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Q: Music from my phone onto my Mac

So I have been trying for awhile to put my music onto my Mac, but every time I've tried, I haven't found a way to get the music onto the laptop. Almost all of my songs are from CD's that were burned onto my old desktop computer, and then put onto my phone from there. Any ideas as to how to get my music on the laptop?

Thanks!

iPhone 6, iOS 9.1, null

Posted on Dec 20, 2015 5:36 PM

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  • by Limnos,Apple recommended

    Limnos Limnos Dec 20, 2015 9:54 PM in response to fmeg
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    Dec 20, 2015 9:54 PM in response to fmeg

    Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss.  To use a device with a different setup you transfer the old library from a computer or a backup directly to the new setup, not the device to the library. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.

     

    Redownload or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201267 - "This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store." As of iOS9 no longer does apps which now must be re-downloaded directly from the Store.

     

    For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software.  See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991  Even this method may not fully recover what you had in the library originally. For example if in order to save space when syncing you had converted music files to a lower bitrate, or photos to a lower resolution, it is those lower quality files you will recover.

     

    If you subscribe to Apple Music, tracks which are not part of content your have purchased or uploaded cannot be transferred and have to be downloaded directly from iCloud.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Dec 20, 2015 10:01 PM in response to fmeg
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    Dec 20, 2015 10:01 PM in response to fmeg

    Copy the entire /Music/iTunes folder from old computer to new computer.

    Almost all of my songs are from CD's that were burned onto my old desktop computer,

    Just an FYI: Burn means to create a CD (because the laser burns the disc).

    Rip means to get songs off the CD onto the computer.

  • by fmeg,

    fmeg fmeg Dec 21, 2015 1:50 PM in response to Chris CA
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    Dec 21, 2015 1:50 PM in response to Chris CA

    Do you mean like connect my laptop to the desktop? I no longer have that desktop.

    Thanks for the FYI, I had no idea!