How do I transfer music from an iPhone XR to a MacBook Pro (OS Monterey)

Wether you have an old iTunes version or have finder on a mac running Catalina or later, the answer is still basically the same same. Sync is one way, from the Mac to the device only.

To extract music from an iOS device, you will need a 3rd party app, and neither iTunes nor the Finder are involved in that process.

Syncing directly with an iTunes / Music library, will replace anything on the device with whatever is on the computer and delete everything on the device.

See the following link for help.

click here ➜ Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - Apple Community

You can't copy from iPhone to Mac (or anything ) using just Apple apps. There used to be non-Apple apps that did this which you downloaded from the web to a PC, but I don't know if they still work with recent iOS. By all means check online but unless the music has massive sentimental value or is stuff you've created yourself and isn't available anywhere else then I wouldn't risk messing about inside the iPhone's file system if there's even a small risk of bricking the phone.

Well, as a last resort there's nothing to stop your recording them in real time. Get a USB audio recorder and some audio software (Audacity is OK). You can either play the CDs on your hifi and record onto your PC via the USB audio adapter or plug your phone's headphone jack into it and record them directluy from playing them on the phone. Don't buy a USB adapter that's only for phono (record decks) because the output from your phone/hifi will be too high.

That's what I do when I get the occasional CD that won't rip to iTunes/Music.

Darlo58 wrote:

Thanks for the explanation, I will not sync! I have looked at a number of 3rd party apps but having read the reviews I was not convinced of one that worked and was safe.

A short trial of Apple Music may be the easiest approach. That should be able to get songs, playlists, and some stats, from the device, into a cloud library, that you can then download to your computer and back up!

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Sync goes from the Mac to the devices. You may need to rip the CDs again.

I suggest iExplorer. Seems to be a good option for this and has decent reviews.

https://macroplant.com/iexplorer