How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone

[@madpedalboards]

The seemingly endless depths to which Apple goes to make something that should be "cut and paste" difficult is mindboggling. Have spent more time and effort than I would like to admit to figure this out. This is the first time someone has been able to show me how to do this successfully. Thank you, sir! I say again, thank you.

[@robh4671]

Hear Hear

[@romella_karmey]

Just had my first iphone ever and it making me crazy lmao

[@zentzu4003]

Completely agree, I only recently switched to iPhone and am genuinely confused by the hype

[@eagleeyemind4800]

It's been like this for decades unfortunately

[@ronaldpimentel9821]

@@eagleeyemind4800 The whole itunes setup is designed to make you buy music from apple. Our household has both PC's and Apple devices. Apple is so overrated.

[@LuxeNailsWithTara]

It’s sad that we need to watch a video to figure this out. Why so difficult

[@F_L_U_X]

Because Apple is bullshit and Android rules. I had to trade in my LGV40 for this shitty iPhone because my carrier stopped supporting Android. My LGV40 is just collecting dust in the closet... :'(

[@ldimter2208]

@@F_L_U_X go outside bro

[@shtivb2263]

Ex GF twisted my arm to try Apple again, its been a year, cant wait to go back to Android.

[@juhdanaji7993]

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[@juhdanaji7993]

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[@angelasteffen4475]

I cannot tell you how many videos I had to suffer through before I found this one! Perfect and so easy to follow. Just what I needed. THANK YOU

[@XXanimeseekerXX]

same

[@kapes13]

ditto

[@m.a.n.7688]

Apple products are Not Plug & Play, you cannot plug a USB and cut and paste etc, you have to go through their system, waste lots of time. If I’m a composer, I wouldn't trust their system before I get a proper copyright.

[@denisedelgado715]

Yours was the best tutorial. I just wasted hours trying to transfer my music to my iPhone. Came across dozens of videos and websites, but unlike the others, yours was clearly explained. Made the process seamlessly easy. Thank you. I applaud you for an excellent tutorial! Wow! You’re the best!

[@MrWhite0052]

As of now this video is outdated, they removed the "Sync Music" checkbox that he used, I am still looking for another solution.

[@obesebabyyum]

you find one yet?

[@Thisyounghouse]

I second ​ @obesebabyyum question. I am so mad because I pay for the imatch service and apple is not syncing my files to my phone... If I could just drag and drop them onto the phone this wouldn't be an issue. I don't want to buy a macbook just to manage my phone. This is so dumb. Oh and now iTunes is no longer a thing. SOOOO if your PC has iTunes on it DO NOT INSTALL APPLE MUSIC. It will destroy your iTunes software...

[@MrWhite0052]

@@obesebabyyum No solution I was able to find, sorry brother.

[@luxurreview]

Remember when you didn’t have to download iTunes to transfer music? Drag and drop baby!

[@infernal7318]

So true. When i tried it now everything's changed

[@infernal7318]

@Daniel Richardson they're not customizable and doesn't have much freedom unlike Android.

[@infernal7318]

@Daniel Richardson ahahaha!

[@infernal7318]

@Daniel Richardson yeah i totally agree. There are things apple really do best. I love both platform actually. And i totally understand why they do what they do.

[@Cambodiataxiservice]

THANKS

[@ELGusher88007]

You are a life saver! I'm a Windows & Android person. I "had" to purchase an iPhone 13 to learn it. I can stress enough how much your video has helped today, last couple of months. I come back to several of your video now and then. Keep up the great work!

[@ChrisSinclaire]

This is an excellent video. However, there is one essential piece of information missing: when installing iTunes on a Windows PC for the first time, it doesn't automatically load the Windows Explorer Music folder into the iTunes library. Therefore, after installing iTunes, one must first click on the File item in the menu bar and then click on Add Folder to Library. One then has to choose the Windows Explorer Music folder. Once chosen it will scan the folder and invite one to convert any non-Apple format files to AAC. Depending on the size of one's Music folder, the number of files to be converted and the computer speed, this can take a long time!

