how to sync music from iPhone to iTunes

It depends on the types of music you have on your iPhone:

For iTunes Store purchased songs, you can connect your iPhone with your computer > launch iTunes > If you can't see the sidebar, show sidebar (on Windows PC, it in View menu)> Right click on your device > transfer Purchased.

As for other songs downloaded or transferred to your iPhone, you can't transfer them to your computer until you try third-party app, like tunesgo.

shanasunshine1Nov 24, 2012 8:15 PM Re: how to sync music from iPhone to iTunes
Re: how to sync music from iPhone to iTunesin response to cgardnerhgcpm

you can transfer purchases(like transfer music from iPhone to iTunes) by;

1. plugging your iPhone into iTunes.

2. in iTunes right click on you iPhone under "Devices"(on the collum at the left side of iTunes)

3. select transfer purchases

All of the purchased items from you iPhone will import to iTunes if you do that.

What shanasunshine1 post totally work for me. Thanks a million.

I suggest you read this article: iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer - Apple Support

If you purchase music from iTunes store on iPhone, you can follow these steps to transfer music from iPhone to iTunes:

• Before you transfer your purchases, make sure that your computer is authorized with the same Apple ID account you used to make the purchases.
• Connect your iPhone to the computer. Wait for its icon to appear in iTunes.
• Go to File > Devices.
• Choose Transfer Purchases from [device name].

You are responding to a query from November of 2012. It is important to pay attention to the date of the post you are responding to.

Cheers,

GB

In fact, you can use MobiKin Assistant for iOS sync music from iPhone to iTunes. Google it. Hope this helps

It worked! Thank you so much!!!

hello

just let me get this right ,if i have downloaded some music files from an application straight into my Iphone i wont be able to transfer them to my computer or itunes ? unless i have the application you mentioned ??!!!!!

thank you so much 🙂

iTunes sync is one-way: iTunes to phone. You cannot sync music from your iPhone to iTunes. You can transfer music purchased via iTunes from your phone to iTunes, but you cannot transfer anything else from your Phone to iTunes.

Cheers,

GB

You can try to use this method. Start iTunes on computer/Mac, and go to “Edit > Preference > Devices”, and check “Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically”.

Plug iPhone into computer via the USB cable. iTunes will recognize your iPhone and show it at the upper right corner of the main interface. Click “File > Add Files to Library” at the upper left corner of iTunes to add music files.

After iTunes add music files into library, you can click the icon of iPhone at the upper right corner, and then choose “Music” in the summary. Then check “Sync Music from”, and choose “Selected songs and playlists”.

Then iTunes will start to sync music from your iPhone to iTunes. This way maybe useful to prevent your iPhone being synced.

I know this is very late but you can get a application called iExplorer on both Mac and PC and you can automatically sync all of your songs from your iDevice

straight to iTunes

Hope this helps if you still need the answer..

THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR USEFUL INFO.🙂

This answer makes no sense. i have the music on my iphone but for some reason i can't put it on my macbook or my iMac ? If i add any music via CD to my macbook iTunes library and i want to add it to my iPhone at next sync iTunes wants to erase all my phone music and replace it with the one or two albums that i have on my macbook library. why does iTunes have to replace the whole library on my phone? and why can't i get my music from my phone to my macbook?

baukus wrote:

This answer makes no sense. i have the music on my iphone but for some reason i can't put it on my macbook or my iMac ? ...why can't i get my music from my phone to my macbook?

Unless this is purchased music that you can transfer the purchases for, music syncing is one way, iTunes to iOS device. It has always been that way.

baukus wrote:

If i add any music via CD to my macbook iTunes library and i want to add it to my iPhone at next sync iTunes wants to erase all my phone music and replace it with the one or two albums that i have on my macbook library. why does iTunes have to replace the whole library on my phone?

Sounds like at one time, your phone has been synced to another library, or you have manually manage music checked, or you have manually manage music checked and are trying to change it to sync. The other explanation is that you have sync music checked and have unchecked all of the music except for the new music. It would help if you explained a little more about this, and considering the age of this thread, you would have been better of to start your own, and then explained your issue.