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Transfer non-purchased music from iPhone 6s to SE

I have an iPhone 6S with music from my ripped CD collection as I don't really buy music online. Spent all my money on CD's and cassette tapes years ago.

Anyways, I would like to get the music off the 6S and put it on an SE.

How can I make the iphone operate like a normal mp3 player or an iPod?

Is there a way to make it so I can drag and drop music as I please? 

The problem I am experiencing right now is that when I have Music open I am not able to drag the songs off the phone and into the music player app on the SE. I can drag music into and out of the shared files option no problem, and into 3rd party music player apps.

When I search online there are 3rd party apps availabe but all the websites seem kinda sketchy. Any suggestions?

Am I the only one on Earth who would like to do this?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated. Thank you.

iPhone 6s, iOS 15

Posted on Mar 9, 2022 1:56 PM

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Mar 9, 2022 1:58 PM in response to isak162

If the music is in your Music library on your iPhone it should be copied over if you use Quick Start when you set up the new iPhone.


No, you can't make it work like an MP3 player as iOS does not have user manageable file system. You can sync the songs from your computer or look to 3rd party software.

Mar 9, 2022 2:06 PM in response to LD150

On the iPods, such as the Nano and the old Classic you could choose to manually manage your music and copy it back and forth plus there was 3rd party software to do this. With iOS there is 3rd party software that will let you move music from an iPhone to a computer. I haven't used anything that allows moving music manually from one iPhone to another.

Transfer non-purchased music from iPhone 6s to SE

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