lydianicoleeee

Q: How can I transfer my iphone music to my itunes library?

I got a new laptop and I still have my music on my iphone but since my itunes library is empty I want my music to sync. But I can't figure it out. HELP ME

 

ps - I have a mac laptop and iphones 4s

MacBook, iOS 6.1.4, iphone 4s

Posted on Sep 12, 2013 7:23 PM

Close

Q: How can I transfer my iphone music to my itunes library?

  • All replies
  • Helpful answers

first Previous Page 6 of 8 last Next
  • by fattyz,

    fattyz fattyz Jun 7, 2015 3:33 PM in response to lydianicoleeee
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 7, 2015 3:33 PM in response to lydianicoleeee

    Easy way to transfer your music lib off your iphone onto your computer and into itunes.  Requires ifunbox. (free)  Export your songs out of your iphone using ifunbox. Make sure all your stuff is there (i put it in a folder on my desktop) Delete everything out of itunes lib.  (to avoid duplicates)  (just takes a couple clicks) Make sure you have "manually manage music and videos" selected in iphone summary in itunes.  Delete all music off iphone to avoid duplicates again (settings usage music edit delete) In itunes under your device select music from the on my device section in lower left pane (should be blank)  Now go to the folder on your desktop an open the folder you exported your music to.  Select all and drag and drop onto itunes.  Wait for it to copy all your stuff back onto your iphone. There you go.  Your iphone can be used as a storage device/mp3 player using this method.  You can now add songs to your device from your desktop by drag and drop in itunes or ifunbox.   No sync required.  It won't matter if you got the songs in the store or you rip them or whatever.  It's not being totally free of itunes but it's as close as I can get.

  • by Strike of Turin,

    Strike of Turin Strike of Turin Jun 8, 2015 6:53 AM in response to lydianicoleeee
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 8, 2015 6:53 AM in response to lydianicoleeee

    I'm sure you have figured it out by now, but to anyone who is having the same frustrating problem I am: How to get your purchased/downloaded music from your iPhone into your computer so you don't lose it when syncing:

     

    On the newest edition of iTunes, on the left hand side of the screen in the panel you will see a small text reading "On My Device" and underneath it is a set of subtexts for the different categories of what is on your iPhone.  To get the music to download to your pc, right click this small, grey text and then select transfer purchases.  This will finally, at long and unexplained last, start transferring your music you have already legitimately paid for from your iPhone to your computer.

     

    The problem with the designers of the iTunes program and updates is that they are most likely tech-support gurus and speak languages that most of us do not understand.  So when they design the platform, they're not thinking like someone who does not speak computer; they can only ASSUME you know everything they do and unintentionally hide the most important parts of the program!

     

    Hope this helps!

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jun 8, 2015 8:17 AM in response to Strike of Turin
    Level 10 (85,448 points)
    iPod
    Jun 8, 2015 8:17 AM in response to Strike of Turin

    After the best part of two years we can assume the original issue was resolved one way or another. Your suggestion falls short since it only recovers store purchases, not other media ripped or downloaded from other sources. Fuller solutions have already been offered within this thread.

     

    tt2

  • by fattyz,

    fattyz fattyz Jun 8, 2015 5:01 PM in response to fattyz
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 8, 2015 5:01 PM in response to fattyz

    I should add that this will not save your playlists.  I did not realize that when I posted.  Today I used a small program called idump (free) to do the same thing with a couple old ipads I have.

     

    Hope this helps good luck

  • by Strike of Turin,

    Strike of Turin Strike of Turin Jun 10, 2015 8:02 AM in response to turingtest2
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 10, 2015 8:02 AM in response to turingtest2

    Thank you for your candor.

     

    If you visit community-based product support pages regularly, you will find that answers are frequently rendered to questions posted up to a decade before.  This doesn't mean that we as a community should not give our two cents, because you never know what might work for someone or if the way you phrase helpful tips might be the right articulation to procure understanding.

     

    As for the ripped and downloaded music, if you want to use a program (iTunes) developed by Apple intended to handle music purchased through the Apple store to download/upload/transfer music you acquired through nefarious means, Android-based utilities, or otherwise other-than-Apple sources, then you should expect you will have to use a 3rd-party program to do so.  It is not a shot at anyone who downloads music from other sources, but I have to assume Apple "gives 0 #$%^s" about you utilizing their program for reasons other than what it was designed to do.

     

    If you want to use the product for purposes other than intended, be prepared to take a chance on the 3rd-party programs that others have suggested.  Some may work fine, others may be malicious programs or spamware.  But please don't attempt to take a high road on the issue if you're attempting to circumvent a product's original purpose.

  • by Baywatchboy,

    Baywatchboy Baywatchboy Jun 15, 2015 12:35 PM in response to Code-EZ
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 15, 2015 12:35 PM in response to Code-EZ

    I tried using DeTune. When I plugged my phone into my computer, there is no list of everything on my phone. It just lists my phone, but not everything on it.

