This is one of the questions we hear the most from users who have just landed on iPhone: How can I download music from my iPhone? The paradigm of keeping a library on the computer and syncing it through iTunes to the iPhone has long been defunct. For all users who are just starting out, here is a simple explanation.
The first thing we are going to clarify is that we are going to see how to legally download music on iphone, without using apps or services that do it for free but unofficially. These apps can hide malicious code in the form of false advertising, so what’s cheap can end up being expensive.
Downloading music to your iPhone: a question of choice of service
The most direct and easiest way to download songs from your iPhone is through a music streaming service
We are going to show how you can download songs to your iPhone from the two most used services: Spotify and Apple Music. In Spotify, you can access any album or playlist you find by browsing content, and you’ll find the download button in the shape of a circle with a down arrow:
You can legally download the songs from a Wi-Fi network or from the 4G or 5G mobile network without any problem. discharge will take up local storage space on your iPhone, in addition to your automatic backup that you make with a Mac or via iCloud; but in return, you will be able to listen to the songs even offline when you travel. If you want to delete the downloads, press the same button again.
In Apple Music, you can also find the download button at the top of the interface:
You can delete the download by clicking the same button again, or via the button with the ellipses next to it with other options. In other services like Tidal, Amazon Music Unlimited or Deezer the system is very similar.
Subscription fees for these music services it is usually 9.99 dollars per month, although there are usually offers such as the 4.99 dollars per month for Apple Music for students or family promotions with which you can save money by bringing several people together. In the case of Apple Music, we can also opt for an Apple One package of 14.95 dollars per month with which to also enjoy other services such as Apple Arcade and Apple TV +.
Other Options for Downloading Your Music to iPhone
As an alternative, we can mention free third-party solutions like AppCloud Music which can play the audio files you have digitized from your CDs and stored in a cloud
This requires the previous step of uploading the files you scanned to these storage services, and of course it depends on the storage you have. On PC, it is also still possible with iTunes, although we are awaiting a renewal of this application in the Microsoft operating system.
As a final solution, although you may already depend on a Mac, you can legally sync the music library you have on it with an iPhone by connecting the phone to the computer using a cable. This can be useful when what you want is digitize the music you have on physical media (CDs)something that for now is still possible with the Music app in macOS Big Sur.
On PC it is also always possible with iTunes, although we have been waiting for a year for rumors about the arrival of new applications for Windows. iTunes has been missing for many years on macOS, and it’s time for the same to happen on the Microsoft platform.
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