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Delay between iTunes Store purchase and Music app on iOS

Having an issue where there is a long delay between purchasing a song on the iTunes Store app and the song showing up in the Music app on iOS. Sometimes the delay is minutes, other times the delay is tens of minutes but never more than an hour in my experience.


Some other symptoms of this behavior:


In the iTunes Store app:

Sometimes a purchased song's price/purchase button will revert to the price other times the button will say "PURCHASED". If the button reverts to the price of the song, tapping a second time will prompt that I own the song and ask if I want to purchase again. While tapping on "PURCHASED" does nothing. (same for entire albums).


Tapping on the song title just plays the snippet of the song, not the song itself even after purchase (not sure if that is abnormal behavior).


Going to "More" (... icon) > Purchased > Music > [artist name] shows the album/songs with the download icon (cloud with arrow pointing down). When tapped switches to "Downloaded" then after a few moments, flips back to the download icon.


Happening on iPhone SE latest gen iOS 16.x, though this may have happened in 15.x as well? Can't remember, but it has been happening awhile. "sync library" in settings is on.


Using apple card in apple pay for purchases (thought maybe they won't give me the song until the transaction processes and that is happening slowly?)


Curious if anyone else is experiencing this or if there is a fix that I'm unable to find because I've searched about this several times with no solution.

iPhone SE

Posted on Sep 5, 2023 8:27 AM

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Posted on Mar 16, 2024 8:05 PM

Apple, really getting tired of this BS. You’re a billion dollar company and iTunes was at one point your main business. Really is annoying having to wait for something paid for and should be downloaded, INSTANTLY. Get your **** together!

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Aug 25, 2024 7:44 PM in response to ImminentTechnologies

Cmon Apple! This is unsat for a corporation that is so advanced! This issue has been going on much longer than this thread is old. And why haven’t you at Apple chiming on this thread and at least given us a potential fix or some type of resolution? There is absolutely no excuse for not responding back to the consumer when they have issues or questions!

Delay between iTunes Store purchase and Music app on iOS

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