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Tasnia Salinas, on January 2, 2021, in
iPhone Transfer
How to get started?
In this article, we help you to learn How To Transfer iTunes Music To New iPhone 12 by using our best iTunes To iPhone Music Transfer software - SyncBird Pro. Make sure you have downloaded the latest version here before continuing.
Background Knowledge
iTunes is a media player, media library, Internet radio broadcaster, and mobile device management application developed by Apple Inc. The original iPhones required iTunes for activation and content syncing. The new models of iPhone, like iPhone 12, iPhone Xr, iPhone 12 Max rely less on the iTunes software for the transfer of music between a computer and individual device (How To Transfer Music from Computer to iPhone). It's pretty easy to transfer music from iTunes library to your new iPhone. Here are the detailed steps.
Part 1: The Tool You'll Need
The reason we still love to use iTunes is for its ability of organizing, collecting, and storing our music collections. It can be used to rip songs from CDs, play content with the use of dynamic, smart playlists, and optimize sound quality if we want. In regard of copying music from an iTunes library to a new iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Max or iPhone Xr, here are the tools you'll need.
- iTunes - the perfect iTunes alternative software that can transfer your music, photos, videos, book and other iOS content from one iPhone to another.
- You also need a computer and USB cable to connect your iPhones to your MacBook.
Part 2: Transfer iTunes Music To New iPhone
With iTunes, you can manage the content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod by manually syncing specific songs to your device. If you can't manually transfer your iTunes music to your iPhone, give a check and turn off iCloud Music Library on your device first. After that, follow steps below to do so:
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Step 1:
Connect your iPhone (including iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max or other elder model of iPhones) to your computer > Open iTunes > Click the iPhone Device icon when it shows up on iTunes:
How To Transfer iTunes Music To New iPhone Step 1
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Step 2:
Choose the music tracks that you want to add from your iTunes library to your new iPhone > Click Sync to start transfering:
How To Transfer iTunes Music To New iPhone Step 2
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Step 3:
When iTunes finish syncing the music, on your new iPhone, open Music app and you'll see your newly added songs.
The Bottom Line
Keep it in mind that, by syncing music from your iTunes libary to a new iPhone, it will overwrite existing songs on your device. In other word, you can only sync one iPhone with one iTunes library. As a perfect iTunes alternative for macOS, SyncBird Pro is also made to help you add/sync your music without iTunes and best of all, you can simply add new songs to your iPhone without compromising existing content. Free Download now to have a try.