add a song to my iPhone without having to sync to a laptop?

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add a song to my iPhone without having to sync to a laptop?

Hi I have an .mp3 that I just created on a laptop that is not my home laptop, so if I sync my iPhone to it all the songs currently on my iPhone will obviously be removed. I want to just add this one song to my iPhone's current music library thats on it without having to sync to the laptop. I emailed it to myself, but when i open that email on my phone, the open in... options do not include Music. I saved it to google drive, and again it won't let me open in Music. I converted it to an AAC in garageband as well, and still that will not go into Music.

There has to be a way to download a single mp3 or AAC music file directly from email or cloud and add it into your Music on your phone. HELP?!

Thanks!

iPhone 6s, iOS 9.1

Posted on Nov 20, 2015 9:17 AM

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Answer 1

Demo

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Nov 20, 2015 9:20 AM in response to lisakate08

lisakate08 wrote:

There has to be a way to download a single mp3 or AAC music file directly from email or cloud and add it into your Music on your phone. HELP?!

You might be able to import the file into nother music player app, but not the built in music app. You would have to import it into your iTunes library and sync it to the phone.

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Pmintz25

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Nov 20, 2015 9:28 AM in response to lisakate08

Do you sync the iPhone to the home computer? It would be easiest to just copy the .mp3 from your laptop to your home computer and then sync the iPhone with the computer.

You can pay for and use iTunes Match, which uploads your iTunes library to iCloud and lets you download any song on any device. This costs money though.

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Phil0124

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Nov 20, 2015 9:31 AM in response to lisakate08

Unfortunately no. The only way to get files into the Music App on an iPhone is either to buy them from the iTunes Store, or sync them form iTunes on a computer.

You'll need to add the mp3 to your music library on whichever computer you sync with, and then sync it to the iPhone.

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lisakate08 Author

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Nov 20, 2015 11:56 AM in response to Phil0124

Ah such a bummer, just want to add one (that is not bought on iTunes) on the fly and on the go as I won't be able to go home and sync my phone to my laptop. Stinks.

Thanks everyone for the replies

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