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tinakelso
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Q: how do i transfer a large number of songs

I want to be able to put a large number of songs onto my new iPhone 6s

how do i transfer them from my mac book to my iPhone quickly?

I do not want to have to add them one at a time and I want them to be able to playback whenI am offline

thanks

iPhone 5, iOS 6

Posted on Nov 2, 2015 7:27 AM

by swandy,Solvedanswer
swandy swandy
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A:

On your MacBook make a playlist of all the songs you want to download to your iPhone - either your entire library or whatever you wish to have there.

Then go to the iPhone (assuming that both the MacBook and iPhone are both signed in with the same Apple ID and both have iCloud Music Library turned ON). The playlist should sync to your iPhone. Hit the three dots to the right of the playlist title and tap "Make Available Offline" and make sure your iPhone is on a decent Wifi network. Then wait.

Posted on Nov 3, 2015 5:29 AM

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  • by swandy,Solvedanswer

    swandy swandy Nov 3, 2015 5:29 AM in response to tinakelso
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    Nov 3, 2015 5:29 AM in response to tinakelso

    On your MacBook make a playlist of all the songs you want to download to your iPhone - either your entire library or whatever you wish to have there.

    Then go to the iPhone (assuming that both the MacBook and iPhone are both signed in with the same Apple ID and both have iCloud Music Library turned ON). The playlist should sync to your iPhone. Hit the three dots to the right of the playlist title and tap "Make Available Offline" and make sure your iPhone is on a decent Wifi network. Then wait.

  • by tinakelso,

    tinakelso tinakelso Nov 3, 2015 5:30 AM in response to swandy
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    Nov 3, 2015 5:30 AM in response to swandy

    thanks

  • by Diabulos,

    Diabulos Diabulos Nov 4, 2015 11:51 PM in response to swandy
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    Nov 4, 2015 11:51 PM in response to swandy

    This SHOULD work but it does not. the music app seems to get confused if more than about 10 songs are being downloaded, it seems to have a terrible download management profile.  Also, out of say 20 songs, at least 3 will come up with 'Could not download at this time, try later' retry does nothing to fix this.

     

    If you cancel all downloads (which is an option unhelpfully at the very bottom of the download page,if you have many files, scrolling crashes the app) magically, it starts downloading again, after a while it creates some bizarre internal profile of files that must be downloaded, you cannot see that profile or stop it, you just randomly get 'downloading files' despite having hit cancel all downloads and the number of files left for download (if you select, say, a to make a playlist offline) will vary randomly as well.4 weeks into my new Ipod Touch and I still have only half my collection on the ipod (I walk on the wild for landscape photography, not wifi or 3g) despite haviin a 100mb fiber connection at home.

  • by cb1bass,

    cb1bass cb1bass Mar 31, 2016 2:13 PM in response to tinakelso
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    Mar 31, 2016 2:13 PM in response to tinakelso

    I have two different Apple ID's on my iphone.  Can I transfer all of the music from one to the other?

  • by seorennes,

    seorennes seorennes Apr 1, 2016 5:11 AM in response to swandy
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    Apr 1, 2016 5:11 AM in response to swandy

    thanks

  • by cb1bass,

    cb1bass cb1bass Apr 1, 2016 6:52 AM in response to swandy
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    Apr 1, 2016 6:52 AM in response to swandy

    Swandy,

    You seem to know what you're talking about...can you help me?

    I have two different Apple ID's on my iPhone, with a bunch of songs in MyMusic under each separate ID.  Is there a way for me to consolidate all of my music under one of my ID's?