Transferring music between devices

Hi,
I just bought an album on iTunes on my iPad, how do I get this album on my iPhone, it's the same apple ID

You might be able to re-download it on iPhone via the Purchased tab in the iTunes store app on it : re-downloading.
If you aren't in a country where music can currently be re-downloaded then you will need to connect the phone to your computer's iTunes and copy it over via File > Transfer Purchases (File > Devices > Transfer Purchases), and you then sync it to your iPad.

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Transfering files between devices

Good morning,
What are the various means to transfer files (photos, movies, books, documents) from my iMac to my iPad/iPhone and vice versa, without synchronising the devices with my iTune library. For instance I would like to load a movie I have on my iMac onto my iPad, but I don't want to do that via synchronising my iPad with my iTune library.
Can I use Air drop ?
Can I use blue tooth between the iMac and the iPad ?
Many thanks,
P0mme

Transferring iTunes between devices

I reloaded iTunes from the Apple.com site and have the next to newest software on my iPhone.
I finally am able to 'see' iTunes on my laptop but when I try to download the tunes from my iPhone, they are not highlighted.

Hello there, clarencetoo.
It sounds like you're trying to get your content transferred from your iPhone to your iTunes Library on your computer. The following Knowledge Base article offers up how to do just that:
Re-download or transfer your iTunes Store purchases from an iPhone, iPad or iPod to a computer - Apple Support
Transfer your purchases to your computer
Before you transfer your purchases, make sure that your computer is authorized with the same Apple IDaccount you used to make the purchases. Learn how to authorize your computer using iTunes.
If you bought the iTunes Store content on your device using multiple Apple ID accounts, you'll need to authorize the computer for each one.
To transfer purchases from your device to a computer:
Connect your device to the computer. Wait for its icon to appear in iTunes.
Go to File > Devices. If you're using iTunes for Windows and can't see the menu bar, learn how to turn on iTunes menus in Windows.
Choose Transfer Purchases from [device name].
This feature works only for content bought from the iTunes Store. Any items that you imported from audio CDs or received from other sources won't copy from your device to the iTunes library. However, all podcasts from your device's Podcasts app and copies of all PDFs and books from your device's iBooks app will transfer to the computer. Learn how to transfer media to your iTunes library.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

Question on Transfering Music Between Computers

I have read the article on using the iPod as a harddrive and transferring to a new computer...but there's still a couple things I'm not clear about.
1. If I wanted to tranfer my iTunes library to a new computer, I would first transfer all the music to my iPod, then, in the new computer, make sure Syncing is off, and then simply transfer purchases from iPod? I got confused in the article where it reads: "If you've erased the iTunes library on your computer, there's no way to use the Finder or My Computer to copy the media from your iPod to reconstitute the library on your computer." Is this simply saying the only way to restore the library is to use the "transfer purchases from iPod" option or re-burn and buy all my music?
2. If I purchase a song from another computer and load it to my iPod, will the song be erased when I hook my iPod to my home computer if it syncs before I use the "Transfer purchases from iPod" option?
Matt

can anyone help here?

Transferring Music Between Computers With Ipod (Very Unique Situation)

My Ipod has about 300+ songs on it that aren't on my old desktop (Windows)and I would like to know if I can get those 300 songs off the Ipod and onto my new MacBook Pro. I looked at the tutorial for how to do this and I saw two problems I would need to address. The first is the guide says something about not being able to move the files from a PC to a Mac and the second is it talks about updating the files on the ipod which I can't do since the files I want to find aren't on there. Can I move these files without updating the Ipod? Oh and by the way I moved all the other files over to the MacBook.

There's a manual method of copying songs from your iPod to your Mac at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
If you prefer something more automated there are also a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod, this is just a selection. Have a look at the web pages and documentation for these, they are generally quite straightforward. I use Senuti but check the others out and choose whichever you are happy with.
Senuti Mac Only
iPodRip Mac Only
PodWorks Mac Only
iPod.iTunes Mac Only
PodView Mac Only
iPod Access Mac and Windows Versions
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
PodUtil Mac and Windows Versions
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
There is also a new function in iTunes 7 under File, "Transfer Purchases from iPod" which transfers iTMS purchases. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer
If your iPod is set to update automatically take care when connecting to your MacBook and an empty iTunes. You will get a message that your iPod is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press *No* (or "Cancel" if you are using iTunes 7). Pressing "Yes" (or Erase and Sync in iTunes 7) will irretrievably remove all songs from your iPod. Your iPod will appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. In iTunes 7 Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button. Don't uncheck Sync Music it will be unchecked by default when you choose the manual setting: Managing content manually on iPod
Keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync again.

