Okay, I have been searching and searching and there are so many questions and answers on the internet about iTunes and song sharing that I'm so overwhelmed I thought I'd just ask my own question.
I have some songs on my iTunes library on my Mac that I didn't get from the iTunes store. They only appear on my iTunes if I'm playing from my laptop. I desperately want these songs on my iPhone before a roadtrip next week, and I know how to get paid songs on both devices (or thought I did, but that seems to have stopped working-different question) and I can't figure it out. I have tried home sharing but I can't get that to work, and I don't want to connect to my laptop via USB cord because then won't I lose the non iTunes store songs that I already have on my phone from ages ago? I'm about at my wit's end. Okay, was that confusing? Basically:
-third party songs on my laptop iTunes
-won't transfer to my iPhone wirelessly
-risk of losing songs if I connect with wire
I'm desperate and frustrated.