I cannot add music from my PC to iPhone SE 64GB

I cannot add music from my PC to iPhone SE 64GB. The "options" dialogue box does not include the ability to manually add music files.

iPhone SE, iOS 10.1.1

Posted on Nov 13, 2016 7:34 AM

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Nov 13, 2016 8:00 PM in response to iPhone SE user

Hi iPhone SE User,

I understand that you are wanting to move music from your PC to your iPhone. I know how important listening to your music is on your phone so I am here to help.

Move content from iTunes on your computer to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Learn how to manually add specific songs or videos onto your iOS device from your computer.

By default, iTunes manages the content of your iTunes library (including your music, TV shows, movies, and more) manually, which gives you control over the content you want to take with you on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch. This is useful if your iTunes library contains more items than can fit on your device.

If you're a member of Apple Music or subscribe to iTunes Match, you have iCloud Music Library turned on. When you have iCloud Music Library turned on, you can't manually manage music. You can still manage videos using the steps below.

Manually add items to your device

  1. Connect your device to your computer.
  2. Open iTunes. Make sure that you have the latest version.
  3. Choose the content that you want to add to your device from your iTunes library.User uploaded file
  4. Look in the left sidebar for your device, then drag the content to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod.User uploaded file

If you're using an iPhone, you can only add music or video from a single iTunes Library.

If you're using an iPad or iPod, you can add music from multiple iTunes Libraries, but video from only one iTunes Library.

If you can't manually add or remove content from your device

Check to make sure that the "Manually manage music and videos" option is turned on:

  1. Connect your device to your computer.
  2. Open iTunes. Make sure that you have the latest version.
  3. Locate and click on your device.

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  4. In the left sidebar, click Summary.
  5. Scroll to the Options section.
  6. Click the box next to "Manually manage music and videos."
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  7. Click Apply.

You might see a message that your device is synced with another library. This means that you've used a different computer to sync your device in the past, and iTunes can't sync without first erasing and replacing all iTunes content on your device.


Let us know the outcome from following the steps above.

Cheers!

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