Half of my library suddenly isn't available in my country or region!?

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Half of my library suddenly isn't available in my country or region!?

I just went to sync a few new songs to my Iphone (I'm running Itunes on PC) and instead of just syncing the new ones it resynced my entire library.

Firstly it's completely messed up the album artworks now, they're all mixed up.

Secondly and worse, it says about half the songs are no longer available in my country or region.

These are mostly songs I've downloaded over the years because they aren't even available to purchase - or songs that only exist on YouTube which I've ripped.

Strangely there are albums where half the songs are available.

What on earth is going on?

Should I try to sign out of my apple ID and deauthorize my computer than try to sync it again?

iPhone 13

Posted on Mar 27, 2022 11:33 PM

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Answer 1

Mar 27, 2022 11:40 PM in response to stinkypinky

I see. It's either that you aren't on your local website, or the content isn't supported in your area. I would attempt to redownload the content and see how that goes. Can you still play the content? If so, then go onto Apple Support and look up something about album covers disappearing. However, if this isn't the case, let me know.

Is there any other information which would be helpful for solving your issue?

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Mar 28, 2022 12:16 AM in response to Supercarboy

Just in regards to my previous post, perhaps the YouTube content would be one of the culprits? Redownload them and see what happens, and for the songs from YouTube which are available on Apple Music, replace them.

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stinkypinky Author

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Mar 28, 2022 4:41 AM in response to Supercarboy

Yeah I'm able to play them all fine on itunes plus they have their proper album covers...it's only on my iphone that things have gone haywire.

I might try to redownload a few and see how they work...I would remove them from itunes and reintegrate but the playlists would take me hours and hours to recreate.

The only thing I can think of was that I authorized my computer and signed into apple - maybe that prompted it to search my library and realise that I didn't have the rights to half of the songs, and messed up the album covers?

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stinkypinky Author

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Mar 28, 2022 11:04 PM in response to turingtest2

Hey I've mostly solved the issue for now.

I deauthorized my computer, signed out of my apple account, removed all the music from my phone and resynced it.

I've noticed that some of the album art still isn't right, but about 80% of it is... it's all accurate on itunes though.

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turingtest2

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Mar 28, 2022 12:09 PM in response to stinkypinky

That message may sometimes indicate a corrupt copy of the item on the iPhone. Try removing the download then see if the track will stream and/or redownload successfully.

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Half of my library suddenly isn't available in my country or region!?

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