add songs without syncing to iTunes

Dear Sydalmighty,

I found a way for you to transfer your, Personal added/Purchased songs without any hassle to your "I" product. Just follow these steps:

1. Go to your computer/mac's iTunes program, Go to the top left screen to see a little box, Click on it
2. Hover over Library
3. Click, "Turn On Home Sharing"
4. Then it will bring you to a page
5. Then enter your credentials
6. Then click apply

Once you have done that, Switch over to your "I" product. (Easiest to use is the Iphone) And then follow these steps also:

1. Go to Settings
2. Then scroll down a little and click, "iTunes & App Store"
3. Once you are there, make sure you are logged into your apple account
4. Then go to, "SHOW ALL" and swipe Music and Videos to the right (which is on)
5. Then scroll down to, "AUTOMATIC DOWNLOADS"
6. Swipe all of them to on
7. Then swipe, "Use Cellular Data" to on (Only if you would like to do that, I have it on)

Once that is done, Go to the home screen. Then follow these steps:

1. Go to the Music app
2. Then you should see 3 "***" Or dots with More under it, tap on that (its at the bottom right of the screen)
3. You should see, Albums, Genres, Compilations, Composers and Shared
4. Tap on Shared
5. You should then see at the top of the list your phone name or ID
6. Then you should see some other name, That name should be the name (to find it out go to Network on your computer in the folder program, and click on your computers name, then users, then you should see, Public, Default, Default.migrated (<-- I don't know where this one came from but) and then one more, That will be the one you will see on your phone)
7. Tap on the one that I just explained
8. Go to Songs

Your music from your computer will be there, If you have more than a certain amount, It will be placed in categories for easier searching.

I hope that helped Sydalmighty, And anybody else looking to find this out.

Need help? Contact me at Gizzmoboy1234567@gmail.com

It seemed that things get complicated when using iTunes to sync iPhone data. To easily transfer music from iPhone to iTunes, try other iPhone Transfer software. There are many available, you can go google it.

When you do a reinstall of OS X you can not make modifications to the iPhone song list created with the previous OS X installation. This is highly annoying.

Thanks Jake.fromstatefarm. I have iTunes 12.1.0.5, iPhone 5s, and MacBook Air. Works like a charm. :*

For the sake of adding songs from iPhone without sync to iTunes, I think you must need to select "Prevent your iPods synced automatilcally" from "Edit">"Preference">"Device" firstly. Then, put your iPhone plugged in, click on the iPhone button near the top right next to iTunes Store. Click "On This iPhone" and "Add To". So you can transfer music to your iTunes from your albums, songs list, playlists, etc.Tips for you: pay attention to launching the newest version of iTunes which can give you new visual enjoyment!

so i can confirm that jake.fromstatefarm's idea worked. spent forever trying to find that **** autofill button and resorted to trying this way even if it was pretty scary lol. thought all my music was gonna be gone but everything worked!!

I'm not sure why I thought this would work with me but it didn't. I unplugged my iPod Classic as soon as I clicked "apply". A few moments later I plugged it in again (it was still carrying my MP3 collection) but somehow it continued to sync. The whole process did not take more than 5 seconds and my collection was gone and the iPod was as clean as a surgery room. It'll take me hours upon hours to re-sync my music collection on iTunes, relabel all files, albums and what not and then finally upload the whole thing. I'm just too upset to do this right now.

Apple is amazing except when it's the worst brand in the world with all its ridiculous monopoly policies. I hate to love it.

I found a temporary work-around that is good if you're working from a second computer for now, but will eventually return to a primary computer. This actually allows you to bypass iTunes completely if you want to.

It looks like a lot of steps, but if you are already using Google Drive or Dropbox, it will only take two or three minutes.

• You will need an account on Google Drive, Dropbox or another similar cloud service. Most offer free accounts with a generous basic file allowance.
• You can download their computer app onto your PC or Mac and use that folder, or use the online account folder.
• Download the Drive or Dropbox app on to your iPhone (if you don't already have it). This is a must. Remember to sign in.
• Create and name a folder in the Dropbox folder on the computer or online site. I use the album name.
• If it isn't already there, import the music from a CD or other source into the computer you are using. If it already exists in an iTunes folder, you can use that instead.
• Copy the music files from the computer or iTunes, using a standard Ctrl C copy function.
• Paste it into the Dropbox folder using the standard Ctrl V paste function.
• If your settings are correct, the Dropbox folder will automatically sync to your iPhone folder. (This will take a couple minutes depending on your broadband or WiFi speed.)
• You can then open the Dropbox folder on your phone and play the music directly from there.

When you eventually return to your primary computer you can then import the music into your iTunes account and sync your phone normally.

This works perfectly with music. I haven't tried it with movies or TV shows. But if you are using a free Dropbox account, remember that music takes up a small amount of space. A movie would probably far exceed the free allowance. You might find it a little inconvenient to remember that your music is in a different place on your phone, but it is an excellent temporary solution.

I can't believe it, this actually worked!!! It wasn't half scary though. My advice would be that IF, when you reconnect it, it starts to SYNC - unplug immediately and don't bother. Of course I'd seen that comment where it was wiped for someone like that and panicked. However I reasoned with myself, and agreed to do what I suggested there in worse case scenario. It worked for my iPhone 5c, with the second newest iTunes software (07/01/16). I think if it's an older gen/ iPod, it tends not to work. Couldn't find the auto-fill button anywhere by the way!!!

Just to add to the kudos - I don't have the latest iPhone OS (still in the 8 series) but have the latest iTunes on a brand new Windows 10 computer and my phone is a 5s and this worked without a hitch. I was so paranoid that I barely waited for it to start syncing before I pulled the phone. Don't know if others wrote about this but there is a tip way back in the thread about checking the "never allow autosync" button in iTunes (part of a different solution). I did that and would assume it prevents the phone from continuing to sync when you plug it back in so that seems like a good step to take before you try this. That Apple won't just let you transfer music from an authorized computer to a device you're logged into on the same ID without resorting to this is insane. Thanks again.