Unlike smartphones running on other operating systems, in iOS the procedure for downloading music cannot be called simple. This is primarily due to Apple’s desire to make money by selling licensed digital content through the store. iTunes Store. If you follow the instructions from the manufacturer, then any audio files can be downloaded to your iPhone only using the native iTunes media processor. The procedure is generally simple, but requires a connection to a computer. Therefore, in this article I will describe more simple ways how to download music to iPhone, even without a computer and even without your own music files. This only applies to listening music, if you need to put the melody on iPhone call, then look.
Official way - iTunes
To do this, you need to follow the sequence of actions described below:
1)
Open the iTunes program (you can download it for free from the official website apple.com/ru/itunes/). We are greeted by a window that shows all the innovations new version programs. Select the “I Accept” option at the bottom and move on. Next, the music section will open and offer to search for media files. But we don’t choose this option, we don’t need all that bunch of songs on our device that are on your computer, but only selected songs, so on to the next point. 
2)
So, we see the “music” subsection, and there are no songs in it. Now let's add your music. To do this, first, look to the left top corner and click on the “File” item, then in the pop-up menu that appears, select “Add file to library”. 
3)
Select all the music that you subsequently want to download to the iPhone and click “Open” (you can choose how separate files, and entire folders with albums). 4)
The media library is now complete. But if your added music compositions are not shown, then just click on the album name. 
5)
Now that our media library has been created, we connect the iPhone to the computer. Once connected to your computer, your device will appear in the icon bar. Click on it. 
6)
Now go to the “music” section by clicking on the button of the same name. In the synchronization field, select the “Entire library” option. (But if before this you still unchecked some songs for some reason, then do not rush to choose, read on). 
If you have unchecked any songs, then select the “Favorite playlists, artists, albums and genres” option. 
7)
And the final chord - click the "Synchronize" button in the lower right corner. That's all! Now we wait for the synchronization to complete and enjoy the music on your iPhone! P.S. And of course, in the future, if you make any changes to the media library, the changes will take effect on your device only after synchronization with the computer. For this reason, here are the instructions. There is one thing: If you suddenly don’t see the usual name of your songs (that is, not the file name that was written down), then don’t be alarmed: iTunes takes information from the file tags and distributes everything into the columns: “Title”, “Duration”, “ Artist", "Album", "Genre", "Rating", "Play".
Video
All of the above actions in a short video clip.
How to download music to iPhone using apps
If you do not like the above procedure, then App Store There are applications that can download music to iPhone much easier. I can recommend Eddy Cloud Music Pro (), it allows you to download songs even from cloud services (Dropbox, Google Drive, Yandex.Disk and others).
How to download music to iPhone from VK
The social network VKontakte has become the main source of music content for many. Almost any kind of music is there. And it’s quite logical to make it possible to listen to your favorite tracks on your iPhone directly from there. However, the native VKontakte application does not have such functionality. But there are other applications that allow you to download music to your iPhone. True, Apple's anti-piracy policy does not allow them to stay in the App Store for long. But similar applications can be downloaded fromMany users who were busy loading their Apple devices multimedia content, complain about the increased complexity of performing this work. This is partly true, since you have to use the additional iTunes software package for this work. However, this also has its advantage. You can design your media collection with high quality and then easily restore it.
In this article we will tell you how to download music from with the help of three various ways: Using the iTools file manager, a computer with installed program iTunes and directly via the Internet to iPhone.
How to download music files to iPhone.
Through the Internet.
With help software package iTunes.
Using the free file manager iTools.
When using file managers and management programs, the music content must be located on your hard drive. Whereas when downloading via the Internet, there is no need to connect the smartphone to a personal computer. When downloading music to your smartphone, you must remember that iTunes does not support all music formats. Therefore, it will not be possible to load such unsupported formats into your media library.
Music format for iPhone
iTunes Media Harvester supports the following audio file formats:
ALAC (Apple Lossless);
Audible (2,3,4 format);
WAV;
AAC Protected (from iTunes Store);
MP3 (from 16 to 320 Kbps);
Official support for such popular music standards as today Windows Media There is no audio in iTunes. By default, this format is converted to AAC.
In the event that uploading a file to the media library iTunes programs fails, this indicates that this format is not supported by the media harvester. You need to convert it third party programs to one of the formats supported by iTunes.
