How to Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer

How to Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer via iTunes?

To transfer songs from iPhone to computer, you can turn to an official tool called iTunes as well. This program is provided to help users sync or backup their iPhone, iPad or iPod data easily.

Pros

- The tool is 100% safe;

- The operation is easy.

Cons:

- It only allows you to download the purchased songs to computer.



The following is the tutorial about how to transfer songs from iPhone to PC via iTunes:

Step 1. Launch the latest iTunes on your computer and then connect your iPhone devices to computer or Mac via its USB cable.

Step 2. Tap on the "File" option at the upper left corner of iTunes and continue to choose "Devices". Next, you need to select the option "Transfer Purchases" from your iPhone name.



Step 3. Now you need to wait till the transferring process ends. Then you can click "Recently Added" at the left side of iTunes and elect the purchased music that you want to save. Finally, you should click "Download" to start downloading the selected songs to your computer.
Other Ways to Transfer Songs from iPhone to PC

Using iPhone transfer software and iTunes are two common ways to transfer iPhone music to computer. But except for that, you are able to user other ways to sync the data as well. For instance, you can make use of cloud storage service or email to complete the transfer easily.

- Cloud storage service: Users just need to install the application like Dropbox, Google Drive, etc. on your iPhone and then sync the wanted files to the service. After that, you can login to the cloud on your computer and then download them to the desktop with ease.

- Email: You can send the wanted songs to an email by using the application Song2Email and then download the received folder to your computer.

Notice: The application Song2Email is not free. You need to pay for the service if you want to email the music with the app.
How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone X/8/7/6S/6

After backing up music to local disk by following the steps above, you'll find transferring music from computer to iPhone is quite simple here. If you haven't done these steps before, it also doesn't matter. Just go with the below steps to reach your goal with iTunes. Or you can read the page of how to transfer music to iPhone X/8/8 Plus to find the complete guide of importing music.

Step 1. Please be sure all your needed music have been saved on the Windows or Mac computer. If the file is saved in your iPhone or iPod device, you can follow the steps in Part 1 or Part 2 to export them to computer easily.

Step 2. Next, you need to sync all your beloved songs to iTunes and then connect your iPhone device to the computer and make sure it is recognized by the iTunes.

Step 3. Finally, click the device under that tab of "DEVICES" in the left panel. And then you can select "Music" option in the right window. Here, you can see a category of "Sync Music". Just check it and select "Entire music library" or "Selected playlists, artists and genres" according to your own needs. After that, you can click "Apply" button to save all the settings.


Final Thought

That's all for how to transfer music from iPhone to computer. Just choose one software to transfer the wanted songs for backup so that you can get them back while accidentally losing them. Although there are other tools available for you to retrieve the iPhone music without backup, you are unable to recover all kinds of data with these tools. So to better protect your phone data, you'd better make a backup beforehand.

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