your phone.

Hope it helps!

 

[chrisi29]

thank's for your reply!
I guess it's uncommon these days to still have ripped music.. but the weird thing is, I have Apple Music deactivated in Settings.. So it shouldn't even be looking.. Really feels like a bug to me. And I just checked, it doesn't happen on my old iPhone with iOS9. But I guess there's nothing I can do then


chris

 

[peterpayne]

You're welcome!

The "flashing" thing has been like this since iOS 10. I guess it was then when Apple decided to focus 100% on Apple Music and streaming.