HT1296 Need help transferring music from iPhone to computer

My computer crashed when I was trying to make backups of everything on it and I wasn't able to backup my music. But now that my computer is fixed how do I get music from my iPhone back onto my computer? Any suggestions. And all my music wasn't purchased through iTunes.

For non-iTunes purchased music you'll have to use a third-party tool. Google for "iphone music copy" for options. For iTunes purchased content just choose "Transfer purchases..." from the File menu in iTunes.

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I need help transferring music from old PC to iPhone

Ok...I apologize in advance for the length of this post, but I have tried everything and my husband is no longer amused!
His iTunes account was created many years ago with an iPod Nano. I don't even remember which computer I had at the time and do not think I still have the original. The majority of his music is ripped from CD's. When Verizon finally got the iPhone, he got one immediately. I remember having to download the Pod to PC software at some point to move music from the iPod to a new computer. For some reason, I think the original crashed? (I don't know if this is relevant) Anyway, I think it was easy to originally put the music on the new phone.
At some point, however, it was lost from the phone. And, then that phone was dropped and the glass broken. He bought another from a friend. The current one has only the purchased music that is in his iCloud account.
Now, this is my issue. I have an old Toshiba Laptop that appears to have all of the music in the iTunes library. However, when I plug in the iPhone (which is a 4 by the way, but has been updated) it does not even recognize that it's plugged in. and, nothing I can do seems to allow me to update iTunes to a more current version. I'm sure this is the computer itself as it is barely hanging on. (and never used!)
I also believe that the old iPhone still has the music on it, but I can't be sure as the screen is so badly cracked that I can't access it.
So: two questions: Can I some how get the files off of the old computer and transfer them to the iPad and then push them to the phone? Say, with a flash drive or drop box or iCloud?
OR: should I just take the old phone and plug it into my computer (a Macbook Pro)... but if this is the way to do it... how exactly do I have two iTunes accounts and libraries on one computer? I'm sure this is going to be the most suggested option, but honestly, I would prefer to not do it this way if there is another option.
Any help that you can offer will be so very appreciated as I have wasted a lot of time trying to figure this all out!

st double checked and all of the folders are in the new computer. I can see the whole library in iTunes on the new computer but when you click on a song, it states that "The original file could not be found. Would you like to locate it?

New mac user, need help transferring music from external hard drive

I am new to using a mac. I have had an iphone for almost a year so I am catching on quickly to my macbook but this problem has stumped me and all my mac using friends.
I have a 500gb seagate external hard drive aswell as a new 500gb seagate internal.
I transferred all my music from an old ipod onto the external hard drive. There is about 50gb of music.
When I plug my external into my pc desktop I can see the music folder organized into subfolders with files inside that are encoded unless they are opened in itunes. My pc doesn't have enough internal memory to open and store my music library so I have just left it on the hard drive. When I plug the hard drive into my macbook it will show the music folder as having 50gb but when the folder is opened, none of the subfolders or files are visable.
I went ahead and dragged the folder from my harddrive onto my desktop. It took about an hour to transfer all the files but now the folder is sitting on my desktop and when I open it, it is empty. If i look in the folders info, it says it has the 50gb. If i try to drag and drop it into itunes nothing happens. If I drag and drop it into the itunes music folder, it will go there but will not show up on itunes.
I'm stumped and no longer eligable for apples telephone support as I bought this macbook from a friend. Any help would be greatly appreciated

I have a couple of theories, but I'm not an iTunes expert. These people are, though:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=782
Try posting your question there. Good luck!

Transferring music from Iphone to Computer problems

I am really not sure where to ask this.
I am transferring my music from my iphone to my computer because it seems a lot of my songs on my computer have disappeared over the last few years. There is a folder for the band, but the music is all gone. My phone has all of it. So to make it easy I got Sharepod to transfer the music. It has fixed some of the problem, but there is still about 4 gigs of music on my phone, that does not transfer over. I know that sharepod could be the problem (even tho I don't know how the music disappeared in the first place). Does anyone have any kind of answers, or a better method to transfer my music. My backup hdd recently failed so the iphone is my only option.
I am truely sorry for asking here, but I am running out of places to ask.
Ty for any help in advance.