[@spectruux3845]

THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS WORKED!!!

[@jaykenarn6223]

what is "File item in the menu bar"?

[@peji636]

​@@jaykenarn6223 I think it's on the iTunes app, top left corner

[@peji636]

Thanks so much, this worked!!

[@Zohhoo]

thank you very much, I was struggling with this a lot.

[@marieclifford7407]

finally! after a lot of trials I was able to add my music to my phone. Thanks a lot!

[@syrigana7244]

how'd u do it man, its not working for me

[@trippy_boxer_dog2170]

3 years on, ios 17 at this point, i endlessly struggled to work out how to sync my music library, shamelessly all i needed to do was add folder to library option and i salute you sir, thankyou so much as it was making me stir crazy!

[@joelf5565]

You are the best. I went through many resources and you’re the first to mention about the default music folder and how to select another folder. You made my life so much easier. Thank you so much!

[@kenrizzo1962]

FANTASTIC!!! Worked exactly as you described… I’ve spent hours and hours combined through webpages and KZbin videos until I clicked on your video here. My songs are now on my phone. You’re my hero!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!!!

[@dwh8310]

5:20 That window no longer comes up for me. Just an "Icloud Music Library is on" and then "Sync Voice Memos"

[@Ryryyhbj765]

Same idk how to fix it

[@dwh8310]

@@Ryryyhbj765 I spent over an hour with Apple trying different procedures and they came up with nothing. You can still edit, make and delete new and old playlists but you can't choose which ones to put on your phone when you sync.

[@stillfrenzy843]

Same here and I am beyond aggravated! I read if you toggle off the ICloud music library, you will lose all your music you have downloaded over the years. Geeez!

[@TheRaspyCupcake]

@@stillfrenzy843 This exact thing just happened to me! Hopefully there's something to fix it

[@DarkShadow-3285]

THE ONLY TUTORIAL THAT ACTUALLY WORKS 5/5 WOULD RECOMMEND

[@cali6an]

Very informative! Thank you! I'm about to receive my first ever iPhone (the 12 pro max) and I was a bit scared about the whole music thing but after seeing this I'm calmer about the whole situation lol. Thanks so much!

[@Xalphire]

You could've waited just a few months to buy the iPhone 13 hahaha

[@gemini945]

I recently switched from android to apple; it really feels like going back to the Stone Age.

[@iloveketchup20]

it's ridiculous, all I had to do to move my mp3 songs over to my android was moving them to a cloud storage media like onedrive then download them straight from there.

[@Ckrispybacon]

to anyone struggling with this because of the new itunes update, make sure you’re transferring ur mp3 files to m4a and it should work again

[@CescCZE]

Thank you dude. Now it is working!

[@Ckrispybacon]

@Naveen Sharma which part are you confused about? i might be able to help

[@williamchilemeji8709]

My phone does not appear on itunes installed in my pc

[@dzam7216]

were you able to fix it?@@williamchilemeji8709

[@markferrell2470]

Two years later I’m still looking to you for help. Thank You Kevin

[@SpainHighlander]

Well, it may have been a quick tutorial for you, Kevin, but it was life or death for me 😊😊😊. Beautifully, and simply explained.... and at a pace that an old chap like myself could keep pace with. Well done. Regards and thanks from sunny Spain.

[@robbiepayne9161]

Brilliant. Easiest ay I have seen.

[@danieljackson5687]

itunes not recognizing music even thou i drag music to the music folder

[@thinleydema7642]

Same here

[@popeyespizza330]

It did that for me at first until I closed out of everything and went back into iTunes and then it showed my song and I could play it there and I went to the iPhone icon then music then checked the sync music checkbox and it recognized the song so maybe close out of everything and go back into iTunes as that worked for me?

[@thedude030]

Like the guy said, try to create another folder in another location (preferably the desktop) and then set iTunes to get music from that folder instead. Hope this helps.

