How to Transfer Music from iPhone to iTunes/Apple Music app
This article guides you on how to copy music from your iPod, iPhone or iPad to your iTunes library or the Apple Music app on your Mac or PC.
How to transfer iPhone Music and Playlists to your library
TouchCopy allows you to copy all songs downloaded to your iPod, iPhone, and iPad in any format that your device is capable of playing, such as MP3, AAC, WAV, WMV, MP4, and more. It preserves the original file format without performing any conversions. Additionally, all song data—including track name, artist, album, composer, last play date, play count, artwork, comments, genre, rating, year, track number, and track count—is fully transferred.
TouchCopy can perform a comparison between the content on your iPod or iOS device and the content in your iTunes/Music library. To access this, click the "iTunes" header (PC), or the "Not in Music App" report (Mac) in the Music section of TouchCopy, and see a list of tracks that have not yet been copied to your library. When viewing this list, simply hit the Copy button to copy all tracks in the list to your iTunes/Music library on your computer. This is a great way to combine all your music across your devices into a single library.
Note: Songs stored in iCloud need to be downloaded to your device before they can be copied using TouchCopy.
To transfer your playlists from your iPod or iOS device into your music library select the Playlists you want from the source list in TouchCopy. You can select multiple playlists by CTRL-Clicking(PC) or cmd-Clicking(Mac) items in this list. Once you have selected your Playlists - click the "Copy to iTunes" or "Copy to Music" button in TouchCopy. A new playlist will be created in your iTunes/Music library to match the playlist copied from your device.
If a track is already in your computer's music library, TouchCopy will not create a duplicate of that track. Instead, it will add the track in your library to the Playlist.
What about Smart playlists? Smart playlists in iTunes are dynamic lists that update automatically based on rules you set. To create one, go to File > New > Smart Playlist and define your criteria. Note that Smart playlists are stored in iTunes, not directly on your iPhone or iPod. iTunes manages the content of these playlists on your device, but they appear as standard playlists.
Therefore when you use TouchCopy to transfer smart playlists from your iPhone and iPod to iTunes, they will be copied as ordinary playlists.
Transfer Status
As each track is transferred into iTunes an icon next to that track indicates whether the transfer was successful or not. Here are the icons used:
Track was successfully copied including all the metadata.
Track could not be copied.
Transfer Music from iPod/iPhone to iPhone
The transferring cycle doesn't have to stop at iTunes/Music! You can then sync your newly filled music library with other iPods, iPads and iPhones which you may want to access the music from. Below is a video of the complete process of using TouchCopy to transfer music from an old iPod or iPhone to a new iPhone:
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Track was successfully copied including all the metadata.
Track could not be copied.