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sync music from iphone to itunes

Hello all


I had to get a new Mac laptop after my old one crashed with no backup. (oops.) I now have all my music still on my iPhone 5s that I need to sync to my iTunes library -- and not just purchased music as some of my music was put on through CDs that I owned many years ago. I did a little research, and most of the info I found is a few years old and says I must extract the songs though a third-party app. I am wondering if this is still the case, and if so, what app to use.


Thanks in advance for any help.


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Posted on Aug 17, 2015 9:05 AM

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Posted on Aug 17, 2015 9:40 AM

Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a different setup you transfer the old library from a computer or a backup directly to the new setup, not the device to the library. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.


iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store


For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991


If you no longer own the CDs you should also delete the music from your computer as getting rid of the CDs also got rid of your right to have a copy of the music in any format.

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Aug 17, 2015 9:40 AM in response to quimbydog68

Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a different setup you transfer the old library from a computer or a backup directly to the new setup, not the device to the library. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.


iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store


For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991


If you no longer own the CDs you should also delete the music from your computer as getting rid of the CDs also got rid of your right to have a copy of the music in any format.

sync music from iphone to itunes

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