Have you made or plan to switch from Android to iPhone? Then of course you want to take your carefully curated record collection with you. Transferring music to your iPhone is very easy.
Transfer music to iPhone: this is how you do it
Apple Music, Deezer, Spotify and more: almost all music can now be listened to via streaming services. Yet there are musicians who prefer not to present their work in this way, for example because they think the remuneration is too low. Also old songs and cult classics cannot always be found online.
Fortunately, you can listen to this music on your new iPhone. All you need is a Mac or Windows computer with iTunes, and of course your old Android phone:
- Connect your Android to the computer and search for the music you want to transfer. On a Mac, install Android File Transfer and your library will be found;
- Select the songs you want to move and drag them to a folder on the computer. For example, create a temporary location on the desktop so that you can find it quickly;
- Disconnect the Android smartphone and connect the new iPhone;
- Open iTunes, go to ‘Library’ and then choose ‘Music’. Open the folder where you saved the songs from step 2 and drag and drop them to iTunes;
- Click on the iPhone icon at the top left and select your device;
- Finally, choose ‘Synchronize’. You can choose to sync the entire library or just the songs you just added.
Listen to music on iPad
You can also transfer music to your iPad or iPod Touch in exactly the same way. The only thing you have to do differently is not select your iPhone in step 5, but the iOS device to which you want to copy music.
Nowadays almost all artists and bands can be found on the streaming platforms, including the underground musicians. In our comparison between Apple Music and Spotify, we answer the question of what is the best music service on iOS. Also read our article on how Spotify works to find out how the app knows your music taste.
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