Import one song to iphone

how can I import one song to my iphone?

The music sync is ONE WAY - computer to iphone.  The ONLY exception is itunes purchases.
You would have to use a third party program, not supported by Apple, if you wanted to do this.

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  • Add one song to iPhone 4

    For some reason the new itunes isn't allowing me to add just one song to my iPhone library.  I created a new playlist on my phone and don't want to choose the 'Sync Music' option (under Music heading when iPhone page is being viewed) because it tells me it will remove everything from my phone and replace with itunes library (thus, erasing the playlist I just created - 50 songs deep).
    Looking forward to some help!

    You can either manually manage or sync.  If you switch from one to the other, it will erase the current content.
    If you are manually managing, then drag it to the iphone.
    If you are syncing, then select it to sync ( allong with all other content you want on the iphone) and sync.

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    Is it possible to show or view multiple album artwork for one song on an iPhone 4, especially on the now playing screen? I figured since iTunes has this feature then the iPhone should too. Can I download an app that does this? I've searched but couldn't find any, maybe I'm using other keywords. Could anyone point me in the right direction with this?

    Darn. I hope an app is designed to be able to do this soon. From what I've seen this feature isn't really in demand so it could take a while. Thanks for replying.

  • Why won't iTunes import one song from a CD?

    Occasionally when I import a CD to my iTunes library via the File menu/Import CD on Snow Leopard; iTunes 10, iTunes appears to skip a song and no information appears when I enter the search terms in the search box.  This happens even though all title information appears before I click "Import CD" and all the boxes are checked. 
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    I found a solution.
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  • How to import one album on iPhone to macbook air

    I have an iPhone 4s and have multiple albums, I want to import one album to my macbook air. Any help?

    The iPhone is not a storage/backup device.  The sync is one way - computer to iPhone.  The exception is iTunes purchases.  File>Devices>Transfer Purchases.
    You would have to transfer all purchases.
    You can just redownload that album from iTunes:
    Download past purchases - Apple Support

  • Went to download one song on iphone, itunes ended up downloading entire album!

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    how the **** can i get a refund?!@?!?!?

  • How to import ONE song (non-copyright protected) from iPhone to iTunes

    I'm a musician and I want to import individual (original) songs from my iPhone into my MacBookPro iTunes, but via a rather convoluted path... 
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    The music sync is ONE WAY - computer to iphone.  The ONLY exception is itunes purchases.
    You would have to use a third party program, not supported by Apple, if you wanted to do this.

  • How to add one song to iphone from an album burn onto itunes from a cd

    I have been trying for some time now to add an album from my Itunes onto my iphone. the album is not bought from itunes store but burn from a disk I own.
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    both times instead of just adding the music I have selected, it begins to 'back up' my iphone and sync on songs I have deleted ages ago!!! and APPS I have deleted ages ago! its very frustrating.Its as if it completely ignores my request and does whatever it wants.... I have followed the instructions on the apple help website but it does not work. can anyone help?? am I missing something?

    The music sync is ONE WAY - computer to iphone.  The ONLY exception is itunes purchases.
    You would have to use a third party program, not supported by Apple, if you wanted to do this.

  • How do I import one song from a cd into Itunes 12.01?

    Hello, I updated my laptop to Itunes 12.01: software is IOS X 10.9.5. I have inserted a cd and opened itunes. first surprise I found was that I can only see the cd, with its songs, it will not let me see playlists at the same time. and the only option that seems to be available was to import all the Cd but I only want to impor one or two songs from it. how do I do it? I tried highlighting but it will go back to the first song to star importing. also tried to play the song but still will go back to the first to import.

    Remove the checkmarks for the songs you do not want.
    To prevent songs from importing, click "no" after you insert the CD.
    When the list of songs appears in the iTunes window, click to remove the checkmark next to any songs you don’t want to import.
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  • Can only import one song at a time from a CD, then get conversion error.