[@nhidayah186]

I SWEAR IT WORKS !! THANK YOU SO MUCH KEVIN

[@moonchildzee49]

mine only says “manually manage videos”- i have apple music but wanted to add music which is unreleased/not on apple music but its working- it says it is “icloud music library enabled” and i cant seem to find a way to able it?

[@altonkilbourn1595]

This is why i like android better than iPhone with an android phone all you have to is drop and drag your music from the computer to the android phone no need for second app to put the music on your phone or tablet even with windows just drop the music to the computer

[@bpekhoul]

Thank you so much for sharing. I was in the dark before I watched your vid. Again thank you!

[@wadepierce802]

Simply put, this tutorial works. As I am writing this, I am playing Rush on my iPhone 11. Files acquired from a Windows 10 computer.

[@Mohammad_Qunbos]

Please do the same video for Android, Oh just kidding.

[@Q.ually313]

Lol right. I have so many unreleased songs on my android

[@F_L_U_X]

xD

[@muhammadwally2048]

Lol nice one, im on android too

[@mirvtheband]

No kidding. I hate apple.

[@terrymofmich]

I don't see a "sync" button on this laptop.

[@sweetminamosa2413]

this is my last iPhone. Never again.

[@basilchibuike6159]

😂😂why?

[@sirubenpo]

I CANT THANK YOU ENOUGH IM SO GLAD I FOUND YOUR YT CHANNEL LONG LIVE FOR YOU

[@popeyespizza330]

This was such a help thank you! ♥️ I would have stayed confused and frustrated had it not been for this tutorial I was about to just record the music from the camera on my iPhone while it was playing on the computer haha keep up the good work you are helping a lot of people out!

[@TheAlbinoNugget]

Yeah this didn’t work for me. I’m trying to get a playlist I created to transfer over. I did what you said and everything and none of that is currently working

[@Ritesh_YT]

Perfect Kevin. So clear and user friendly.

[@cindychifari9744]

Just got a new iphone and after many years I had forgotten how to sync itunes - very helpful & super easy - thank you!!!

[@Vicky-zd3uv]

nobody uses itunes these day this tool is too old and really inconvenient, aomei is better

[@tarkeswarrao3671]

Thanks a lot for your such detailed video. I was able to copy all my music files from windows PC to my IPhone😊

[@mohitwadhawan9897]

Simply and perfectly explained thanks. Keep it up

[@milagousseva3679]

I almost threw my phone out the window while trying to transfer songs from my computer to my phone. Your video was a lifesaver. Thank you very much.

[@alphaios7763]

Quick, simple, effective. Thank you very much!

[@AmanKumar23]

It's neither quick, nor simple. You must be an apple fan boy.

[@alphaios7763]

@@AmanKumar23 Need help with something? Or just wanna shittalk?

[@AmanKumar23]

@@alphaios7763 shit talk seems good for now. Thanks!

[@mr.j5112]

It's effective for sure. But on android, you only need to copy the music to your phone storage(any file location) and that's it, your music is on your phone. No need to install an app on your computer and sync them. But this process isn't that much of a hassle so it's fine too.

[@alphaios7763]

@@mr.j5112 Yeah, I agree. I mostly meant the video provided all I needed to know in quick and simple fasion :) Apple tends to complicate simple processes, but then again, once you connect this setup, you can then transfer music using Wi-Fi which is quite handy. I think it would be way easier if I had an Apple computer, I believe iTunes comes as part of their system. The more you get into their ecosystem, the easier it gets, but the harder it gets to get out :)

[@d.m.2658]

Your video how to connect pc to Iphone showing the step by step instructions using Itunes was The Best. Easy to understand and follow. Thank you

[@zozzleberryfin1735]

This was a very well structured and easy to follow tutorial, thank you so much! I was struggling for so long to figure out who you reminded me of and then I realized! You look so much like Bill Hader!

[@Nemo-se]

Great guide :) It's just absurd that we have to go through all these steps, just to move a file from one device to another.

[@macfly1442]

Thank you....Finally an easy way to learn... Very well explained.

