Great for some younger consumers who don’t realize that when this phase dies, they won’t OWN ANY of that music - but financial death to most songwriters.

And I mean people like Jimmy Webb, Gerry Goffin, and Barry Mann, not to mention myself who fares less well then the former, BUT makes a living from said royalties AT THIS MOMENT.

There’s more to try including reinstalling i Tunes, and for Windows users on PC to update the i Phone device driver – keep reading to learn how!

If the i Phone, i Pad, or i Pod is still not recognized by i Tunes, the next thing you should do is delete i Tunes and reinstall it with a fresh version from Apple.

The royalties for downloaded songs are not near equal to payments for sold hard goods like CDs.

Now there is a movement afoot to afford the consumer access to EVERY track in the i Tunes catalogue, on a streaming-only basis, for a fee between - monthly.

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I won’t take any political stance, cause that’s not who I am.

Before doing so, be sure to back up the device manually with i Cloud, since i Cloud will be able to backup important data in i OS even if the device can’t connect to a computer.

Have another solution for what you do when i Tunes or a computer won’t detect an i Phone, i Pad, or i Pod?