How to Transfer Music from PC to iPhone Without iTunes
How Can I Transfer Music from My Computer to My iPhone Without iTunes
iTunes is Apple's official way for you to add music to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. However, iTunes transfers music from computer to your iPhone by syncing. That means the media files existing on your iPhone, including music, TV shows, movies, and books, will all be replaced by the newly synced items. That's unwanted by most of the users.
Give that, you may prefer to transfer music from PC to iPhone without iTunes. If so, read on and you will learn 3 proven ways to put music to your iPhone from computer with ease.
How to Transfer Music from PC to iPhone Without iTunes in 3 Ways
Thanks to the third-party tools and cloud-based file-sharing services, you are able to transfer music from computer to iPhone in different ways, without using iTunes.
Method 1. How to Add music to iPhone without iTunes
The commonest way to transfer music to iPhone without iTunes is to use a third-party iPhone transfer software, like Qiling MobiMover. With this tool installed on your computer (PC or Mac), you can not only copy music to your iPhone without iTunes but also transfer files from your iPhone to PC or between two iOS devices.
To transfer music from computer to iPhone without iTunes:
Step 1. Connect the iPhone to your PC and launch Qiling MobiMover.
Enable Qiling MobiMover to access your phone by tapping "Trust" on the device and clicking "Allow" on the program.
Click "Content Management" as the transfer mode, then click "Audio" and select "Music" to continue.
Step 2. Click the Music section and click "Add Contents" to open up the location on your PC where you saved music files.
Step 3. Select the music files that you want to transfer from PC to your iPhone and click "Open" to start the transferring.
Wait for the process to finish, then you can open the Music app on your iPhone to check the newly added music.
Qiling MobiMover is also a free video & audio downloader with which you can download music from websites like SoundCloud, MySpace, and more to your computer or iPhone/iPad/iPod using URL. If you want to learn more details, read the guide on how to download music from SoundCloud.
Method 2. How to Copy Music from PC to iPhone Without iTunes via Dropbox
Dropbox is a cloud-based service that allows you to share music, photos, videos, and other files across your devices that use the same Dropbox account. With the Dropbox app installed on your iOS device, it's quite easy for you to transfer music from computer to your iPhone wirelessly over a network connection.
To use a cloud-based service, you need to make sure there is enough cloud storage for you to save the songs you want to transfer and you are using the same Dropbox account on both the target device and source device.
Ready? Let's see how to transfer songs from PC to iPhone without iTunes wirelessly.
To add music to iPhone without iTunes:
Step 1. Download and install Dropbox on both your iPad and computer. Then sign in with the same account.
Step 2. Upload the MP3 files from your computer to Dropbox.
Step 3. Open Dropbox on your iPad and you will see the songs from your computer.
Step 4. Choose and download the MP3 files to your mobile device for offline listening.
Of course, there are other cloud-based services that allow you to add music to your iPhone without iTunes, you can search for the one you like best to apply.
Method 3. How to Transfer Music to iPhone Without iTunes
Apart from using third-party data transfer tools and cloud-based file-sharing services, you can also use an email to send music from computer to your iPhone. Without iTunes or any third-party tool/service, you can wirelessly add music to your iPhone for free.
To transfer music from computer to iPhone without iTunes:
Step 1. On your computer, create an email and add the songs to the email as attachments.
Step 2. Send the email to your own account.
Step 3. Check the email on your iPhone.
Step 4. Tap the song to load the music. When it has done, close the music playing window and tap the "Share" icon on the screen.
Step 5. Choose to open the song with another app. Afterward, select a music app on your iPhone to add the song to your iPhone.
The Bottom Line
These are the common solutions for you to add music to iPhone from computer without iTunes. If you want to transfer music from iTunes to iPhone someday in the future, you can go to read the guide on how to add music from iTunes to iPhone for reference.
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