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Sometimes you get caught up with all the other amazing features of the iPhone (think Safari and the abundant supply of 3rd party applications), you forget that it’s also an iPod! Well, if you have just purchased an iPhone, then adding music and syncing your songs from iTunes will be on your priority list.
However, the process is a little different with the iPhone. You can’t drag and drop songs directly to your iPhone within iTunes, like you normally would with your iPod. You need to create a playlist, then sync that playlist with your iPhone. I would hope in the future that Apple will install an update so we can just drag and drop songs, rather than go through the following steps.
Let’s take a brief overview of what is required to add music to your iPhone! If you already know how to do this, great–if not, continue reading!
How to Add Music to your iPhone with iTunes
Step 1: Launch iTunes and plug in your iPhone.
Step 2: Create a new “playlist” in iTunes. Name it whatever you want–say, “My iPhone Playlist” or something like that.
Step 3: Drag the songs you want from your iTunes library to your new playlist–in this case, “My iPhone Playlist”
Step 4: Click on your iPhone and go to the Music tab. “Sync Music” should already be checked. Now click on the button “Selected playlists”, then tick off “My iPhone Playlist” (or whatever your playlist is named).
Step 5. Sync your iPhone and when it’s done, the songs from “My iPhone Playlist” should now be on your iPhone. If you want to make any changes to your mp3 library on your iPhone, you’ll have to modify the songs within your playlist, then re-sync again. Yes, I know it can be a pain.
If you know of an easier method to add music to your iPhone, please let me know! If this tutorial has worked for you, let me know in the comments! =)
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actually, apple fixed that a couple of months ago in a 7.6 update to iTunes. the checkbox for managing your own music and movies is now available from the summary tab of your iPhone in iTunes, just like any other iPod. and you just needed to upgrade iTunes, not the iPhone firmware.
Yah… I have no trouble adding songs. I don’t need to make playlists or anything… I just connect my iPhone, and it adds all my songs automatically…
I choose to manually manage my music on my iPhone. With this option, when I connect my iPhone to my computer, open iTunes and drag any music and videos I want to the iPhone and it directly adds it.
thank you.. it helped me save my time.
You totally helped me – I was SO lost and this is perfect! thank you thank you!
Cheers mate just got the iphone today! what i nightmare, why couldnt it just be like the ipod touch!!!
Thanks again
This was very helpful. I would have never figured it out on my own, thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You open itunes and plug in your iphone
click on the iphone device in itunes
when the page opens click on the “music” tab on the top menu
And tick the sync button
You can add all, or selected
🙂
thanks for the helpful information about adding music to the iphone, plus your time.later
thnxxx it really hlpd me alot…!
Thaaaaaaaaaanks youu m8 =)
Helped me alot !
This did not work for me! help me!
This did not work for me! help me!
where the hell is the “Sync Music” button?
I have created a playlist, imported some .mp3´s into it, but it seems impossible to copy the damn thing into the actual phone!?
actually, apple fixed that a couple of months ago in a 7.6 update to iTunes. the checkbox for managing your own music and movies is now available from the summary tab of your iPhone in iTunes, just like any other iPod. and you just needed to upgrade iTunes, not the iPhone firmware.
actually, apple fixed that a couple of months ago in a 7.6 update to iTunes. the checkbox for managing your own music and movies is now available from the summary tab of your iPhone in iTunes, just like any other iPod. and you just needed to upgrade iTunes, not the iPhone firmware.
actually, apple fixed that a couple of months ago in a 7.6 update to iTunes. the checkbox for managing your own music and movies is now available from the summary tab of your iPhone in iTunes, just like any other iPod. and you just needed to upgrade iTunes, not the iPhone firmware.
Yah… I have no trouble adding songs. I don’t need to make playlists or anything… I just connect my iPhone, and it adds all my songs automatically…
Yah… I have no trouble adding songs. I don’t need to make playlists or anything… I just connect my iPhone, and it adds all my songs automatically…
Yah… I have no trouble adding songs. I don’t need to make playlists or anything… I just connect my iPhone, and it adds all my songs automatically…
I choose to manually manage my music on my iPhone. With this option, when I connect my iPhone to my computer, open iTunes and drag any music and videos I want to the iPhone and it directly adds it.
I choose to manually manage my music on my iPhone. With this option, when I connect my iPhone to my computer, open iTunes and drag any music and videos I want to the iPhone and it directly adds it.
I choose to manually manage my music on my iPhone. With this option, when I connect my iPhone to my computer, open iTunes and drag any music and videos I want to the iPhone and it directly adds it.
thank you.. it helped me save my time.
thank you.. it helped me save my time.
What do you do if clicking on “iphone” under devices does not open the page with the “music” tab on it? Itunes is recognising my phone, but when I click on it, the page just goes blank.
I just want to say, the iPhone is a POS and I will burn mine when then contract is up
u cunt i lost my all music
Where is that option?
than you very much!!!!
It help me alot the steps you put!!
you have to right click not drag and go to add to playlist and choose your playlist
worked for me thank you :)!!
Thank you very much! 🙂
Yup it worked for me thank you very muth ! ;]
thanks a ton, saved my life. lol
fail it deleted all my other music -.- lmfao fucking fail lol wow
lolololoololol noobss
The best way is to create a playlist as described by Gary Ng, then click “on this iPhone” scroll to the bottom and select your playlist from the drop down menu “autofill from” then hit autofill. everything on that playlist is now on your phone, no sync required saving you the hassle if erased data.
THANKS SO MUCCHH! THIS WAS A GREAT SUGGESTION AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH US!! THIS SAVED MY LIFE, THANK YOU <3
thank you helped me out