If you have been ripping music to your iOS Devices for years, it can be easy to assume that these songs, albums and playlists are stored directly on your device. However, with the popularity in cloud storage, these tracks may be saved in your iCloud library. This article will show you how to store these tracks locally to your device through the Music app, so that TouchCopy can copy your songs and playlists to your computer as detailed in the TouchCopy user guide.
When your phone is connected to TouchCopy and you load the Music feature, you will be greeted by a list of all your songs found by TouchCopy. Under the ‘iTunes’ Column you may see a blue cloud icon. When hovering over this icon, a popup highlights that “This track is in your iTunes Library but is stored in iCloud.
If you try to select and copy these tracks to your PC in TouchCopy, another popup will appear:
“Unable to Copy Selection – The selected tracks are store in iCloud or are from an Apple Music subscription. These tracks cannot be previewed or copied. Please ensure your tracks are local to your device.”
Many people can be confused by this, as CDs could have been added to iTunes a long time ago, but not to fear, there is a resolution to this - just go to the Music app on your device and open your Library using the navigation at the bottom of the screen.
Individual Songs
- From the Music Library, select songs – this should bring the list of all songs in your library.
- Click on the More Options button (it looks like three dots - …) This should open options beneath the button […]
- Select download, and your individual song will be downloaded to your Phone.
[Please note this can be very time consuming for lots of tracks, as you can only do this one song at a time.]
Albums
From the Music Library, select Albums – this should bring the list of all Albums in your library. From this point there are 2 Methods:
- Selecting the Album and clicking the download arrow.
- Performing a long press and clicking download
Select Album and Download Arrow |
Long Press and Download |
· Select your album of choice from the Albums section of your Library. · Find the Down Arrow icon on the right-hand side and click this icon. · Now you have downloaded the album to your device. |
· Find your album of choice in your Library, click and hold on this album until more options appear. · When these options appear, click Download. · Now you have downloaded the album to your device. |
Playlists
From the Music Library, select Playlists – this should bring the list of all Playlists in your library. From this point there are 2 Methods:
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- Selecting the playlist and clicking the download arrow.
- Performing a long press and clicking download
Select Album and Download Arrow |
Long Press and Download |
· Select your playlist of choice from the playlists section of your Library. · Find the Down Arrow icon on the right-hand side and click this icon. · Now you have downloaded the playlist to your device. |
· Find your playlist of choice in your Library, click and hold on this playlist until more options appear. · When these options appear, click Download. · Now you have downloaded the playlist to your device. |