How do I sync iTunes Music with Apple Music on a Windows 11 laptop and sync my iPod Classic?

evanbaer wrote:

I can't sync my Apple Music to ITunes on my PC laptop using Win 11.

Correct. You cannot sync them in the traditional sense. When the Apple Music App is installed it should find the iTunes library and load it into itself. If the library is somewhere Apple Music can't find it, it will simply create a new empty library. You can try clicking on the ... icon at the top of the sidebar, and then on Library and on Import Folder to have it import the music files from the external drive.

I am trying to sync my IPOD Classic gen 6 160

To sync to the iPod you will need the Apple Devices app, as the Apple Music app on its own cannot sync music to other devices.

and make CD Roms.

The Apple Music App on Windows cannot burn CDs, for that and generally everything else, it would be easier to return to iTunes.

My playlists are in ICloud on an external drive.

This does not make sense. If they are on iCloud then they can't be on an external drive. If they are on an external drive, they can't be on iCloud.

For the easiest way forward I would suggested removing Apple Music, and any of the other Apple Apps you may have installed like Apple TV and Devices, and return to using iTunes.

If you don't have it installed, you can get it from Apple at the following link.

click here ➜ iTunes 12.10.11 for Windows (Windows 64 bit) - Apple Support

or here ➜ Download iTunes for Windows now (64-bit)

Unless I'm missing something, Apple Music (the subscription service) cannot be added to an iPod Classic.

evanbaer wrote:

I have purchased 1,000s of songs.

You have not purchased music from the Apple Music subscription service. Instead, you have access to it for as long as you pay the subscription. Any music that you have purchased is separate from Apple Music and that can be added to an iPod Classic, although I believe that you will need to remove the Apple Apps; Apple Music, Apple Devices and Apple TV that Phil0124 also mentions from your iTunes programme.

Note that the Apple Music (that is, Apple Music, Apple Devices and Apple TV) that Phil0124 mentions, is a separate product from the subscription service, but as stated above, that also cannot (as far as I know) be used with an iPod Classic.