Download music to iPhone via iTunes
The user has the ability to record special tags, which subsequently allow organizing high-quality grouping of music files and their in-depth search.
You can provide music tracks with different covers, which will improve appearance Music applications directly in the smartphone itself.
Independent equalizer settings and volume levels can be applied to individual music files.
iTunes allows you to group music files into appropriate playlists.
Files are grouped by artists, albums, genres and playlists.
This advantage allows you to eliminate some of the complexity of downloading audio files to the iPhone via iTunes. To record music into the memory of your mobile gadget, you must first download music files to the program’s media library.
Next, select the File tab and Add Media Library. Select the folder that contains the music files you need on your computer. It is also possible to drag multimedia files from other windows into the opened window.
After downloading files to your media library, you may see that individual music track names do not match the names of the music files on your hard drive. iTunes uses special tags that contain metadata.
Your collection is ready and you can go to the Music section.
If you are downloading packages of files, you need to check their quantity; if individual files are not downloaded to the media library, you need to convert them and download them again.
Sync iPhone with iTunes Music
To upload music from iTunes to iPhone memory you need to synchronize it. To do this, perform the following steps:
We connect your mobile gadget using a USB cable or wireless connection.
Launch iTunes.
Go to the Overview tab, where your device should be displayed in the Device section.
In the Options tab, you need to check the box next to Process music and videos manually. This will allow you to carry out the most flexible synchronization.
Synchronization settings will open to you. If you need to move the entire contents of the program to iPhone, select Entire Media Library.
You can also synchronize by individual artists, albums, favorite playlists, or individual files.
If you need to fill out everything free space on a mobile gadget with music, you can activate the item to automatically fill free space.
You need to select multimedia files to download; to do this, you need to check the boxes next to them. At the bottom of the working window you can see the quantity free space remaining in the device memory.
After the selection is completed, you must click the Apply button. Wait for the synchronization to complete. Immediately after the synchronization is completed, the recording recorded on the iPhone via iTunes music will become available.
How to Download Music to iPhone Using iTools
iPhone owners are offered an excellent alternative to the standard iTunes media harvester, which you can easily download for free. This program is called iTools.
This program is a universal file manager, which allows you to easily download various content to your iPhone or other iOS gadget.
The user can easily transfer music files both to the iPhone and in the opposite direction. All music files downloaded to your smartphone will be located in the Music application.
iTools does not have the functionality of iTunes in organizing music collections. However, many users simply do not require such functionality when organizing their music collection. To download multimedia content to iPhone you need:
Connect your iPhone to your computer.
Open iTools and go to the Music menu. Next, click on the Import button.
Select the file you need.
Click Open, after which the selected files will be downloaded to the iPhone. They can be seen in the Music application on your mobile gadget.
You must remember that if you use iTunes and iTools to download the same music file on your iPhone, two identical Files will be located in the Music tab.
Benefits of using iTools to download music:
The program is distributed completely free of charge.
All content is downloaded to the mobile gadget without synchronization. This saves time and speeds up the work process.
Downloaded content is located in the Music application.
High download speed.
Ability to work with gadgets without jailbreak.
Disadvantages of iTools:
There is no support for the Russian language.
When downloading duplicate media files using iTools and iTunes, duplicates will be located in the music application.
Lack of ability to edit music tags.
Let's consider the third option for downloading music content to internal memory iPhone. this work performed directly from the Internet.
How to download music to iPhone
You can download music directly from the Internet only with devices that have . If you wish, you can use special downloaders that are distributed from the AppStore. But at the same time, such music downloaded using additional downloaders is stored not in the Music tab, but in the downloader itself. This significantly reduces the usability of multimedia files. If you have an iPad or iPhone with , you have the option of downloading music directly to your library. To do this, you need to download a special Bridge from Cydia. This tweak is supported on all devices that run on iOS control, starting from the fifth version
Launch the Safari browser on your iPhone and go to a site that allows you to get a direct link to the audio file you need.
Select the desired track, tap open the menu and click download. You must place the resulting link in your reading list.
Now all you have to do is click Continue, after which the file will begin downloading. Once the download is complete, Bridge will assign all the necessary metadata to the downloaded file.
If necessary, you can fill in the necessary metadata yourself.
The downloaded file will be located in the Music application.
