Why can’t I add a song to my library without turning on library sync??

[martin2345uk]

I don’t want to turn on library sync as it makes all songs sync from iTunes to my iPhone, including unticked ones.

But without it I can’t add any songs from Apple Music to my iPhone library.

Is this by design?

 

[narcolpetic-haze]

I'm so frustrated by Apple Music's behaviour. I've just gone back to iPhone after years on Android and took up the free 3 months of Apple Music, and all of a sudden the only way to add music from Apple Music is to turn on Sync Library, but if Sync is on I can no longer manually add music files from my MacBook ... it's either Apple Music, or choose to add my own purchased music (I buy a lot from Bandcamp). Can't have both it seems.

I hate being locked out of adding my own music so Apple Music is no longer an option for me. Well done Apple. I've found a few threads similar to this but with no real help. I'm guessing it's by design for some reason.