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lexvo

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I have some purchased music which was always showing up in Apple Music (iPhone, iPad and Mac). Today, I discovered that purchased music disappeared from my iPad and iPhone, but still is visible on my Mac. I checked various settings but that didn't help. I don't understand why this happened. Anyone an idea?

My purchases don't show up in the iTunes Store app. My purchases are visible under my Apple account though.

Edit: I just discovered that all my purchases are hidden. Don't know why that happened.

But now I have to unhide each of more than hundred songs individually?! And then have to download each song individually?! This can't be right, can it? In the Apple support pages an 'Unhide all' button is mentioned, but I don't see it. Am I missing something?
 
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If you go to Settings > Music on your phone, is "show all purchases" turned on? That's how mine is set and I can see and listen to all my purchases on the phone, even though I have not downloaded them.
 
If you go to Settings > Music on your phone, is "show all purchases" turned on? That's how mine is set and I can see and listen to all my purchases on the phone, even though I have not downloaded them.

Thanks. But I can't find that setting. Do you mean under Settings -> Apps -> Music?
 
I just have to scroll way down under settings on my phone. But I'm on an old version of iOS, so Apple might have "improved" this on newer versions...

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I just have to scroll way down under settings on my phone. But I'm on an old version of iOS, so Apple might have "improved" this on newer versions...

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Thanks. Yes, I am on iOS 26 and it looks different. I will try to find out if Apple moved this option somewhere else.

By the way, I decided to manually unhide and download my purchased songs. Very tedious, but I couldn't find any answers (also tried Google and Reddit). I posted feedback on Apple's support pages that the 'Unhide all' and 'Download all' buttons are missing. For now, my problem is solved.
 
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