There are many alternative programs to the Bridge tweak. Most of them are distributed on a paid basis. The operating principle of such applications is identical.
There is no difficulty in downloading music to iPhone. You can use different ways download the necessary music to your mobile device.
If you decide to download music to your iPhone, but nothing works for you, then don’t worry, in this lesson I will help you. The fact is that this is not an easy matter, but fortunately it can be solved.
I want to warn you right away that we will not use iTunes, because, in my opinion, this is the worst way to download music to your iPhone. This option for downloading music to iPhone has been described on the Internet hundreds of times. I, in turn, will show you alternative options, and they, in my opinion, are much simpler!
Download music to iPhone using iTools
In the first method, to download music to an iPhone we will need the iTools program. Let's download it right away. I usually use an unofficial build, which does not require installation and has a Russian interface.
Download the program and unpack the archive. Next, run the program using the iTools.exe file.
Using your iPhone USB cable. In the iTools program, our device will be immediately detected.
To download music to an iPhone in the iTools program, you need to go to the Music section and in the iPhone subsection, open the Music tab. Here click the Import button!
In the window that opens, click Select file and indicate on your computer the audio recordings that you want to download to your iPhone.
The music is selected and we just have to click OK.
Wait a few seconds while the download is in progress!
When finished, launch the Music app on your iPhone and check if everything is in order!
To be honest, I previously used this method to download music to my iPhone, and it worked great. But at one “wonderful” moment it stopped working. Perhaps the problem is in new versions of iOS, or maybe in iTools, something has changed. There is only one conclusion - download music to iPhone Now it’s not working out and we need to look for new ways and fortunately they exist!
But you still try this method, because it may not work just me in this particular situation!
Download music to iPhone via Yandex Disk
Next in our queue is the option of downloading music to iPhone using cloud service Yandex Disk. 
The point is this: we need to, then on our computer, and also download the application of the same name on the iPhone and log in using your username and password.
If you have previously, for example, when creating mailbox, then re-create account no need.
After registering and installing the programs, you can try downloading music to your iPhone.
Open the Computer section and find the Yandex Disk icon.
By launching it, a folder will open into which we will need to put all the music that we would like to download to the iPhone. It is advisable to create a separate folder and move songs into it. For me this will be the “Music from YouTube” folder.
Depending on the number of songs, synchronization can last from a few seconds to several hours. You can track it by paying attention to the icon Yandex Disk in the Notification Area.
If you see a blue icon with arrows spinning on the icon, this means that synchronization is currently in progress. A little later, a green check mark will appear there, this will mean that the files have been fully uploaded to the cloud.
Now you can download music to your iPhone, now I’ll show you how to do it correctly.
So, let's move on to our smartphone. If you have not yet installed the Yandex.Disk and ApStore applications, then it’s time to do so.
And launch the Yandex.Disk application.
The data here will be updated and in a couple of seconds we will see the synchronized “Music from YouTube” folder.
All we have to do is download it. To do this, we drag our finger across the folder and see that we now have editing items. The first of them has an airplane icon and is referred to as Offline. Let's click on it.
Our plane immediately turns black. This means that the selected folder is already downloaded to our device. To double-check this, click on the menu item marked three stripes.
And you will see that the “Music from YouTube” folder has already been loaded here, and along with it the contents.
We open the folder and see music there.
These are the 3 songs that I uploaded to Yandex Disk on my computer. They can be opened in the built-in player by clicking on any song.
The disadvantage of this method is that we cannot fully control the player. To listen to the next track, we definitely need to unlock the device and switch the song manually. But there are also advantages: we can still download music to the iPhone and listen to it in unlimited quantities! After all, this is exactly what we wanted?
Download music to iPhone using the nPLAYER app
There is a cool player for iPhone called nPlayer. Using this application It’s not difficult to download music to your iPhone. And now you will see this.
First of all, launch the nPlayer application and turn on WI-FI.
IN running application find the button for wireless transmission data, it is in the form of a Wi-Fi icon. Press it.
We have opened the Wi-Fi Transfer menu.
Here you need to activate the HTTP / WebDAV item. After switching on, we will have an address that needs to be entered in any browser on your computer.
We launch, for example, enter the specified address and press Enter.
The player's web interface is loading. Now we can using Add Files button download music over the air to your smartphone. Click Add Files.
In the window that opens, indicate the songs that you need to download to your iPhone.
