Restored iPhone - Lost Music

[Cindywhoville]

I had to do a restore from back up - once finished I realized I had zero music on my phone. I figured out why - none of my music was actually purchased in itunes. Yet all the music remains listed in my library. I assume I have to re-import them somehow then sync my phone? Please someone give me the steps I need to do here. Thanks!

 

[mtvalenz]

Do you have iCloud music? Try setting-Music-Library-iCloud music library. Turn slider on if it's off. Same thing happened to me, but I have iCloud music

 

[Cindywhoville]

Apparently my back up was on my pc, not the Cloud. I did a restore from back up. All the music is showing on the itunes library, but will NOT transfer over to my phone! I've been trying everything and nothing works.

 

[Newtons Apple]

where did you get the music. If you do not have the original CDs you might have a problem. Apple wants you to buy the music from them or have your disks.

 

[maflynn]

When you restore the phone, that only brings back your OS. You need sync it with iTunes to copy the digital content back over. I had restore my phone this weekend and I sat there while the apps and music were copied.

 

[stormchaser]

Happens to me all the time. I always manually manage my music. What I do is just drag and drop from the iTunes library onto my phone. Easier than syncing as that just messes everything up.

 

[Cindywhoville]

This music wasn't purchased through iTunes. However, for some reason, suddenly it was all there! I don't even know how I fixed the issue, or if it just took a long time to come up. At the same time, it was installing a new version of itunes....so now I have a back up on my pc, external HD and the Cloud...lol...and not really any idea how to use them

 

[CTHarrryH]

Music isn't backed up - it might have been there depending upon how you sync. If you do wireless sync then it will sync music and other stuff back - or you can do an iTunes plugged in sync as was stated