Sharing/transferring music between computers

I am trying to transfer/share my "podcasts" folder, "purchased" folder, and a personal folder from this computer, my father's laptop, to our home computer, a desktop computer. My dad also uses iTunes on this laptop, so we each have a separate folder within iTunes for our playlists, thus my only transferring certain playlists. I followed each step precisely as shown in the article about this on the website, but it did not work, as many times as I checked to make sure I was doing everything right. When I go to the home desktop computer and check the Look for Shared Music box in the Preferences section, then click OK, nothing ever comes into the source list, where the folders from this laptop are supposed to be. Please help! The home computer is new, and the old one was not capable of having iTunes, so all I am trying to do is transfer my iTunes folders and the music contained in them from this laptop to that computer. Any suggestions? Please?!
iPod mini Windows 2000 Windows XP

Hi,
See this Discussion
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16049581#16049581
and these links
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1364

Can't transfer music between devices.

I am having trouble transfering songs from my iPod to my iPhone while they are both connected to my PowerBook?

osiris323 wrote:
I tried copying the song from my iPod to itunes that way to make it accessible to my iPhone, but iTunes wont let me.
What is the issue?
The music sync is one way - computer to ipod. The only exception is itunes purchases. Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases.

Trouble with downloading purchased music between devices

I recently purchased an album on my ipad, but am now unable to see it on either my macbook pro itunes or mac mini itunes, and in the itunes under store>purchased they only show items purchased on that individual computer. I have activated the setting to show items from cloud, but it only seems to work for TV shows or Movies, it doesn't give me access to my purchased music content, unless that music was purchased originally on that device. And since the album was purchased on the ipad, it doesn't seem to be accesible anywhere unless I go through the actual iTunes Store and go to Purchased under the Manage list.
All the devices are using a single Apple ID and both Macbook Pro and Mac Mini are using iTunes 11.0.4.
Just wondering if anyone else has had trouble accessing music content universally across devices, or have I missed a step in the process to get this universal access working?

Hello there, Matt0o1,
The following Knowledge Base article has some good pointers to follow to gain access to your previously purchased content:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
The information that seems pertinent in your case would be under "Apps, Books, Music, Movies or TV shows on a computer.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro D.

Sync music between devices?

Sep 21, 2013 4:11 AM
I have 9Gb of music on my iphone 4S and about 4Gb of photos/video clips. I also own an iPad Mini (wifi) and have often thought it would be good to have the music and videos replicated on that device too. I have never connected the iPad to my. Apple MacBook Pro (itunes there and is what the IPhone is synced with) for fear that something confusing or destructive would occur (e.g. All my business contacts and emails and calendars on the iphone would magically be erased).
How can I get the music and videos to sync across the two devices without ever having to sync the iPad with itunes on the MBP?
Years ago Apples Mobile Me erased all my business calendars so I must avoid this situation at all costs so this is why I am not showing iTunes that i
I have a second device.
Any ideas?
iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1, Win XP

Settings > iTunes & App Store > Automatic Downloads > Music/Apps
How To > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4539
Troubleshoot > http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3688
Download Past Purchases
Sign in with the Apple ID that you used for the original purchase. See which Apple ID you used to download an item.
2) See if the content is available for redownload. Previously purchased items might not be available if they're no longer on the iTunes Store.
From > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

HT3819 Transferring music between computers

I burned to computer A, I have music on computer B, I want both libraries on my iPhone. Each library is under the same apple ID, but I can only access it when all devices are connected to wi-fi

Put all the media, apps and anything else into the library that the device actually syncs with. You can clone that library to the other computer if you want. Turn off Wi-Fi syncing before trying to change which of the two clones the device connects to.
tt2