[@wflentge]

Thank you Kevin for this video. I was able to load my playlist from my iTunes account to my iPhone. I can now play my music, via Bluetooth, through my Goldwing motorcycle and have the volume and track advancement capabilities by using the bike's controls on the handlebar. The eliminates me having to pay for Apple Music to play my music on my bike's Apple Carplay option. This saves my about $12.00 a month. I'm a happy biker now!

[@mrkiryu1361]

Thank you my dude this has helped me more than uncle John teaching me how to scam people

[@bosco9236]

Can you do this process multiple times? Will songs already on the iPhone be replaced by the new songs added or will they just be added to the songs already on the iPhone?

[@Sullixio]

If you do the Sync option it will delete all of your music on your phone. Perfect .............

[@arsalansarwar888]

True, i also deleted my whole mp3 songs. Now what i do?

[@xenobiigaming]

none of thisd works for me at all. my itunes wont even let me try to add anything or even choose the folder to look for songs...its annoying how i cant traqnsfer any mp3s to my phone

[@mikemalone9896]

Kevin, I have learned a lot from your vlogs. Wish you would do some on using word from my 365 account. I can’t get the full ribbon menu to show up and I can’t do envelopes. Please help us iPad pro 2020 users!

[@sanwaydsouza6482]

I don't think you can get the full ribbon in the native app on iPadOS. If you want to full functionality of desktop word you have to use the web version of Word

[@bq9g]

Thank you so much! Your instructions were so simple to follow. Now I finally have my husband's playlist on my phone! (He has an incredible playlist that I was dying to get!) You are the best!

[@fridgegames4083]

whenever i got to the music page in the iphone settings on itunes, it just says "iCloud music library is on" and only lets me sync voice memos? help?

[@JessDStM]

Same thing for me! I cannot get this to work no matter what I do. I’m so frustrated. I never used to have any issues with this.

[@CallytheCalicoCat]

Thank you! This is the first actually coherent video I’ve seen on how to do this!

[@joeblow1160]

Wow thanks man I’ve been trying to figure this out for while now

[@alexanderselmann1259]

Thx man, this helped a lot. I lost all my songs and for some reason wasn't able to add any, but following these steps helped more than the 5+ hours looking at different articles and doing what they said. Thx again man, much love.

[@katemagin9800]

Thank you for making this so easy to follow. I can't tell you how many dramas I've had with losing playlists etc. Brilliantly perfect.

[@duongnguyenova6200]

After spending time on previous 3 videos of the same topic, I finally successfully transferred my recorded music from Windows PC to iphone! Thank you!

[@valevcub]

How is this working for you guys on my itunes it doesn´t show the music and videos its just videos wtf? how did I fix this?

[@JessDStM]

Same for me :(

[@OfficialWaddy]

Thank you for this video, really helped me and now I have my big amount of music from my laptop on my new IPhone so I don’t have to use my data no more 👌👌👌

[@XXanimeseekerXX]

Thank you for this. Super easy and much more useful than the other videos I've suffered through.

[@zajchiki]

apple makes it so complicated, that every year a go for summer holydays i need to check how to add songs to iphone. Well done aPPLE

[@dcinreallife905]

uh i cant get past the "music section" it says "iCloud Music Library is On" and I can't sync my music I f*cking hate Apple for this

[@abdullahsabawi1202]

"manually manage music and videos" - THANK YOU finally it's making sense and i succeeded

[@celestiagames4065]

doesnt even work.....

[@temiongcecilio]

QUESTION: What is the proper/safe way to disconnect an iPhone from your PC? Thanks again Kevin. Clear & concise tutorial.

[@emmalekovic4147]

Thanks so much! This saved me such a headache!!!

[@prestonmaharaj7418]

idk how they do it but I was able to sync over 600 songs in less than 4 mins. This video was really helpful , thanks.

[@MoeMuzic13]

Hi, Very nice video, well done. If I may ask Kevin, I have an Itunes library on my Windows laptop of about 9500 songs and 60 playlists(About 40 GBS total) set up so far. I just received an iPhone XR and my question regards syncing such a large amount of songs. I saw on your video that you chose to sync all the songs at once, would you recommend this for my situation? I am not sure if doing such a large collection will overwhelm the computer or the iPhone. Thanks in advance Kevin..

