trouble transferring selected songs in music on Mac to music on iphone13.

Greetings Travel Lover,

To ensure that you are syncing music as expected, please review the following steps:

"Sync music to your device

1. Connect your device to your Mac.
2. You can connect your device using a USB or USB-C cable or using a Wi-Fi connection. See Sync content between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch over Wi-Fi.
3. In the Finder  on your Mac, select the device in the Finder sidebar.
4. If you connect your device to your Mac using a USB cable and don’t see the device in the Finder sidebar, see If your device doesn’t appear in the sidebar. 
5. Click Music in the button bar.
6. Select the “Sync music onto [device name]” checkbox to turn on syncing of your music.
7. With the checkbox selected, syncing is set to transfer all your music to your device. 
8. To sync a selection of music, click “Selected playlist, artists, albums, and genres.”
9. Select the checkbox for each item you want to sync in the music list. Deselect the checkbox for any item you don’t want to sync.
10. Click Artists, Albums, Genres, or Playlists to see your content organized by that category. 
11. Select syncing options: 
12. When you’re ready to sync, click Apply.

You can choose to sync your Mac and your device automatically whenever you connect them. See Turn automatic syncing on or off on Mac.

Before disconnecting your device from your Mac, click the Eject button  in the Finder sidebar." Sync music between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

If you are using these steps and still unable to transfer your music, consider offering additional details to help the community guide you to a resolution.

• What exactly is happening?
• Do you use Apple Music?
• Do you see any error messages?

We hope this helps resolve the issue, so you can listen to your tunes on your iPhone.

Best wishes.

Hi Travel Lover,

Thank you for letting us know. Even though you haven't mentioned a specific error code, let's try the steps from: If you see error -5000, -69, 13010, or 13014 when you sync music from your Mac.

1. Update your software

Make sure that your Mac is updated to the latest version of macOS and your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch is updated to the latest version of iOS or iPadOS. If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes. Then try to sync again.

2. Consolidate the media files in your music library

The media files in your music library might be stored in several locations. Consolidate your files to make sure that the content is stored in one location, then try to sync again.

Consolidating your files can correct permissions and simplify the syncing process.

3. Check for issues with third-party security software

Some third-party software, including security software, can interfere with the sync process between your computer and your device. Change your security software's setup and then try to sync again.

Take care.