Let's wait a little while the files are copied.
Finishing pay attention to the smartphone. The songs that I uploaded are already displayed in the status.
If I turn off file transfer and click the "Close" button, I will see the just transferred songs in the player itself.
Clicking on any of them will start playback.
Using this application, controlling playback is a pleasure: you can switch songs, rewind them and adjust the volume by swiping left, right, up and down. And as we remember in the case of downloading music to iPhone Using the Yandex Disk application, this could not be done.
nPlayer has only one disadvantage– you need to buy the application, or download it and find a way to install it on your iPhone. 
But, unfortunately, as far as I know, today it’s free to install paid application, no jailbreak impossible(There is Free version)!
Well, friends, these are the methods you can use today to download music to your iPhone. There are, of course, many alternatives. For example, you can use not, but, or instead of the nPlayer player, find a less functional, but free application.
Write in the comments, what are the ways to download music toiPhoneyou are using, or you don’t use them yet, but would like me to tell you about them.
That's all, thanks for your attention.
If you bought an iPhone, then you probably want to take advantage of all the functions of your device. But by default, the manufacturer does not give you an extensive audio collection on your phone - there is practically no music on the device. The question arises - how to download music to iPhone. The answer is simple - through iTunes, via third party applications or using file storage systems like DropBox.
A little theory
Some novice users of Apple devices experience problems after iPhone purchases or iPods associated with closure operating system iOS as such. iOS does not have a user accessible file system.
You won’t be able to download music to your iPhone by connecting it as a flash drive to your computer. The computer will not recognize your device as a flash drive and will not provide access to internal folders.
The closed nature of the iOS operating system protects you from viruses and allows mobile application developers to earn income from creating programs. iPhones with a younger version installed on board iOS version, you can hack it - make a jailBreak.
After hacking and flashing, you will be able to download any music to the device, even via USB, but some malfunctions may occur. Therefore, jailbreaking just to download audio files to your device via USB is not recommended. It is better to use simpler and more proven official methods of downloading music to iPhone.
Method number 1. Download music to iPhone via iTunes.
You will need iTunes. iTunes is the main program for working with your phone. Download this software may with official page applications via the link Download iTunes
Next you need to install iTunes.
Steps to download music via iTunes
- Launch iTunes and connect your device to it.
- Next, you need to click on the menu “View - Show side menu”
- Next, you need to find the device and click on the music tab.
- Using Drag And Drop move the music folder to the right panel and click sync.
Next, launch the Apple music application on your iPhone and all downloaded tracks will appear on your device.
The Apple Music application is available on any device and has the icon shown in the picture. 
In it you can create playlists and listen to music in the background.
Here's a short video on how to upload your library through iTunes
pros this method download audio tracks
- Downloading music through iTunes is the official method recommended by Apple. The program is absolutely free and is updated regularly. The number of glitches is minimal.
- The downloaded music will play in the background even if you lock the device and minimize the application
- You can listen to the tracks without the Internet, they are with you in any situation
- You can use all the features of the Apple Music app
- The method works on Windows and Mac
Disadvantages of this method
- You will have to search for music and tracks yourself and download them too
- The size of the media library is limited by the memory of your device. If you have little memory, you will have to carry a limited number of tracks with you.
- If you don’t have a computer nearby, you won’t be able to use this method.
- A limited list of formats that iTunes understands is mp3 with a bitrate of up to 320 Kb/s, MP3 VBR, AAC, WAV, Audible. For the rest you will have to look for a converter
Downloading through iTunes is the easiest way to download a large number of music files to your device. If you want to move your audio library to your phone, you should use this method
Method number 2. Uploading audio files via DropBox
Dropbox is a file storage for files of various formats. Size free storage Dropbox initially contains a couple of GB, but can be increased to 18 GB if you invite friends. In general, enough for large quantity music. Dropbox has the ability to play music, but there is no way to collect it into playlists, etc.
However, DropBox is convenient because you can upload music to storage when you don’t have it on hand. personal computer from iTunes.
