If your songs are grayed out

If you subscribe to Apple tree Music or iTunes Match, you lot can plough on Sync Library on each of your devices to admission your music library beyond your devices. If you come across songs that are grayed out and can't be played later on y'all plow on Sync Library, follow the steps below.

If all or most of your music is grayed out

Sync Library might be turned off or unable to connect to the internet on one of your devices. Check the post-obit:

  • If your music library is stored on a computer, make sure that Sync Library is turned on. Then check that Sync Library is turned on for all of your other devices. Learn how to plow on Sync Library on all of your devices.
  • Make sure that all of your devices are connected to the internet.

If a song is grayed out but yous tin can still play information technology

Open up the Apple Music app on your Mac or iTunes on your PC. Under Library, click Songs and make sure that there'south a check next to the vocal.

If you don't see checkboxes next to your songs:

  1. Open the Apple Music app or iTunes.
  2. On your Mac, go to the carte du jour bar and choose Music > Preferences. On your PC, cull iTunes > Preferences.
  3. Click the General tab.
  4. Select "Songs listing checkboxes."
  5. Click OK.
  6. Nether Library, click Songs and make sure that there's a bank check next to every song. If there isn't, select the box next to a song to see a bank check.

If it's taking a long time to upload your music library

If near of your music was imported from sources other than Apple Music, or yous accept a large music library, information technology might take more fourth dimension for your music library to upload.

Make certain that your computer is authorized so any music that y'all previously purchased from the iTunes Store tin exist uploaded. Then follow these steps:

  1. Connect your Mac or PC to the internet.
  2. Open up the Apple Music app or iTunes.
  3. On your Mac, make sure that Sync Library is turned on. On your PC, make sure that iCloud Music Library is turned on.
  4. Go along the Apple Music app or iTunes open until your music library is finished uploading.

If a song is nonetheless grayed out after your music library is uploaded, import a new copy of the song into your music library. And so in the Apple Music app or iTunes, get to the menu bar and choose File > Library > Update Cloud Library.

If a song can't be uploaded with Apple Music or iTunes Match

If you meet  adjacent to a song, and so that song might be ineligible for upload. Learn why.

If a song isn't available in Apple Music

Some songs or albums might be grayed out because they're non currently bachelor in Apple Music. Here are some reasons why:

  • Artists and content providers might release some songs from an anthology in accelerate, but not all of them. If you lot add the entire album to your library, the songs will go available as they're released.
  • Artists and content providers might change or remove music from the Apple Music itemize. Search Apple Music to see if that song is available under a different name or file. If information technology is, add the song to your library then it's no longer grayed out.
  • The song might non be bachelor in your country or region and will appear in gray text when you lot search for information technology in Apple Music.
  • If an explicit vocal is grayed out, you might take restrictions turned on for your device. You tin utilize Screen Time on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, or Screen Fourth dimension on your Mac to turn off restrictions. Y'all tin too add the make clean version from Apple Music to your library.

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