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Can’t Turn On iCloud Music Library? Fix

June 22, 2018 by Serhat Kurt 3 Comments

Several users have reported that they are unable to enable iCloud Music Library. Turning on iCloud Music Library  lets you access your music library on all of your devices, iPhone, iPad or Mac. Users reported that they receive the following error message:

iCloud Music Library can’t be enabled. You can enable it later from Music in Settings. Until then, your music won’t be  available on your other devices. 

iCloud Music Library Error

It is reported that this error occurs  when either the “Merge” or “Replace” options are selected.

In order to turn on iCloud Music Library, simply go to Settings > Music, and toggle iCloud Music Library on.

iCloud Music Library

On your Mac, launch iTunes and go to iTunes > Preferences > and select iCloud Music Library.

See also: How To Remove Music Player Widget From The Lock Screen

This problem can be frustrating, because you will not be able to add anything to your library until you enable this. If you are having this problem. don’t worry you are not alone. Try the following tips to troubleshoot your problem:

  1. Make sure that you’re signed in to all of your devices with the same Apple ID.
  2. Make sure that you have the latest version of iOS. Go to Settings > General > Software Update. You can update your iOS device easily and wirelessly.
  3. Make sure that you have the latest version of macOS. Go to App Store and click Updates.
  4. Make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes. Go to App Store and click Updates and check to see if  there are any iTunes updates.
  5. Restart your device. Different iOS devices require different steps. Read this Apple document. To restart your Mac,  choose Apple Menu and click Restart.
  6. Go to Settings > iTunes & App Store > [your Apple ID] > and tap Sign Out. Wait a few seconds and then go to Settings > iTunes & App Store and sign back in and now try to turn on iCloud Music Library.
  7. Repeat the following steps 5-7 times: Settings > Music and turn on iCloud Music Library, select Replace or Merge (whatever you choose) and if you get this error, dismiss it and try again. Repeat these steps until it works. Some users stated that they did this over 10 times until they get it to work.
  8. Go to Settings > and turn on Airplane Mode and wait a few seconds and then turn off Airplane Mode.
  9. If you are still having this issue, you may need to restore your device. You can restore your device either from an iCloud backup or an iTunes backup.

If your error message said ” iCloud Music Library can’t be turned on because this device is already associated with another Apple ID. This device can be associated with a different Apple ID in 90 days“, then you have no options. You need to wait 90 days.

See also: How To Sign In To iCloud.com From Your iPad Or iPhone

Filed Under: Not working? Tagged With: iCloud Music Library

Comments

  1. c says

    October 24, 2018 at 1:21 am

    My phone doesn’t have the ‘ICloud music library’ toggle at all, it just has a ‘downloaded music’ toggle. How do i fix this, its an iphone 6S

    Reply
    • mark says

      November 18, 2018 at 3:03 pm

      wrestling with same problem on both my apple devices (ipad / iphone) and Win10 PC – did they take it out ???

      Reply
  2. Mary says

    November 29, 2018 at 8:42 pm

    Same problem here

    Reply

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