Apple picker One of the most common activities when managing an iOS device, be it an iPhone, iPod or iPad, is managing your music library and multimedia content. I often hear opinions that iTunes is one of the worst and least clear programs ever, how it is a pain to work with and similar to this. In today's article, we will look at how you can really simply, quickly and easily work with the music library on an iOS device and at the same time in iTunes, and we will explain how they communicate with each other.
For most other devices (USB disk, external HDD,...) it is necessary to have them connected to a computer if you want to fill them with content in some way. In many cases, this means that the device becomes unresponsive or some other error occurs. Apple's philosophy is different - you prepare everything on your computer, select the content you want to transfer to your iOS device, and at the very end, connect the device that is being synchronized. This also applies to today's tutorial, keep your device unplugged until we get to that. It will take more time to prepare for simple filling, but restoring the content on your iOS device itself will be a matter of moments from that point on, whenever you want.
Even though it's no longer the case that you can't get music on your iPhone without iTunes, I'm a supporter of the opinion that this is the best way. iTunes is intended not only for working with an iOS device, but also for managing your multimedia library on a computer, a music player, and last but not least, a store - the iTunes Store. We will not talk about content from the iTunes Store, the assumption is that you have music stored somewhere on your computer, for example in a folder Hudba.
Preparing iTunes
If you don't already have it, you need to upload your music library to iTunes. Open the application and select the library in the upper left corner Hudba.
The easiest way to add files is to "grab" your folder with music content and simply move it to the open iTunes, i.e. using the so-called drag & drop. The second option is to select an option in the application menu in the very top left corner Add to library (CTRL+O or CMD+O) and then select files. With this option, however, in the case of Windows, you have to select individual files and not entire folders.
After you've successfully filled your music library, it's up to you to organize it, clean it up, or leave everything as it was. In the first case, it is easiest to mass mark, for example, all songs from one album, right-click on them, select the item Information and in a new window on the tab Information edit data such as Album Artist, Album or Year. In this way, you can gradually organize the library, add Covers to the albums and thus keep the music content on the computer clear.
The next step is to prepare the content for the iOS device, I will focus on filling the iPhone, so I will use the iPhone instead of the iOS device in the rest of the article, it is of course the same for the iPad or iPod. We switch to the tab in the middle of the top menu Tracklists. (If you miss this option, you have the iTunes sidebar displayed, press CTRL+S / CMD+ALT+S to hide it.)
In the lower left corner, open the menu under the Plus sign, select an item New playlist, name it iPhone (iPad, iPod, or whatever you want) and press Done. The list overview in the left panel showed an iPhone track list that is empty. Now we have prepared everything and we can move on to filling the device itself.
Filling the device
In the list of songs, we select the music that we want to upload to the iPhone, either one song at a time or by mass selection. Grab a track with the left button, move the screen to the right, playlists will appear on the right side, navigate to the list iPhone and let's play - songs will be added to this list. And that's all.
In this way, we add everything we want to have in the device to the list. If you added something by mistake, on the tab Tracklists you can delete it from the list; if you no longer want something on your iPhone, delete it from the list again. And on this principle the whole thing will work - everything that will be in the playlist iPhone, will also be in the iPhone, and what you delete from the list is also deleted from the iPhone - the content is mirrored with the list. However, it is always necessary to synchronize both devices.
[do action=”tip”]You don't have to create just one playlist. You can create different playlists according to your preferences, for example by genre. Then you just have to check them when synchronizing with the iPhone (see below).[/do]
[do action=”tip”]If you want to sync entire albums or artists in addition to different songs, in the iPhone settings (below) select the corresponding artists or albums you want outside of this list.[/do]
iPhone settings
Now let's move on to the final step, which is setting up your device to learn the new changes and make mirroring actually work every time you connect a device in the future. Only now we connect the iPhone with a cable and wait for it to load. Then we open it by clicking on the iPhone in the upper right corner next to the iTunes Store, we will appear on the tab Summary. In the box Elections we check the first item so that the iPhone updates itself and accepts changes every time it is connected, we leave the others unchecked.
