iTunes keeps erasing my songs, please help

[houssein31]

I have been dealing with issue for so long now, I can't take it anymore. Every single time I sync my iPhone to my Mac it erases about 200-300 songs forcing me to redownlod them all the time. It's really bugging me.

I would simply stop syncing my iPhone to my macs but I only do it so I can get my playlists everywhere..so I need to sync

I'm pretty sure its some option I need to adjust on iTunes (one my Mac) but I just don't jnow)

Can someone please tell me how to fix this??

Thanks

 

[Apple_Robert]

ITunes > Preferences > Devices > make sure the box to sync automatically is not checked. When your phone is connected to iTunes and you want to sync music, make sure it is set to sync only the songs that are checked, if that is what you want. That should solve your problem.

 

[Consultant]

"I would simply stop syncing my iPhone to my macs"

Classic user error. The issue seems to be that you don't have the same songs and library files on multiple computers.

There won't be a problem if your library contains the same songs as your iPhone.

I have been dealing with issue for so long now, I can't take it anymore. Every single time I sync my iPhone to my Mac it erases about 200-300 songs forcing me to redownlod them all the time. It's really bugging me.

I would simply stop syncing my iPhone to my macs but I only do it so I can get my playlists everywhere..so I need to sync

I'm pretty sure its some option I need to adjust on iTunes (one my Mac) but I just don't jnow)

Can someone please tell me how to fix this??

Thanks

 

[houssein31]

"I would simply stop syncing my iPhone to my macs"

Classic user error. The issue seems to be that you don't have the same songs and library files on multiple computers.

There won't be a problem if your library contains the same songs as your iPhone.

All my library through all my Macs and idevices are the same

 

[Consultant]

All my library through all my Macs and idevices are the same

How do you sync them? And what do you sync?

 

[Dave Braine]

Are the songs being deleted from your iPhone, or from iTunes on your Mac?

 

[GanChan]

ITunes > Preferences > Devices > make sure the box to sync automatically is not checked. When your phone is connected to iTunes and you want to sync music, make sure it is set to sync only the songs that are checked, if that is what you want. That should solve your problem.

Actually, it looks the sync box in the current version of iTunes does the opposite -- it prevents automatic syncing instead of allowing it. In which case, you would want to make sure it's checked. I guess it depends on which version you're using.