# music from mac to iphone

Category: Geeks r Us

## Post 1 by Nicky (And I aprove this message.) on Sunday, 12-Jan-2014 15:29:17

I have my music on my mac but I would like to get it on my iphone. I tried a method that a friend told me to do but it didn't work for me even though it works for them...
This had something to do with selecting some songs, copy them, then paste them to my phone...
I only want certaint songs on my phone, not all of it.
Thanks.
Please explain details because I don't know a lot about this, thanks again...

## Post 2 by Nicky (And I aprove this message.) on Sunday, 12-Jan-2014 15:31:04

and,,, also...
I see on my phone in settings that it has something that says to turn on Y-fi cinking... it says to plug up phone then turn it on but how and wear to go to turn it on? and can you transfor music over without hooking it up to the computer??? I don't hthink so but thought to ask

## Post 3 by forereel (Just posting.) on Sunday, 12-Jan-2014 20:16:46

Your mac has iTunes, or can.
You can move just the songs you want to iTunes, and your phone will cync.
Check out here's some iTunes help.
I don't talk about Mac's, but iTunes is an Apple product, so it works.

## Post 4 by Nicky (And I aprove this message.) on Sunday, 12-Jan-2014 22:06:22

yes it does have itunes and i am trying to do it with my itunes. I have all my music on my itunes on my mac but it is not going to my phone. but like i said, i only want some of it, not all of it to go to my phone.... but i want all of it on my mac in my itunes.

## Post 5 by forereel (Just posting.) on Sunday, 12-Jan-2014 22:22:25

Yes, I understand. I don't know how Mac's works exactly, but in iTunes on a PC you can tab to music. In the music you can check the box that says add music manually.
On the songs you want to cync you check or uncheck them. If you don't want them to go, you uncheck them, so when you cync they won't.
iTunes had a tutorial, so read the section related to your Mac. It works.

## Post 6 by silly_singer (The girl who's always lost in a melody) on Monday, 13-Jan-2014 6:22:11

Hi,
In iTunes, once you have connected your phone,find the popup button that says the name of your phone.
Hit VO space or enter to activate it .
Now, find the scroll area and interact with it.
In here you will find all kinds of checkboxes . You want to make sure the following ones are checked.
"Manually manage music and videos " and "Only add selected songs"
Now Hit Apply changes and then hit done.
From here, you should be able to do what your friend said will work.
Make sure though that you are copying from your iTunes library itself and not the music folder in finder.
For this process you may find it easier to "Show Sidebar" Command Option S toggles this option.
I hope that this makes some sense.
I have not yet had coffee.
:-)

## Post 7 by silly_singer (The girl who's always lost in a melody) on Monday, 13-Jan-2014 6:28:49

Oh! Also I forgot, Checking the wireless sinking option will work if you have your phone plugged in and it and your computer are both on the same Wifi network.
Just open up iTunes on your mac and let it do its thing.
I have iTunes match, so I have not manually organized the music on my iPad or iPod in a while, but if memory serves me right, adding music works but is much slower when done via wifi sinking.

## Post 8 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 13-Jan-2014 11:46:21

iTunes Match is nice even fore PC users. Well worth the price if you have music from many sources.
Wonderful post, even without coffee. Smile.

## Post 9 by starfly (99956) on Monday, 13-Jan-2014 16:50:08

also if you want, just make a play list and sink it over to your Iphone, it works well on the mac. Not sure how its done on windows Itunes I refuse to use it. I will stick with my mac Itunes if I ever get another Iphone.

## Post 10 by Nicky (And I aprove this message.) on Monday, 13-Jan-2014 17:12:05

it does make a lot of since. I am going to try it out later this evening when i have more free time. Thanks a lot.

## Post 11 by forereel (Just posting.) on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2014 0:16:47

Making a playlist and sending that list to your iPhone is a peace of cake on the PC.
Create it. Give it a file name.
Go to iTunes, and select the add file to library. Paste the file name in that box, hit enter.