     

    My issue is this. I recently bought a MacBook Air to replace my old MBP. I bought a music CD recently and was able to put that music on my old MBP and sync through iTunes to get the CD onto my phone, but how do I get the music onto my MBA. Is there a way to transfer from my iPhone? Thanks.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jun 15, 2015 12:42 PM in response to Baywatchboy
    Level 10 (85,448 points)
    iPod
    Jun 15, 2015 12:42 PM in response to Baywatchboy

    If the old MBP is still working copy the entire iTunes folder from your user's music folder to the MBA into the user's music folder on the MBA. If your library is too large for the MBA's internal drive copy it to the root of a portable external drive, then option start iTunes on the MBA to connect to the iTunes library on the external drive.

     

    If you can't do that, then see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.

     

    Whichever method you use you should maintain a separate copy of the library on another drive for security.

     

    tt2

  • by vaLLiant7,

    vaLLiant7 vaLLiant7 Jun 28, 2015 12:18 PM in response to lydianicoleeee
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jun 28, 2015 12:18 PM in response to lydianicoleeee

    Actually it's very easy.

         1. Select your file that you want to copy

         2. Then use your keyboard CTRL+C

         3. Go to Itunes>My Device>Music

         4. Use keyboard again this time CTRL+V

         5. DONE. Your music is sync to your iPhone

     

    Hope this help!

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jun 28, 2015 12:35 PM in response to vaLLiant7
    Level 10 (85,448 points)
    iPod
    Jun 28, 2015 12:35 PM in response to vaLLiant7

    The original post is over 18 months old. The poster wanted help copying content from an iPhone into iTunes. 

     

    tt2

  • by jmmaurer219,

    jmmaurer219 jmmaurer219 Jul 6, 2015 10:31 PM in response to turingtest2
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jul 6, 2015 10:31 PM in response to turingtest2

    I have read how to pull music from phone to itunes a few times and am still confused.

     

    1. will that bring ripped music from my iphone to itunes or will I lose that music forever?

     

    quasi related questions from other threads you've been on:

     

    2. how do I get my wife's account, my account, and any old account to merge?

     

    3. if I can't succeed at pulling music over, how do I delete all those songs with "!"?  In the past, I let itunes run so I can separate by # of plays.  Select all with "!", right click and delete, but they end up repopulating.

     

    Thank you very much.

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jul 6, 2015 11:32 PM in response to jmmaurer219
    Level 10 (85,448 points)
    iPod
    Jul 6, 2015 11:32 PM in response to jmmaurer219
    1. The aim of the steps in Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device is to get any content that only exists on your devices into your library. Once there you should be able to backup the device, and then restore it, replacing all content on the device and getting it properly associated with the new library.

    2. You cannot merge iTunes accounts, but Family Sharing may make it easier to share content.

    3. There are a number of approaches you can take to cleaning up. I haven't time to go into detail, but take a look at Re: How do I force iTunes to refresh my library? There are techniques presented for deduping and cleaning dead links, and there should be some backup advice there too.

     

    tt2

  • by jmmaurer219,

    jmmaurer219 jmmaurer219 Jul 7, 2015 7:32 AM in response to turingtest2
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jul 7, 2015 7:32 AM in response to turingtest2

    Thank you.

     

    Also, I found this and don't know if it will help anyone else.  It seemed to clear up a few of my issues

     

    http://tpteq.com/wordpress/software-tip/how-to-rebuild-your-itunes-library/

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 Jul 7, 2015 7:34 AM in response to jmmaurer219
    Level 10 (85,448 points)
    iPod
    Jul 7, 2015 7:34 AM in response to jmmaurer219

    Ah yes, a fresh start works for some. I'm usually trying to help people preserve ratings, play counts, playlists etc.

     

    tt2

  • by Erninniiennee,

    Erninniiennee Erninniiennee Jul 24, 2015 6:52 AM in response to lydianicoleeee
    Level 1 (0 points)
    Jul 24, 2015 6:52 AM in response to lydianicoleeee

    you can transfer purchases(like transfer music from iPhone to iTunes) by;

    1. plugging your iPhone into iTunes.

    2. in iTunes right click on you iPhone under "Devices"(on the collum at the left side of iTunes)

    3. select transfer purchases

     

    All of the purchased items from you iPhone will import to iTunes if you do that.

     

    Ok, mine is iOS 8.2, does it work too?

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Jul 24, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Erninniiennee
    Level 9 (53,717 points)
    Mac OS X
    Jul 24, 2015 7:04 AM in response to Erninniiennee

    Erninniiennee wrote:

     

    you can transfer purchases(like transfer music from iPhone to iTunes) by;

    1. plugging your iPhone into iTunes.

    2. in iTunes right click on you iPhone under "Devices"(on the collum at the left side of iTunes)

    3. select transfer purchases

     

    All of the purchased items from you iPhone will import to iTunes if you do that.

     

    Ok, mine is iOS 8.2, does it work too?

    Probably. Did you try?

first Previous Page 6 of 8 last Next