How can I transfer music from my iPad to my iPhone? Do I need a desktop?

That was implicit: one can subscribe to Apple Music, which is free for 90 days, and download , say, 1,000 songs, which can ( in this interval) be then transferred to another device.

I'm not sure, but it may work with other subscriptions as well, as at that particular moment one IS the owner of those songs( being a subscriber). The logic is the same, but I haven't tried it that way.

But the point was that you cannot transfer the content from one person's device to another's-- as was implied, for 'security' purposes--because it requires the same Apple ID, with which one device is registered with Apple. Being two different people, there are two different IDs, quite different from two different devices with the same ID, being the same person. The former scenario prevents, indeed, the transfer, while only the latter one allows it. Therefore, there is no security issue.

I'm sorry, but you are completely wrong. iCloud backups that are used to set up a phone will download all purchased media from iTunes in the Cloud. What prevents me from sharing my music with you is that I have to sign into MY iCloud account to restore from a backup. That associates your phone to my Apple ID, so YOU can't download past purchases, join Apple Music, join iTunes Match, join Family Sharing, or set up Automatic Downloads until 90 days have passed.

Please test your answers before giving them here. I have erased phones in order to test restoring from a backup (for other reasons) multiple times. I set up my new iPhone 7 Plus from my iPhone 5s backup. It has exactly the same media on it that my iPhone 5s had. All of the purchases downloaded after the rest of the backup was complete.

GB

brucefrompomona wrote:

Au contraire, music IS included. Once you've purchased it it's stored in the iCloud( it requires one tap in settings).

Now, one can also sign up for these free services( for a limited time), download countless content for which they haven't technically payed (yet), and use the same method: store it in the iCloud and download it from there to the second, compatible device. It takes seconds to do it.

Your music links are stored in both a backup as well as in iTunes in the Cloud (not iCloud). However, as has been stated, to get that music on a device that is signed into the same iTunes ID you can download past purchases via the iTunes Store app (the iCloud ID that is signed in is not relevant for obtaining your purchases this way). You can also set up a new phone from an iCloud bacup of another device, and that device will download any purchases that have links saved in the backup (which would be all of the purchases that were backed up (this method does require the same iCloud ID as the purchaser to be signed in in order to access the backup at all - once the links start downloading purchased media, if a purchased item was purchased by someone other than the person who is signed into the iTunes account, you will get a pop-up requiring you to supply the password for that other ID).

GB

brucefrompomona wrote:

That's what I meant: there is a way to transfer the content from one device to another, using the iCloud. You cannot transfer the content. You can restore it from a backup, or you can download it from iTunes in the Cloud, or you can turn on iCloud Music Library and use Apple Music

One can download the content stored in the iCloud ( which requires a simple tap) to the second device, including downloaded music not actually purchased( this requires an explanation). Not sure what you mean by this?

Whether one calls that 'sync' or not it's not relevant. It is completely relevant. Terms are important in this discipline, and carelessly throwing around inaccurate terms, as well as contradicting a post that is correct, creates problems for people trying to understand the different types of processes.

I am aware of the date the OP has posted the question, but what matters is the question: just like I've bumped into this question 41/2 years after it was posted, someone else might bump into it 41/2 years from today, because the same question might be asked at a later time. The question is still relevant today, as it was 41/2 years ago. Since you are referring to Apple Music, it is not relevant at all.

GB

YOu are a legend... I have been trying to do this for ages... They are downloading as we speak! Thank you. X

Airdisk Pro - free to try and transfers the files via a wifi network either from mac/pc to iDevice and/or between iDevices...

using bluetooth? it is possible? how?

Yep. It's impossible. Therefore, I prefer to transfer music from iPad to iPhone by other software.

The method you show does not use Bluetooth.

Yes, there is: through iCloud.

Music, purchased or not, is not part of backups, for the reason of preventing exactly what you're recommending he do.

Oops, I wasn't sure if it went through from the email, so I wrote something similar once more. Disregard one of them, at least)!)

Yes, that'll do. It only took me about 30 seconds to transfer about 100 songs, out of which only two were purchased, technically speaking.

No, it needs the same Apple ID, that is the condition. If it's the same ID, it's done in seconds; if not, it cannot be done. Logically.

Your music can only be stored in the cloud if you use iCloud music library, which requires a subscription to either iTunes match or Apple music, sorry wrong again.