    I have been using iTunes for several years to import tracks from CDs.  Until now I have not really experienced any problems - though I have not had need to do so for some time.  I have just tried importing a few new CDs and am experiencing the following problem.
    a)  First track is imported OK.
    b)  iTunes gets about half way through the second track and then errors with this message:
    "Error occurred while converting file "<track_name>". An unknown error occurred (-1303)."
    ...followed by:
    "The iTunes Library File cannot be saved.  An unknown error occurred (13010)."
    Note:
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    2.  The library file (iTunes Library.xml) is being still being updated with the new track each time.
    3.  I can resume importing the CD with the track that has just failed and it will import OK, but the next track will fail as above.
    4.  The same issue occurs regardless of the the format to which I am converting (I've tried both mp3 and AAC so far).
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    I am using Windows 7 64-bit.
    I have checked the web for similar instancves of this problem but without success.
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    i also have the same problem.. it's so annoying!
    i haven't yet found out why this is happening.. but i have found a way to start adding lots of songs at one time..
    in my case, i am adding from my music folders in my C drive.. so i open the folder using 'my computer' and select all the music i want by holding the Ctrl key.. then i make the music folder window smaller and then put my itunes page back up.
    while the music folder window is showing on top of the itunes window page, i press control again and click on one of the highlighted songs (which then picks up all the others i have highlighted) and drag them on top of the word LIBRARY (not MUSIC) until it lights up, this then adds my big group of songs to my library in itunes, then i just right click on my ipod section and press sync.
    i have a new ipod 30gb and am using the new itunes 7
    i never had this problem with my old ipod mini or the itunes version that came with that
    hope this helps

  • Add even one song to iPhone (manual sync) and now iPhone erases rest of music library?

    Many thanks for your attention.
    This has been happening more and more - especially with more recent iOS and iTunes updates.
    I long have kept many Movies and much Music on my iPod or (now) iPhone.
    In the past, whenever I wanted to add a new song to the iPhone, I would just drag and drop the song into it from my desktop.
    Almost all of my music I converted over from CDs I own. Same with the movies.
    I almost never buy music or movies from the iTunes store.
    I have always had iTunes Sync set to Manual.
    Until a couple years ago, no problems.
    Now, sometimes I drag one film over or add one new song - and the rest of my music library (and all the movies) on my iPhone are seemingly automatically erased. Poof - they're all gone!
    It doesn't happen each time - sometimes the song or songs are copied over and my iPhone music library is added to - as I planned.
    But sometimes, I perform the same step - and the new song is added - but all (over 4000) of the songs already in library, all the playlists, etc., vanish.
    It takes a while to add over 4000 songs to the iPhone (again and again). I had read over last couple years of bugs that would be fixed, etc., but it seems to be much worse now, not better.
    Except - the few songs I once downloaded from the iTunes store. Those appear - ready to play yet  - but ready to be downloaded again.
    I have tried several things to combat this - deleted Pref files, etc. But there is no pref file on a Mac for the iPhone. Only for iTunes.
    I should say I do not keep an iTunes Library on my computer. It is mostly empty (to save HD space). As my iPhone is 64GB - that would be 64GB of needless space taken up - when I only listed to music or watch movies via my iPhone. Up until about two years ago - this was never an issue though, since back to the first iPod. And I have always had my iTunes set to Manual Sync.
    I do not use iCloud to backup my music.
    I would just manually add a song or a movie to iPhone via my desktop.
    Any suggestions to stop this from repeatedly happening welcome. My thanks in advance for any help.

    Many thanks for reply and suggestions, Lawrence.
    If a corrupt music database on iPhone - why was this happening on iPods (in the past)  as well? 
    I have done complete Restores and Re-installs of iOS in the past. But this problem keeps popping up.
    But - will try your suggestion.
    It seems to be connected to Apple moving to iCloud and people backing up their music there. Also, many (or most) people also keep all their music on their Mac. I don't do either. iPhone always recognizes the few songs or films I downloaded from Store (they are also erased - but I have the joy of the option to download them again).
    But - most of my music and movies come from my own CD collection and my own DVD collection - not from iTunes Store.
    Your Playlist of All Music suggestion. If I understand right, I would have to load all music to iTunes first (some 40GB?)
    Then Sync.
    But I don't want to keep all 40GB+ of music perpetually on Mac.

