Apple Music App and Syncing Across Devices

[dUnKle]

Afternoon,
Some help / advice please if possible

I have an iPad Pro, an iPhone XR and an iMac Mini - The iMac is my first ever venture into MacOS so just learning

Anyway, I have never really been into music and not purchased any since CD was king in the 90s but having got into walking / running etc. over "lockdown" I needed some inspiration

So last night I spent 20 quid on a handful of compilation albums, 80s and 90s stuff mainly and made a handful of playlists. All this was done from my sofa via Ipad

Anyway, have gotten prepared for a run today and assumed my purchased music would be downloaded onto my iPhone (so I don't have to stream whilst away from wifi) and also my playlists would also be there

But no, no sign of them. No music on phone. No playlists listed

So I hoped onto the Mac mini

Now there is some music there, but only what I purchased yesterday, a couple of older albums purchased from the sales don't list at all, and an Oasis album I purchased only has 2 songs listed

Again, none of my created playlists are there

Now I have no desire / need to subscribe to Apple Music, its a service that would just be lost on me and once winter returns I doubt I will even be listening to any music as I don't go running

So, am I missing something obvious ?
I don't mind manually creating my playlists, but be ideal not to
I am a little concerned why only the recent albums show on the Mac mini

Any and all help gratefully received

Thanks

 

[Marc_S]

Hi, firstly to say I'm assuming all your devices share the same iCloud account. The following is fairly basic but hopefully a starter:

1) open iTunes on iMac device, go to the Account on the menu bar then Authorisations and enable Authorise this computer.
2) for iPhone & iPad got to Settings>iTunes & App Store and enable the obvious relevant tick boxes.
3) Again for iPad & iTunes Settings>Music>Preferences> and ensure relevant tick boxes are ticked (including sync library & Add playlist songs)
4) Back to iTunes on the iMac go to Account>View my account>manage account to check if all your devices are registered (you may need to give it some time like an hour)

There are some useful tutorials / tips etc on YouTube to consult as well

 

[dUnKle]

Cheers.
Certainly all on same account and my photos and also my Apple TV purchases and progress sync fine, just the music

I shall try and go through those options again 1 by 1 and see if sort