Synching, transferring music between iPod, new laptop

Good morning all!
I recently have acquired a lovely new Dell laptop and would like to know which files I need to place on it so that iTunes and my iPod are once again happy friends and don't get into "no, I can't synch this" "yes I can but I'll have to wipe out what's on the ipod already" "no I can't" "yes I can neener neener neener" catfights.
First, a little history - bear with me, because my tale of woe is a long one.
My school-issued Acer laptop was where I kept most of my music; it played nicely with my iPod mini (synching things, the library and the iPod's contents the same, no complaints, etc) right up until the point where its hard drive failed in a slow, sure, and pathetically sticky way. (I will save my anti-Acer rants for the macbook forum. Before sending it off to get a new hard drive, we backed up its entire contents; most of those backups still remain (all of the My Documents folders, the iTunes program file folder, to name a few - the redundancies such as the Windows program files and many, many, many Word temp files were junked). Once the laptop came back, the iPod complained that it could not sync to the new library of stuff (which at that time was nothing, maybe one new downloaded song) without wiping out the entire rest of my collection. I grumbled and worked around it by having an on-computer iTunes library and when I wanted to listen to the stuff on my iPod while working on my computer, sitting there looking rather silly with my iPod sitting next to me.
Now that laptop has been turned back into the school (good riddance!!), and a full backup has been made of it.
I would like to know if it is possible to...
-Get my iPod mini so that it will play nicely with my new computer. In other words, is there a way that I can get it to sync while keeping the old music that is already on there?
-Ideally, I would like to also transfer the music that is on my iPod to my computer so that the iTunes library and iPod playlist are truly the same. How feasible is this?
-What files should I be looking to transfer to my new computer to do this? (The My Music folder, of which iTunes has a subfolder? The iTunes program file folder?)
-Are there any helpful programs, utilities or guides for doing just this? (Surely I can't be the first person to switch computers while using the same iPod. I would even venture to guess that I have skipped right over a guide here, I just need to be pointed towards it.)
-Will there be any problems connecting my iPod to a completely different laptop? I realize most safeguards are well-intentioned, but I would be very unhappy if my iPod saw my new laptop and went "What! You're trying to get all of your friends' music, you copyright-law-dodging theif!" and wiped its hard drive. I don't want to shoot myself in the foot, here. (Incidentally, all of my music is paid for, or either transferred off my own CDs or found from garage-band-types who put their music free for download online - so it's taken awhile to put things together and while it could potentially be recovered I would be extremely unhappy to have it all deleted under some hyperprecaution put in by the RIAA - so I would really rather not have this happen, lol!)
If it helps: my iPod is set to be disk-style (i.e., yells at me to disconnect it properly, Windows sees it as a hard drive - this is mainly so I have a .txt file with my name/address on it and its name on there) (yes, my mini is named Timothy, lol), and my new laptop is operating under Windows Vista.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks muchly in advance!
Windows Vista

Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using most of the utilities listed below your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
Once you are safely connected there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTMS purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. A paragraph on it has been added to this article: Transfer iTunes Store purchases using iPod
The transfer of non iTMS content such as songs imported from CD is designed by default to be one way from iTunes to iPod. However there are a number of third party utilities that you can use to retrieve the music files and playlists from your iPod. You'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos, podcasts and games as well. Have a look at the web pages and documentation, this is just a small selection of what's available, they are generally quite straightforward. You can also read reviews of some of them here: Wired News - Rescue Your Stranded Tunes
TuneJack Windows Only
iPod2PC Windows Only
iGadget Windows Only
iDump Windows Only
YamiPod Mac and Windows Versions
Music Rescue Mac & Windows
iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
There is also a manual method of accessing the iPod's hard drive and copying songs back to iTunes on Windows or a Mac. The procedure is a bit involved and won't recover playlists but if you're interested it's available at this link: Two-way Street: Moving Music Off the iPod
Whichever of these retrieval methods you choose, keep your iPod in manual mode until you have reloaded your iTunes and you are happy with your playlists etc then it will be safe to return it auto-sync. I would also advise that you get yourself an external hard drive and back your stuff up, relying on an iPod as your sole backup is not a good idea and external drives are comparatively inexpensive these days, you can get loads of storage for a reasonable outlay.

TRANSFERING MUSIC BETWEEN TWO IPODS

My ipod capacity (60GB) is larger than the computer's,so I do not have all my musics in the computer. I would like to transfer some musics from my ipod to my son's ipod, but I could not copie them from my ipod to the computer. How can I do that?

Hello Ed,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
Is there a way to take Music off one Ipod and put on another Ipod.
Yes, but in order to sync it to the 2nd iPod, you'll need to copy it over to your iTunes library first. You can transfer content from one iPod directly to another.
So if the music you wish to sync to the 2nd iPod is no longer in your iTunes library, you'll need to somehow copy it off the 1st iPod first and import it into your library.
B-rock

Transfering Music Between User Accounts

I'm trying to transfer some of the music saved in my iTunes library to a library on the same computer, but in a different user account. What is the most efficient way to do this?

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1203

Transferring music between iPods

I have a 3G that is getting full. I want to get a 6G and move everything. 40 minutes on web site yielded no answer and no place to email a question. Can I transfer from one iPod to another? How?

Hello tecolata,
And welcome to Apple Discussions!
There is no direct way to make this happen. However, if the music you have on your current iPod is still located in your iTunes library, simply hook up the new iPod and syn away. There is no limit to the number of iPods you can have syned to one iTunes library, account, or computer.
If the music is only on your current iPod, you will need to copy it to a computer first and import it into iTunes. Once you have done this, you can sync all of it to the new iPod. Check out this comprehensive thread from Zevoneer on different ways to copy music to your computer from your iPod.
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1351813
B-rock

Is there a way to sync music between devices?

i just got an iphone 5s and want to put the music from my ipad air onto it. is there a way to do that without syncing to the computer?

Settings > iTunes & App Store > Automatic Downloads > Music/Apps
How To > http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4539
Troubleshoot > http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3688
Download Past Purchases
Sign in with the Apple ID that you used for the original purchase. See which Apple ID you used to download an item.
2) See if the content is available for redownload. Previously purchased items might not be available if they're no longer on the iTunes Store.
From > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

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