Add music apple device, devices ?? 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Can i add music to my apple device[s] or only able to add music purchased thru Apple Music on device, and how do i add own on device if able to add own??


Can i add music to my apple devices or do i can you only add music purchase thru Apple Music??

if can add own music how do i do this, how is this done??


Thank you muchly so very appreciative of any help can get regards to my request 💪🏻

iMac (M4, 2024)

Posted on Feb 10, 2026 2:37 PM

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Posted on Feb 10, 2026 4:11 PM

tamm80 wrote:

Can i add music to my apple device[s] or only able to add music purchased thru Apple Music on device, and how do i add own on device if able to add own??


You can add purchased music from any source, as long as it is in a fairly standard format – like MP3, AAC, AIFF, or WAV – and does not have DRM. Or can be converted to one of those formats (e.g., by importing it from a CD).


In the case of an iPhone or iPad, you would load the music into a master music library on your Mac or Windows PC. Then you would manually synchronize a selection of that music to your iPhone.


Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support


Can i add music to my apple devices or do i can you only add music purchase thru Apple Music??
if can add own music how do i do this, how is this done??


See above. Most of the music stored on my iPhone is music that I purchased on CD and imported to a Mac, then synchronized to the phone. (A few of the songs in my library were purchased from the iTunes Store.)

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Feb 10, 2026 4:11 PM in response to tamm80

tamm80 wrote:

Can i add music to my apple device[s] or only able to add music purchased thru Apple Music on device, and how do i add own on device if able to add own??


You can add purchased music from any source, as long as it is in a fairly standard format – like MP3, AAC, AIFF, or WAV – and does not have DRM. Or can be converted to one of those formats (e.g., by importing it from a CD).


In the case of an iPhone or iPad, you would load the music into a master music library on your Mac or Windows PC. Then you would manually synchronize a selection of that music to your iPhone.


Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod using your computer - Apple Support


Can i add music to my apple devices or do i can you only add music purchase thru Apple Music??
if can add own music how do i do this, how is this done??


See above. Most of the music stored on my iPhone is music that I purchased on CD and imported to a Mac, then synchronized to the phone. (A few of the songs in my library were purchased from the iTunes Store.)

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