[@loss2570]

Have you tried this? because I have the same question

[@Jpew2007]

Just started watching (mid ad), hope this video helps. I get my purchased music to my phone I just need all my cd and “custom” music to my phone.

[@ggoode_1124]

I dont wanna remove all my previous songs to sync :(

[@hatimabdelmounim6587]

and why would you do that

[@candyman1532]

@@hatimabdelmounim6587 when you sync your music to the pc, it erases all your music on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod

[@dfsfsfsfsfsdfd2405]

how do you get the music first?

[@psfgtech]

Nice Job, mine is still not working. I've authorized this PC multiple times

[@tolikpivovarov5828]

same problem! just can't transfer music to my iphone!!!

[@Linaaa6478]

Not working for me either

[@marcuswoodgate4026]

What iPhone have you got?

[@Linaaa6478]

LeeAlmightyC the 10 th comment is saying how to do it and that way is working try it out

[@korabimeri9506]

for everyone who is watching this clip. It does work even now on iOS 17.5.1 And Mister Stratvert, you are a hero for putting this very good and simple exlanation on how to do this. Stay Safe and thnx again. You gained a subscriber

[@Craftyskills17]

its not working for me can you tell me what you did?

[@korabimeri9506]

@@Craftyskills17 hmm. I did these exact steps of the clip. Do u have maybe ios 18? What doesnt work exactly for u?

[@Craftyskills17]

@@korabimeri9506 I’m not sure I triple smchekced everything it just doesn’t appear on my phone but e see yo finding another solution by making a playlist and adding the mp3 to the playlist I could sync it with iCloud and with out having my phone connected at all I could get songs on it

[@maplelump]

For some reason, my itunes has completely changed when I try to do any of this with my phone. When I go to the music part, instead of "sync music" I just have "sync voice memos" And I am confusion. Just let me transfer some music. I appreciate how straight forward you are and easy to follow, but I think at this point I just need to go to the store. So annoying.

[@bals6442]

Did you figure it out

[@TimmyDel1959]

Big Help, Kevin. I have a quick question that I've not been able to find the answer to. I have MORE music on my iPhone XR than is in my PC Library. If I synch all music, won't i-tunes delete the music on my iPhone and give me the smaller PC library of songs?

[@rubenfigueroa2098]

Excellent video Kevin like all you present. It helps how you configure your mouse pointer to show a blue bubble? Thank you

[@KingPete_]

The screen-recording software he uses puts a bubble around it to keep the mouse in focus

[@PrintsPaisley09]

I still cannot add music. When I drag, it keeps saying "Link" but won't copy over. I also, cannot add from the "File-Add File to Library". Please advise. Thank yoU!

[@genala792]

There is a very simple solution: *Don't buy a bloody iPhone, get yourself an Android,* you will never have this problem at all, just connect your phone to the computer with a *standard USB cable* and drag-and-drop *any file* you want. Or you can sent them via *Bluetooth,* if you wish.

[@genala792]

@Green Eyed Bali Bule That's your choice. You can get any app for your Android from the App store, many of them are free. But I just want to repeat: you can connect the Android phone to the computer with standard USB cable, and the phone will become just one more drive of your computer. You can drag-and-drop any files from and to the phone. You can connect another phone and transfer any file through. You can send files between the phones and from any phone to any computer via Bluetooth, just pair them. Can you do this with iPhone? And the answer is NO.

[@berco902]

@@genala792 okay? lol

[@user-zj6hy2th5f]

Thank you Kevin-I spent hours trying to add a music file my computer to my iPhone . I wish I had seen this first as you made it an easy fix. Thanks for the clarity!

[@ElMorituri]

Hey Kevin thanks a ton for this video! Got a question. Does this transfer procedure also transfers playlists as they were configured (named) on the PC and can be seen as playlists on the phone?