Step-by-step guide to delivering music:
- First you need to register in dropbox using the link
- After registration download mobile app for iPhone DropBox and log in
- If your computer is at hand, then download Dropbox to your computer, log in there, create folders and put all your music there - just click copy paste from any folder into the Dropbox folder
- Wait for synchronization while the music is uploaded to the file storage
- Launch the Dropbox mobile application on your device. After the update, you will see a list of your files. If you want music to play without the Internet, you need to click the arrow next to any file and select “Access to auto” from the menu in the right corner. mode"
Here's what it looks like on iPad: 
Offline mode involves downloading a file to the device. Tracks will be available to you even when there is no Internet
If you don't have a computer at hand. A method that really works
Pros and cons of downloading via Dropbox
Pros of storing music on Dropbox
- Much more space than on an iPhone.
- You can physically add and delete tracks, organize files and folders
- Music playing in the background
- You can download music from any site directly from your phone. No computer needed.
- Your music is always with you. You just need to download Dropbox and log in
Cons of Dropbox
- You can't organize playlists
- Not really good interface for playing music files
- No track meta descriptions - track name, artist
- You will have to switch between tracks manually. Tracks will not play automatically
- You need to remember passwords and what is where. You won't be able to find music by artist.
Method No. 3. Download music using various music services and applications
The first is the Russian service Yandex Music. You can download music to your iPhone absolutely free of charge, organize playlists, listen to the radio and much more:
Yandex music application for iPhone/iPad
The second way is to use a branded service Apple iTunes Store and buy music. It will automatically appear on your device. However, if you delete purchased tracks, in some cases you will have to buy them for money.Read also: .
The Yandex Music service is similar to the Apple Music service. There are many tracks by Russian and foreign artists, convenient system search and play tracks. The application naturally plays music in the background and allows you to download any track to your device for listening even in airplane mode
Paid applications for downloading music
You don’t have to use the above means, but do it in a simpler way.
There is such a service - Zaitsev No. You can find any music on it.
This music can also be downloaded through the iPhone and iPad application - SoundCloud.
Many people think about how to download music to iPhone for free. There is no clear answer in this case. After all, there are several options for the development of events. And everyone chooses for themselves what to do. Below are all known methods for downloading ringtones to Apple phones and tablets.
Methods
What options for the development of events take place? The thing is that you can download music for free to the iPhone 5S, just like to any other Apple device, in several ways.
Namely:
- via iTunes;
- directly from the Internet;
- by using special application for iPhone;
- via iTools.
Direct download
How to download music to iPhone for free? Some people recommend using direct links to download tracks. In this case, downloading songs occurs in exactly the same way as in the case of using a PC.
In other words, you need to:
- Find the desired track and download link in your browser.
- Click on the appropriate button.
- Wait for the operation to complete.
This is not the most The best decision for iPhone. Tracks loaded this way may not work properly.
iTunes and music
If you imagine the process step by step, it will look something like this:
- Initialize latest version"iTunes". In any case, the application must be newer than version 12.
- Download the necessary ringtones to your computer.
- Open the program and select “File” - “Add to Library”. You must first log in to the system. This is where Apple ID comes to the rescue.
- Specify the path to pre-loaded ringtones.
- Click on the "Open" button.
- Using a USB cable, connect your iPhone to your computer.
- Open the "General" section. Sometimes it is called "Review". Appears on the left side of the program after synchronizing devices.
- Go to the "Options" block and select the "Manual processing of music and video" item there.
- Select "Music" in the "iTunes" menu.
- Click on the "Synchronize" line.
- Mark process parameters. Namely, which tracks need to be copied. It is better to select "Entire Media Library".
iTools
How can you download music to your iPhone for free? The next trick is to use a program called “iTools”. It is somewhat reminiscent of iTunes. 
The guide for uploading melodies in this case looks like this:
- Connect iPhone to PC. For example, via a USB cable.
- Install and run iTools.
- Download music to PC from anywhere.
- Log in to “iTools” and open the “Media” - “Music” section.
- Use the cursor to move all the desired tracks into the field that appears.
- Confirm the operation.
All! After moving the music to the iTools menu, the tracks will end up on the iPhone. No additional synchronization! This saves a lot of time.
iPhone app
How to download music to iPhone for free? The last solution is to download SoundCloud. This application helps you listen to your favorite tracks from Apple devices and download them to your device.
After installing the program, you need to find the melody and click on the button with the arrow entering the square. This is the "Download" button. You must first connect to the Internet. Otherwise, downloading will not be possible.
In a similar way, you can use other players for iPhone that support downloading tracks - iDownLoader Pro, Free Music Download, and so on.