Import m4a to iTunes using only iOS, no Mac OS

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Import m4a to iTunes using only iOS, no Mac OS

I’m trying to get .m4a song files I’ve recorded with GarageBand from a turntable with my office MacBook Pro (which isn’t connected to my personal Apple account) onto my iPhone, to play in Music.

I don’t have a paid Apple Music account, and my only personal devices are an iPhone and an iPad (i.e., iOS, nothing Mac OS).

Although the songs play just fine on my office MacBook, transferring them to my iPhone has so far been impossible. The best I’ve been able to do so far is to put the files into Dropbox, and get at them that way with my iPhone. They’ll play when clicked on in Dropbox, but from there I can’t import them - via iOS - into my iPhone’s Music library.

The challenge is that my MacBook is purposely not paired with my personal devices, because it's owned by my employer.

If anyone has a solution to this problem, I’m much obliged.

iPad, iOS 9

Posted on Dec 24, 2020 8:38 AM

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Dec 24, 2020 10:59 AM in response to Rob Ehle

With the Music app it's all designed to be done by syncing with a computer running Apple software, or using iCloud Apple Music in conjunction with a music library. If you're not doing it that way then you have to use a third party player the way it seems you have been doing.

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Rob Ehle Author

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Dec 24, 2020 9:38 AM in response to Limnos

That’s the problem. I don’t want to sync the computer with the iPhone. The MacBook is a company device, and I don’t want it synced to my personal devices. Essentially, I’m asking how to share recorded m4a files with “someone else’s” device. Or rather, how to play m4a files that I’ve received from “someone else” in Music.

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Dec 24, 2020 9:07 AM in response to Rob Ehle

Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer [iTunes or Finder] - Apple Support - https://support.apple.com/HT201253

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Rob Ehle Author

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Dec 24, 2020 11:44 AM in response to Limnos

Alas, yes.

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Import m4a to iTunes using only iOS, no Mac OS

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