Transferring old music on computer to iphone

I have old music on my computer from sources other than iTunes. Can I download this to my iPhone? Just got my iPhone today and am not familiar with it yet but anxious to get my music downloaded.

You should be able to sync anything in itunes to your iphone.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPhone_UserGuide.pdf

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My iPod Nano 2Gig still has some of my most listened to music.
I have researched the instructions regarding transferring music from iPod to Mac, but it does not work for me.
the instructions say to open the iPod, drag the iTunes folder out on to the desktop.
However, the iPod does not show an iTunes folder when opened.
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The iPod folder is hidden so you need to either use a command line instruction to unhide it or a utility such as Tinker Tool. However there are a few things you can do to restore your iTunes from the iPod. If you have any iTunes Music Store purchases the transfer of purchased content from the iPod to authorised computers was introduced with iTunes 7. You'll find details in this article: Copying iTunes Store purchases from your iPod to a computer
The transfer of content from other sources 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 music files and playlists from your iPod. I use Senuti which has already been mentioned above but have a look at the web pages and documentation for the others too, you'll find that they have varying degrees of functionality and some will transfer movies, videos, photos and games as well. This is just a small selection of what's available, you can read reviews and comparisons of some of them here:
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Hello WhitneyVi
Make sure that you are not referring to music that was purchased. In iOS 7, it defaults in showing purchases in the cloud. You can turn that off in Settings > Music and then toggle off Show All Music. If it there is music actually stored on the iPhone, plug it in to your computer and check the Music tab to remove any unwanted music.
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How to transfer music from computer to iphone without deleting existing iphone purchases

I am putting CDs into iTunes on a home computer (PC) and I want to put that music onto my iPhone.
But the only option seems to involve deleting all my iPhone music, which includes purchases that I have recently made which I cannot synch to my computer.

Syncing music does at least two things.
1. It can add to the device any music that is resident on the computer that is used for the sync
2. it can add any music from the mobile device to the computer if both are logged in (and authorized) to the same account that purchased the music.
By the description in your post, I suspect that some music is on the device that was purchased with different Apple ID than the computer is authorized to.

Not authorized to transfer music from computer to iphone?

I have 2 iphones. Mine is synced to my laptop and my wife's as been synced to her laptop but it identifies her phone as mine (on her laptop)-now mine was never synced on her laptop, thats the first problem. Second problem, I have an account with itunes which is accessed by my wife on her computer and also accessed by me on my laptop using the same password. When we download songs to the laptops and try to send them to the iphones by syncing to the laptops we both get a message telling us that we are not authorize to do this on each of our computers. She downloads songs to her laptop and I download songs to my laptop and then to each iphone respectively (well, at least we tried). I do not sync from her computer and she does not sync from my computer-we keep both separate. Why are we not authorized to upload to the iphone and what do I need to do to fix this. Thanx. ailimac

Dah on me, I never tried to play the songs -just tried to upload to iphone. After reading your reply I tried playing them on the laptops and I was asked to put in a password. Problem solve everything is going to where it should. Thanks alot.

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You should consider posting this question in the iTunes for Windows or iTunes for Mac forum (which ever is appropriate).

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How do you transfer music purchased in Itunes from your PC to your Iphone? This was much easier to do with earlier versions of Itunes than the current version.

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Its done exactly the same way as it was before. What are you finding different about it.

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I Had my iPhone synced to a computer, I transferred some pics from computer to iPhone, computer then crashed. Now I can't transfer the transferred pics from my iPhone to another computer. How do I get these pics off my phone without losing them. Currently cannot update my phone because there isn't enough memory.

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I do not need to get pics from my back-up on my computer. I had pics on a computer, I transferred some pics from the computer to the iphone, the computer hard drive/motherboard then crashed. Now I cannot get those same pics off my phone because the computer it was synced too crashed. That's what I'm trying to do, get those pics off my phone, they are taking too much storage space and I can't update my phone because there isn't enough memory.
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i have a new pc how can i find my old files

If you are just transfering purchased music then when you iPhone is plugged in, right click on the name of it on the left hand side of iTunes, click transfer purchased.
If you want to transfer all media from your iPhone to your computer, if it isn't all purchased through iTunes, then you are going to have to buy software that will do it.
http://www.mp4converter.net/iphone-transfer-mac.html should work, I haven't used it before but it looks promising and the reviews are good.

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I usually use iTunes to transfer music from iPhone to computer. But to transfer music from computer to iPhone back, I use iPhone Transfer. With these two apps, I easily manage all my songs and playlists.

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Can anyone provide more specific info when transferring iTunes to new computer. i have completed all steps including the ones ive seen on the forums since others have had same issue. Uninstall iTunes. Reinstall iTunes. Check synch all music uncheck synch all music...When I try to sync with new computer it transfers music, some go into downloaded songs only, if i connect to old computer its better, and then there is the new cloud! I am regretting changing computers but it was time. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I just want my iPhone 4S 64g to synch correctly and completely.

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Method 1
Backup the library with this User Tip.
Deauthorize the old computer if you no longer want to access protected content on it.
Restore the backup to your new computer using the same tool used to back it up.
Keep your backup up-to-date in future.
Method 2
Connect the two computers to the same network. Share your <User's Music> folder from the old computer and copy the entire iTunes library folder into the <User's Music> folder on the new one. Again, deauthorize the old computer if no longer required.
Both methods should give the new computer a working clone of the library that was on the old one. As far as iTunes is concerned this is still the "home" library for your devices so you shouldn't have any issues with iTunes wanting to erase and reload.
I'd recommend method 1 since it establishes an ongoing backup for your library.
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If your media folder has been split out from the main iTunes folder you may need to do some preparatory work to make it easier to move. See make a split library portable.
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Transferring old music on computer to iphone

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