Music should never disappear from an iTunes library unless you are having HDD problems. So I would start by resolving that problem.
Was the music all downloaded from iTunes, or does it come from multiple sources? If it is all iTunes you can restore it to your computer by connecting the phone and choosing "Transfer purchases" from the iTunes File menu. If it is from multiple sources then you need an iPhone file browser. I am not familiar with Sharepod, so I don't know if it is the problem or not. I have heard good things about TouchCopy.

I need help transfering music from my Zen Sleek to my computer, ple

Ok, so I updated the firmware on my sleek, and when i got to the Media>Music Folder, I can't transfer any of the songs by drag and drop. The files have no name and it just won't let me transfer. Is there any way/software I can use to do that? Thank you.

This seems like an RTFM situation :smileyvery-happy: If you use Creative Media Organizer you can drag files either way, from the PC Music Library to the Sleek or vice versa. Spend some time with the software playing around with it and you'll figure it out.Message Edited by dvallere on -06-2005 05:54 PM

Transferring Music from Iphone to Computer ??

HI,
I HAVE BROUGHT NEW COMPUTER AND WHEN I CONNECT MY IPHONE TO NEW AND TRY TO UPLOAD ADDITIONAL MUSIC IT AS TO TICK MANAGE MY MUSIC MANNUALLY,
BUT IF I DO THT ALL MY OLD MUSIC COLLECTION ON MY PHONE WILL GET ERASED
SO HOW TO ADD AND TICK MANAGE MY MUSIC MANUALLY WITHOUT GETTING OLD MUSIC ON MY IPHONE DELETED.

First, stop typing in all caps. It is considered SHOUTING and is perceived as rude, which may explain why such a simple question has gone unanswered for as long as it has.
You cannot use an iPhone to transfer music to another computer. You have to add the music collection to the new computer the same way you did to the old computer. Any iTunes purchases are still available via your Apple ID. But any music added from other sources (such as CDs) have to be transferred to the new computer using another method, not the iPhone.

Transferring music from iPhone to computer/iTunes

hi there,
my computer recently caught a virus and had to be rebooted meaning everything was removed from it. I had to reinstall iTunes but all my music was gone. I still have my music on my iphone but I don't want to download anymore incase it deletes what I have remaining on my phone. Is there anything I can do to put all of my music back onto itunes without having to download it all again?
thankyou

The user tip should help you extract everything that is on the iPhone and listed in the Music app, whether it came from the iTunes Store or not.
It is usually possible to remove viruses from computers without going nuclear on the hard drive. Unless the user data has been encrypted the hard drive can be attached to another uninfected computer and all user data copied off to safe storage. Keeping a backup of your data makes even that effort unnecessary.
tt2

HT1296 Need help with sync from phone to computer

When I sync my phone to my laptop, I would like info I entered on the calendar on my phone to be added to the calendar on my computer. I can only get it to sync from computer to phone. I need to update both
any ideas. I have searched the help files and can't find this anywhere

My problem is similar. I just upgraded from the 4S to the 5 and I used to be able to sync the calendar on my iMac and iPhone using iCloud without getting duplicates by selecting/deselecting the appropriate calendars on the respective devices. Everything synced as I entered it.
I'm pretty sure it was working with the 5 until recently...
Today I noticed that an event I entered on the 5 for last week didn't show up on my iMac. When I checked the EDIT screen on the phone to see what calendars were checked, only the calendar for that event was (on the All on my iPhone). All but the Unfiled calendar are checked on the All on my iCloud. When I unchecked and rechecked the calendars under the Phone didn't help. Can't get the thing to sync...
Seems like most people are having problems with Exchange accts, but here I am with my iMac/Phone/Cloud...

