Thank you Peter for your prompt reply. No, I have not touched rebuilding the iTunes Library (I have to confess I consider this nearly a technical step, and I am always concerned that I may mess something up badly. The problem only affects that batch of about 7 songs though, so maybe there is a really simple way of "correcting" whatever has caused this hiccough?
Peta On 10/01/2013, at 8:28 AM, Peter Hinchliffe wrote: > > On 10/01/2013, at 7:42 AM, peta belczowski <petabelczow...@me.com> wrote: > >> Good morning >> >> I hope everyone is off to a good start for the New Year. >> >> I have a strange problem with my purchased music. This has been happening >> for about two months or so; not serious so I have not bothered about it >> particularly. >> >> At various times I purchase some music, and also some books, from iTunes. >> Sometimes, several songs in one hit, usually individual, and often quite >> varied in style and "age". >> >> Mostly they appear in the normal way on my Mac, and also happily transfer >> themselves to my iPad, (and some of them send themselves off to my iPhone). >> >> However there is one batch of music that appears in my Purchased list that >> is "ghosted out" - on my Mac and my iPad. >> >> (Some of these songs do appear on my iPhone and others do not appear at >> all-rather strange but not mattering to me as I do not actually have my >> music set up to automatically appear on my iPhone. If I do want them I will >> do a separate sync from the big Mac at some time - it is just strange that >> some newly purchased songs appear on the phone whilst others do not). >> >> Is there any reason why about 6 individual purchases are ghosted - after >> that batch of songs, others purchased at later dates appear as normal and >> transfer as usual to the iPad. >> >> Yes, just purchased in the usual way, I did not do anything different. >> >> Hoping that someone has an answer! >> >> Many thanks in anticipation for any assistance, >> >> Peta > > > Have you tried rebuilding your iTunes library? > (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1451?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_US). > > I'm not sure if it will fix the problem, but it's a starting point. > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
