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I have saved (correct expression?) some music from physical CDs to my husband's itune account using an external USB DVD/CD writer. I have them synced them to my husband's iphone.
I actually like some of this music so can I somehow download/copy a few of them to my iPhone? We share the same macbook air but have different Apple IDs.
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.6
Hello barneyhairball,
If you share the same MacBook Air, do you have separate user accounts? This keeps all of your data separate. If so, you can import the CDs to your personal music library in your user account (with administrator privileges) on the Mac, and then sync with your iPhone.
Add a user or group on Mac - macOS User Guide
Import songs from CDs into Music on Mac - Apple Support
Sync music between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you are an Apple Music member you may also access your music library across all of your devices using the Sync Library feature that offers. That would help to save the time of manually syncing between the Mac and your iPhone after the media is imported to your library. This page can detail info on that if desired: Use Sync Library to access your music library across your devices - Apple Support
Cheers.
Hello barneyhairball,
If you share the same MacBook Air, do you have separate user accounts? This keeps all of your data separate. If so, you can import the CDs to your personal music library in your user account (with administrator privileges) on the Mac, and then sync with your iPhone.
Add a user or group on Mac - macOS User Guide
Import songs from CDs into Music on Mac - Apple Support
Sync music between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
If you are an Apple Music member you may also access your music library across all of your devices using the Sync Library feature that offers. That would help to save the time of manually syncing between the Mac and your iPhone after the media is imported to your library. This page can detail info on that if desired: Use Sync Library to access your music library across your devices - Apple Support
Cheers.
Hey barneyhairball,
You might consider setting up media sharing to share the music library. Here's more information and steps to help: Set up media sharing on Mac - Apple Support
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Take care!
Me again. We have separate Apple accounts and id’s on the same laptop. I am the administrator. But I am quite happy to alter anything.
So how can I access my husband’s saved cd’s to copy bits of them to my iphone without deleting any music I already have?
Can I copy a few saved music CDs from my husband's iphone to mine?