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PaulCB
Saw your post about transferring music from iPhone. I guess I am a total dweeb; I cannot understand Apple's instructions.
I have two identical PCs. Have same version of iTunes on each. iPhone 3GS with 4.01 OS. I cannot figure out how to transfer the 5400 songs on my iPhone into my iTunes library without erasing the 2500 songs (different titles which came from a Dead Dell) that are already there. Any advice would be super appreciated.
Jerry Flowers
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Best way to transfer my music from iphone to computer

Best way to transfer mu music from Iphone to computer.

Make sure you phone is logged into the Apple ID you used to purchase this music in Settings>Store. If it isn't, tap the ID shown, sign out, then sign back in with the ID you used. You should then be able to see your purchased music on your phone in iTunes>Purchased>Music. Also be sure you computer is auhorized for this ID in iTunes>Store>Authorize this computer.

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Wjosten ... sorry to push in to this discussion ... but I have a related music question ... and thought you might be able to answer.
I know iOS does not enable audio files to be attached to text messages. I assume this is to prevent illegal sharing of songs. But who is actually saying 'no.' Is it the music owners (studios and publishers) who fear they will lose control of copyrighted songs (a la Napster)? Or is it Apple protecting the iTunes business. Or both. I wouldn't blame either ... they are just protecting their IP. I'm just curious. I wonder if the music companies suddenly decided to allow some kind of music file sharing via text messages ... would Apple (and Google) go along and enable such sharing on smartphones and devices ??

Does anybody know how to transfer music from iphone to computer?

Does anybody know how to transfer music from iphone to computer?

brendenyoung wrote:
How do you transfer music not purchased from iTunes?
You don't. The music sync is one way - computer to iphone. the only exception is itunes purchases.
The iphone is not a backup device.

Transferring music from Iphone to a new installed Itunes library

I have recently had my lap top repaired and my Itunes has had to be erased, I have reinstalled Itunes and my Itunis es music library is now empty and I did not make a back up, is there anyway I can transfer all the music from Iphone back in to my music library if I sync it with Itunes library it is going to wipe all the music on my phone, thanks

iTunes includes an option to import iTunes content from an iPod, iPad, or iPhone that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store.
First you need to re-authorize your computer with your iTunes account with iTunes if you haven't already done so.
With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File > Import Purchases From > the name of your iPhone.

Need Help transferring music

My husband has the iPod and I have an iPod mini, he has several songs on his iPod, which when i plug his in shows under his name, but they don't show under the library. i need to know how i can copy the songs from his iPod to mine, when they aren't in the general library? he downloaded the music from a friends computer. HELP!!!

If I am following this correctly have purchased music with two different accounts and want to exchange music between them.
You cant. Even if you could copy them you can not play them. All the music purchased though the ITMS is encrypted and can only be played on Apple's iTunes software or Apple iPods that have been activated by that account.
Basically you are assumed to be a theif by default and are locked out of the music you buy. Then you are only allowed to listen to it under specific circumstances.
You can burn the music to CD and then rip it to MP3 files. Then it is unrestricted, however you end up with lower quality music than you paid for, you lose the cover art, and the music file meta data.
Be aware that the RIPPING from CD method violates the user agreement with Apple. If they find out they can cancel you account.
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New mac user needs help transfering files from Dell...

I have a Dell running Windows XP and need help transfering the files from the dell to the mac.
Also I have no idea what OP system I have, how do you tell which one you have???

Go to the blue Apple menu and scroll down to "About this Mac"
In the summary window that opens you will find the following information:
Mac OS X version (assuming you are running OS X)
Processor speed.
Memory
Startup disk
The More Info button will take you to an in-depth overview of hardware, network set-up and installed software.
As far as transference is concerned, you can either transfer files via CD, DVD, external hard drive... or by networking the two computers.
Here's a link for an overview concerning Mac to PC connectivity:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=19652
I hope the above helps.
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