To save your iPhone music in order to transfer it to your Android smartphone, it is better to go through a PC first …
Switching from an iPhone to an Android smartphone requires some gymnastics. Habits to resume, new applications to adopt, others to find and then, of course, a long quest, one that will allow you to transfer your various data. Because, ultimately, that is the most important.
Along with photos and videos, music is usually one of the most important data to transfer. While songs purchased from the iTunes Store can be easily retrieved from iTunes, music stored on iPhone after synchronization is difficult to retrieve as iTunes is not able to perform the reverse operation.
Users then have no choice but to manually save their songs, before they can finally transfer them back to their Android smartphone.
1. Download iTunes
If you haven’t already, download and install iTunes on your computer. Apple’s media player software is essential for managing everything stored on your iPhone.
- Download 32-bit iTunes for Windows (Free)
- Download 64-bit iTunes for Windows (Free)
2. Transfer purchases
If you purchased songs from the iTunes Store on your iPhone, you can easily transfer them to your iTunes library. To do this, connect your iPhone to your computer using the USB cable, and launch iTunes.
Click on the File menu, and from the Devices submenu, choose Transfer purchases from your iPhone. iTunes should locally repatriate the songs you purchased from your iPhone to the Music> iTunes> iTunes Media> Music directory.
3. Transfer the other songs
IPhone users who want to be able to listen to their music stored on their PC from their iPhone offline should sync it through iTunes.
Over time, it’s likely that you’ve changed your PC, hard drive, or simply no longer have the files on your current computer, with the music stored on your iPhone then being the only remaining copy of your music. While transferring music stored on a computer to an iPhone is possible with iTunes, Apple does not allow the reverse operation.
You must then go through a third-party utility to extract the music stored on your iPhone in order to find them on your PC. There are many, more or less effective. We have selected EaseUS MobiMover, a software capable of managing and transferring data from Apple device to computer. The program offers the possibility of recovering numerous data stored on the iPhone, including music, without limit, and free of charge for non-commercial use.
- Download EaseUS MobiMover for Windows (Free)
- Download EaseUS MobiMover for Mac (Free)
Open EaseUS MobiMover on your PC and then connect your iPhone using the USB cable. From the One-click transfer section, click iDevice to PC.
The following window suggests that you select the elements to transfer. At the top of the window, on the right, select the directory where you want the recovered data to be saved.
By default, the program selects all the data to recover. Uncheck all items except the Audio section. Then click on Audio to expand the options.
EaseUS MobiMover not only saves music, but also voice memos, ringtones and audiobooks. To start transferring the music to your PC, click on Transfer.
4. Copy the music to the Android smartphone
Connect your Android smartphone to the PC, activate the data transfer option and navigate to the directory intended to accommodate the music.
Then open the directory in which you saved all your music. You just have to copy and paste or drag and drop your files directly into the Music directory of your Android smartphone.