[@jonathanfarley6460]

Thank you thank you thank you!!! I’ve been trying to put my own recordings on my iPhone for so long and couldn’t figure it out! If I could like this video 1000 more times, I totally would!

[@aldinmuric5869]

Ti si brat! :)

[@youtubeisbiased]

i spent at least 3 hours trying to do this but failed, so I checked your page listened and did it in 5 minutes lol thanks brv you are a legend and I'm the idiot ....

[@Ligma7232]

On my screen it only says “Manually manage videos” not music and videos ):

[@franbarrueco9391]

Jorge Cisneros same here

[@marcuswoodgate4026]

What iPhone have you got

[@MERLDIARIESNAUSTRALIA_18]

thank you very informative vedio now i know how to get music from pc to iphone

[@jasonluong3862]

You lost me there when you said I need to install iTunes. Using iTunes to do something as simple as this is like killing a fly with a jackhammer. Besides, Apple has already discontinued this abomination on the Mac in favor of integrating the interface with iOS into its Finder because its trying unify the codes for all of its OSes. Microsoft should release something of the same like a native program baked into Windows to handle such simple tasks for iOS and iPadOS like what it is doing with Windows Subsystem for Linux.

[@childishwanino]

i dont have the "sync music" when i press into music

[@barfo281]

Oh how I hate iphone. Bring back Windows Phone. Had to switch to awful Iphone and it's not user friendly at all.

[@JustRobertCZE]

Should have bought Android

[@barfo281]

@@JustRobertCZE Yes...Google phone...where you're forced to buy a new phone every two years because they stop supporting your device. Android sucks just as bad as iOS.

[@siki_moto6728]

managed to transfer songs from the computer to my iphone 4 thank you buddy you're the best

[@BlackPanther-qo2tv]

FFS It's so easy to transfer with android!

[@cordination2451]

i just love the fact none of this helped and wasted 32 minutes which i replayed 4 times just to figure out this was useless. Thank you Kevin.

[@Heyimfly]

I’ve been clicking sync over and over for the last 30 minutes and there’s still no music on my phone

[@shay4629]

same... help

[@wolfgang2587]

me too. And I have nothing in my phone. If you find a solution please reply me here. Thanks.

[@wolfgang2587]

@@rishabhsinghchauhan9199 Hey, did you find a solution?

[@wolfgang2587]

@@shay4629 Hey, did you find a solution?

[@wolfgang2587]

@@rishabhsinghchauhan9199 if you find any please let me know. Thanks

[@KhanG-ug4sn]

your method was so helpful but i got new trick just drag the music from folder to playlist in itunes

[@dougstearns6746]

I gave you a 👍for the information. I’m a old guy with no computer skills living in a high tech world. You move pretty fast on your tutorial but I have a chance at getting it done now. Great audio by the way.

[@Perusoe]

Thank you! I have hundreds of Audio CDs I've collected over the years. Many of them I've already ripped to a folder on my computer. I just got my first mobile phone (iPhone XR) and I didn't want to have to re-rip all those CDs again to my phone. So, even though this video is 2 years old and I'm late to the "party", I wanted to let you know how helpful your video was. Cheers! 🍺 (I've currently been learning to use iCloud for documents. And now, you have set me on the path to learn more about iTunes and the Music App). 👍

[@fiveninegarage]

Well that’s definitely illegal

[@Perusoe]

@@fiveninegarage No, it is not illegal. I bought many audio CDs over the years. I have the right to rip them onto my computer for my personal use.

[@felicitybrown368]

my word is it's not fast enough when files are large, itunes is not as good as aomei.

[@rextrinidad6646]

Please do a related video - the reverse of what you did, transfer from my iPhone to my computer. Thanks. Great video BTW

[@jessicatownley8915]

Thank you so much! It worked perfectly and I was able to get my music all synced on my IPhone.

[@speakertreatz]

thanks Kevin for uploading

[@smartpowerelectronics8779]

Cumbersome, this is my first and last iPhone….Thanks for explaining!

[@user-su1wn9is1x]

how’d you get the music on the desktop?