How can I get music on my iPhone?
The iPhone is not only a very good smartphone, it can also convince as a music player. If, in addition to all the apps, there is still space on the iPhone, it can easily be filled with music in all common formats. All you need to load the iPhone with music is the iTunes program.
What you need:
- iTunes
How to get music on your iPhone
- After you do that iPhone connected to your computer with the included USB cable and started iTunes, select your iPhone in the left sidebar. Around music To synchronize with the iPhone, this must also be in iTunes. You can either buy music from the iTunes Store with your Apple ID, import music from CDs, or copy existing audio files to iTunes.
- The iPhone can be filled with music in various ways via iTunes. The most obvious option is via the "Music" tab after you have selected your iPhone in the iTunes sidebar on the left. Here you have the option of loading individual artists, albums, genres and playlists you have created onto your iPhone. To only synchronize individual tracks with the iPhone, save them in a new playlist in iTunes and then synchronize this playlist,
- If you prefer to take a more direct route, you can also manage music and videos manually and download them to your iPhone. To do this, switch to the "General" tab on the iPhone screen and activate the "Manually manage music and videos" option. You can now download music to your iPhone by simply dragging it from the iTunes Music Library onto the iPhone icon in the left sidebar. There is also a small triangle which, after one click, shows an overview of the media available on the iPhone. Here you can also remove the music downloaded to your iPhone via the music list.
- Once you've decided on the music you want to download to your iPhone, don't forget to hit the button on the bottom right ("Sync" or "Apply", depending on which steps have been carried out beforehand) to actually transfer the music to your iPhone to load. All of the previous steps are only intended to prepare for the actual data transfer.
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