Moving music from iphone download folder to music app

I have researched all kinds of workarounds but is there a way to move the song that I just downloaded to my phone (so it's sitting in the download folder) to the music app (without going to itunes on my mac)?


I do not have itunes on my phone - I just want this album I've purchased to live in the music app rather than the download folder so it can be included in my song shuffle.


Am I correct that there is no way to do this without first transferrring the songs to itunes on my mac and then onto my iphone via synch?


iPhone 8 Plus

Posted on Nov 20, 2020 4:23 PM

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Posted on Nov 20, 2020 4:29 PM

You don't.


That's the way it works with music downloaded from anywhere other than the iTunes Store. You will have to import it to iTunes on your computer, then sync it to the phone.


It's been that way for over 13 years now.

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