IPhone – How to selectively sync music to the iPhone

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I share an iTunes account with my children and they purchase music with the account on our Mac. How do I keep the music they purchase from appearing on my iPhone when I sync?

Best Answer

If I were you, I would pay the $25 a year for iTunes Match. Provided you all share a single Apple ID, this will let all of you use it's features. The one you are interested in is

  1. Turn on iTunes Match (having synced your computer iTunes to Match already)
  2. Make sure "show all music" is on
  3. Go through and download the songs you like onto your device.
  4. Turn off "show all music"

With that you have only the songs you care about, don't need to even see your kids music, and can manage it all from your phone. i am an iTunes Match power user, and there are dozens of other ways to use it, but that is a whole different question.

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