Add Music to iPhone
This article teaches you how to add music to your iPhone's Music app.
Contents
10 Second Summary
1. Open iTunes on your computer.
2. Attach your iPhone to your computer.
3. Click and drag music onto your iPhone's name on the left side of iTunes.
4. Wait for your music to finish synchronizing.
Steps
Adding Music Manually Using iTunes
- Open iTunes on your computer. The icon looks like a multicolored musical note inside a white background with a multicolored ring around the outside.
- If iTunes prompts you to download the most recent version, do so.
- Attach your iPhone to your computer. Using your iPhone cable, plug the USB end into your computer and the other end into your iPhone charging port.
- If your iTunes has Stop iTunes from Opening Automatically when You Connect Your iPhone enabled, simply opening iTunes and plugging in your phone will add any new music to your iPhone's music library.
- View your "Library" options. Beneath the "Library" heading on the left side of the iTunes window, you'll see several categories of music:
- Recently Added
- Artists
- Albums
- Songs
- Genres
- Click a "Library" option. Doing so will display all items in your selected category.
- For example, clicking Songs will display all songs in your iTunes library.
- Click and drag an item onto your iPhone's name. Your iPhone's name is in the left-hand sidebar, beneath the "Devices" heading. Dragging an item over to this area will invoke a blue rectangle around the "Devices" section.
- You can select multiple items by clicking them while holding down Ctrl (PC) or ⌘ Command (Mac).
- Release the mouse button. Doing so will drop the item(s) onto your iPhone, which will prompt them to begin uploading to your iPhone's Music library.
- You can keep track of your music's upload process by watching the progress bar that will appear at the top of the iTunes window.
- Wait for your music to finish uploading. Once this process is done, you can unplug your iPhone; any music you added will be in your phone's Music app under the "Recently Added" section as well as under the respective artist, album, and genre sections.
Using Apple Music
- Open your iPhone's Settings. It's a grey app with a gear icon likely found on the Home Screen.
- In order to add music to your iPhone with Apple Music, you'll need an Turn-on-Apple-Music-on-an-iPhone.
- Scroll down and tap Music. This option is about halfway down the "Settings" page.
- Slide Show Apple Music right to the "On" position. It will turn green. Doing so will allow you to access the Apple Music library.
- Slide iCloud Music Library right to the "On" position. It will turn green. Enabling this option will let you download music from the Apple Music library directly to iTunes.
- Tap Keep Music when prompted. That way, you'll save all original copies of your music in addition to anything you download from Apple Music.
- Slide Automatic Downloads right to the "On" position. It will turn green. This will ensure any music you add to your iCloud Music Library will be downloaded to your iPhone's storage so you can play it even while offline.
- Press your iPhone's Home button. Doing so will minimize the "Settings" app and return you to the Home Screen.
- Open Music. It's a white app with a musical note on it.
- Tap Search. This option is in the bottom-right corner of the screen, just below a magnifying glass icon.
- Tap the search bar. It's at the top of the page, just below the "Search" heading.
- Tap Apple Music. This tab is on the left side of the page and below the search bar; selecting it will cause your search queries to look through Apple Music instead of your library.
- Type in a song, artist, or album name. You can download individual songs or entire albums from Apple Music.
- Tap Search. It's the blue button in your iPhone's keyboard. Doing so will search Apple Music for your item.
- Tap + to the right of a song. For an album, tap the album first, then tap +ADD near the top of the album page. Doing so will download your selected media to your iPhone's Music library.
- You'll be able to listen to any downloaded Apple Music items even when you're offline.
- Downloaded Apple Music items will have a cloud icon to the right of their names.
- You may have to confirm your choice to download the song or album before it will download.
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