[do action=”tip”]If you do not want the iPhone to start syncing immediately after connecting to iTunes, do not check this option, but keep in mind that you always have to manually click the button to make changes Synchronize.[/to]
Then we switch to the tab in the top menu Hudba, where we check the button Sync music, the option Selected playlists, artists, albums and genres, and we select a playlist iPhone. We click on Use and everything will be done. Done, that's it. We can disconnect the device.
Conclusion, summary, what next?
In today's guide, we have done three important steps - Preparing iTunes (filling the library, creating a playlist), Filling the iPhone (selecting songs, moving them to the playlist), Setting up the iPhone (setting up synchronization with iTunes). Now you will only use the Fill iPhone step.
If you want to add new music to your device, you add it to the playlist, if you want to remove some music, you remove it from the playlist. After making all the changes you want, you connect the device and let it sync, everything is done automatically and you're done.
[do action=”tip”]The instructions operate on the assumption that your music library in iTunes is larger than the capacity of your iOS device, or you do not want to move the entire library to it. In that case, it is enough to turn off the synchronization of the entire music library.[/do]
In the next installment, we'll look at how to keep your selected photos and images on your device using iTunes.
I have an iPod nano 6th generation (the little touch cube) and when I sync music through iTunes (on a Mac) some albums split into two even though they are in one album in iTunes and have all the tags set up correctly including diacritics and capitals and lowercase letters. No idea why? It's been happening to me since ancient times, when I own an iPod...
According to my understanding, it also differentiates according to the authors of the music and the artists of the album. All properties must be the same. See my post above and the MP3 Tag editor
As Pavel writes, if you use Windows, try checking the tags with the MP3tag program.
For those albums that you like, check that they are part of the compilation. You can find it by right-clicking on the given album, selecting Information, and selecting the compilation part on the options tab. Then it shouldn't be thrown into multiple albums. It is convenient to use even if there are several artists on the album.
This modification must be done on a computer in iOS, it is not possible.
This is probably an instruction from 2005. I don't really understand why I should create and fill a playlist of iPhone 20 GB of music, when I can more comfortably synchronize albums, artists, etc. directly.
I also agree with this statement, this is how it was slavishly done when I had a NANO 3G.
Not everyone wants full albums, everything from an artist and the like. Of course, if you want an album, you don't have to drag it into the playlist in songs, but in albums as a whole.
Really?! However, the article does not mention these alternatives.
I don't use this option, but it's a good idea, thanks, I'll try to add it.
Information on how to synchronize contacts between iTunes and the device using a cable without iCloud would not be?
Why no iCloud?
For example, I use one AppleID for applications and another for iCloud. Then I don't mix things up with others because I use my AppleID for applications
I think a lot of people can find this helpful.
I personally recommend using the MP3 Tag editor application before adding it to iTunes and editing all the properties. Then it won't happen that part will be in one album and part in another. It also supports mass renaming of songs by tags and vice versa
The next chapter is iTunes Match (paid function), thanks to which you can synchronize music from iTunes wirelessly, whether you are on wifi or 3G (if you have enough FUP).
It's important to say that mp3tag is Windows only, otherwise yes, I was using it too before I switched.
Mp3tag also exists for Mac, I use it myself. It is a custom version via wine bottle. It's not as user-friendly as on Win, but still better than anything else for Mac :)
As you wrote yourself - via WineBottler, which in itself means it's not a Mac-made app. An alternative directly on Mac can be the Tag application in the AppStore, but it is already a paid application.
Although it is not directly for Mac, on the other hand it works and does its job very well. In contrast to dozens of replacements that I had the opportunity to try, including the Tag you mentioned - none of them can match Mp3tag functionally. But that's just my opinion :)
I believe you and I'm not arguing, I have no experience, I can get by with iTunes on a Mac. :)
Thanks for the nice article. As a new iPad owner, this is still new to me and I'm still learning the "new" system.