  • Can only import one song at a time

    So I just updated to Itunes 7.0. And I used to be able to upload a bunch of songs at a time to my Library. Now it only allows me to do it one at a time. I've tried to do 3 or 4 but then nothing shows up in my Library!
    HELP

    i also have the same problem.. it's so annoying!
    i haven't yet found out why this is happening.. but i have found a way to start adding lots of songs at one time..
    in my case, i am adding from my music folders in my C drive.. so i open the folder using 'my computer' and select all the music i want by holding the Ctrl key.. then i make the music folder window smaller and then put my itunes page back up.
    while the music folder window is showing on top of the itunes window page, i press control again and click on one of the highlighted songs (which then picks up all the others i have highlighted) and drag them on top of the word LIBRARY (not MUSIC) until it lights up, this then adds my big group of songs to my library in itunes, then i just right click on my ipod section and press sync.
    i have a new ipod 30gb and am using the new itunes 7
    i never had this problem with my old ipod mini or the itunes version that came with that
    hope this helps

  • Can I import more than one song at a time?

    Hello all, this is my first post so go easy on me...lol
    I just purchased my first iPOD today and seem to notice so far that I can only import one song at a time into iTunes library. I cannot select more than one song at a time by holding down the shift button. These are songs that I already have on my computer, not songs just ripped through iTunes. Also how can I get album art onto all of my songs? I've noticed that only one album so far has album art on it. The others don't. Thanks in advance.
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    Thanks Rachyl, I'll try that when I get off of work. What about the album art? How can I make sure I get it every time in the future. Can I rip my CD's using another software to make sure they are tagged right?
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  • I'm having trouble importing my songs from my laptop to my iPhone, and the thing is i don't know whether the iTunes on my iPhone is broken or the one in my laptop is error. I've tried every possible way, but i can't figure it out.

    i really need help in this one because it's been like two or three months since i last imported my songs. i think the first cause to this problem was because i imported my song but i think my phone at that time didn't have enough storage or enough space for any other file. so some of the songs were imported completely, but the others weren't. so i thought it was normal bc ive been through this once, but then the next time i tried again, it still didn't worked so i deleted the none-completed imported songs and tried over three times but it didn't work, yet again. so i left it like that for about a few weeks and i tried again but it didn't worked as well. i started to browse some solution to this and i've tried to delete the songs that weren't completed and transfer the songs (which didn't work), and a few others but then i think i miss clicked a button that automatically imports all the songs in my laptop that wasn't on my phone and suddenly a few of my songs from my iphone was labeled not completely imported. i tried syncing but it got stuck on the third step which was "configuring purchased songs" and i tried updating to the new version recently but it hadn't worked too, and i wanted to try to rebuild my itunes but i didnt have the guts to do it. my total play counts has gone mad because the songs that i listen to the most, the 'plays' went from 30 to 20000+, it was just random numbers. i couldn't sync my iphone and so my photos went from 1000 to 2000, my songs were supposed to be 1200+ but its stuck on 700, my videos were supposed to be 6 but it went up to 10.
    i know the description may be a little bit too confusing but please try  to understand it because i can't solve this problem.

    carolinechx wrote:
    i know the description may be a little bit too confusing
    Mostly because you are not using any capital letters or paragraph returns and your post is difficult to read.

  • I recently sync one song to my friends iphone 4 and it erased all the music and only put that one song. I tried backing it up but it didnt help. How do I put all previous music back on the iphone?

    I recently sync one song to my friends iphone 4 and it erased all the music and only put that one song. I tried backing it up but it didnt help. How do I put all previous music back on the iphone?

    Re- sync the phone with the computer it was originally synced with.

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