I am inclined to request that similar "instructions" continue to be published or to be incorporated into http://applewikipedia.org/ + then adjusted how everything develops.
Thank you
Expect one article each day this week.
I'm glad you like it.
And if I want to download the letters via
Sorry, if I want to download music from my computer to my iPhone, do I have to pay?
Of course, if you have music on your computer that you listen to regularly, it's free this way. Only the iTunes Match function is paid.
Great article, I'm still waiting for a gadget when I don't have to record an audio book between the music and then set in the information that it's an aukniha, remember the playback, etc., etc.
It also works if you grab an artist, an album or an individual song with the mouse and when you drag, a list of connected iOS devices will appear on the right side, and you just have to drag it to the given device and the music will be automatically uploaded to the given device. In my opinion, this is the fastest way to get music to iOS. It works both when synchronization via wi-fi is turned on and when connected by cable. Save yourself the hassle of creating playlists and syncing and setting up in iTunes
Of course, this too, but the setup takes less than a minute, and the preparation of the content is not dependent on the connected device. I can prepare a playlist for school, a playlist for running, and the like, and then shuffle the content just by swapping playlists in sync at the final connection.
I have a question that is somewhat related to the article. Is there a way to sync the SD card (in the car) directly with iTunes? Or how to get the playlist from the iMac to the SD card, so that the playlist and the order of the songs are preserved. When I download the songs to the SD via Finder - it always saves the songs according to the track number on the original CD - so in the end I have track 01 four times on the SD card - always a different one ... because they are the first songs of several albums, etc. If anyone knows and advises how to solve it, thank you very much in advance.
I don't know if I can answer the question exactly, but I solve the transfer of music from iTunes "to the car" (on CD, not on SD) by barbarically copying the entire playlist intended for this back to the Finder and then converting all the song names in Mp3tag with the Convert command -> Tag – Filename. My car can't work with a tag, but only with a file name... I don't know how about yours. In this case, the stock order is classically alphabetical.
Thank you SO MUCH for your reply. This really annoys me - that it doesn't work in an elegant way and especially the way I made the list...
Make folders with individual albums on the card. When I made it on CD, I had one as you describe, I already made another with folders and the radio played it for me. One record in the first folder finished playing, and then another song in the second folder automatically started playing. If you wanted to keep your list, you would have to save the songs twice and retag them in the car as needed.
Thanks - I'll try that, thanks a lot
Good evening, I have a question: I bought and downloaded two different albums from the same artist through the iTunes store on my iPhone. Both have the same song, except that on album 1 it's a radio mix and on album 2 it's a club mix. The problem is that I can't have both downloaded at the same time. Either I have one and the other one has a cloud download icon in the second album, or vice versa. Relatively inconvenient - sometimes even several times a week to download one and the same already purchased song over and over again. Does anyone know what to do with it please? Or a similar experience?
Have you tried transferring the music to your PC and then working with it like any other in the Music Library?
Article for pirates on applecari? :)
Why? Just because people don't buy from Apple doesn't mean they're pirates. There are plenty of other legal sources to buy music. Random Supraphon Online, Google+, Amazon, CDs and more.
It goes without saying that owning (sometimes dozens of) CDs from the days before the iTunes Store existed is piracy. :)
Downloading without direct payment for the audio recording is also legal. After all, the price is included in the price of the storage space on which the record is saved ;)
Can anyone tell me the easiest way to transfer my iTunes 11.1.1 library and iPhoto 7.1.5 library from an iMac with 10.6.8 to an iMac with 10.9.1 where I have iPhoto 9.5.1 and iTunes 11.1.3? Thank you.
Using TimeMachine? Now I've been switching from a MacBook to another but haven't tried it, I wanted a clean install.
Could you please advise when I click add to library in itunes on my mac and select an mp3 file it does not upload. I've tried it like this at least 8 times with different files and nothing, it just doesn't work.