How to transfer music from iPhone to computer

iTunes doesn’t allow Apple users to copy music from iPhone to computer. Why limit yourself to only one imperfect solution, when another software provides a possibility to manage your iPhone music library much more efficiently!

Luckily, CopyTrans knows just the way to transfer music from iPhone to computer in a few clicks, including music files (.mp3, .m4a, .m4r, .aac), video files (.mov, .mp4), artist and album information, artworks, and playlists.

• Transfer music from iPhone to computer ⭐ in one step ⭐
• Transferring songs from iPhone to computer: 🧙 Guide for advanced users
• How to download music from iPod to computer
• ➕ BONUS: Customize your backup structure
• How to copy music purchased in the iTunes Store from iPhone to computer
• About Apple Music and DRM protection

Transfer music from iPhone to computer

Simple one-step method

CopyTrans is a tool to help you back up your iPhone, iPad or iPod audial content to iTunes or to a folder on your PC. In the Simple mode of the CopyTrans app, you will need to press only one button to download music to computer. The method works for all Apple devices: iPhones, iPods, and iPads.

1. Download and install CopyTrans from the following page. Refer to the Installation guide if necessary.
2. Run CopyTrans and connect your iDevice. Wait until your music library is loaded.
3. Choose Folder.
4. Select which folder on your computer you want to back up your tracks to.
5. CopyTrans will now start backing up all your iPhone tracks to the folder of your choice. Your music library is copied to your PC!

Transferring songs from iPhone to computer

Advanced method

CopyTrans Classic version allows users to customize the way their music will be exported to their PC and what part of the music library will be included in the backup.

To transfer music from iPhone to computer without iTunes:

1. Download and install CopyTrans from the following page. Refer to the Installation guide if necessary.
2. Run CopyTrans and connect your iDevice. Wait until your music library is loaded.
3. Click the Classic mode button.
4. After your library is loaded, switch the setting to Manual Backup in the top-left corner.
5. Select the tracks you wish to transfer from iPhone to your PC. You can transfer playlists, individual songs, or the entire music library.
6. Now, to copy music from iPhone to a folder on your computer, click on the Folder button and select a destination on your PC.
7. When you are ready to download music from iPhone to computer, hit Start Backup.
   СopyTrans compares the size of your backup with the free space available in the selected destination to make sure the transfer goes smoothly.
   
8. The backup status, remaining time, and size of processed files are shown on the progress bar during the transfer.
9. The job is done! Your iPhone music has been safely transferred to the computer.
   Note: CopyTrans provides 100% free from duplicates backup, so if you have previously copied any of your tracks to your destination folder, they won’t be imported.

How to download music from iPod to computer

You can use the two above-mentioned methods to transfer music from ALL Apple devices to your computer: all models of iPhones, iPods, and iPads. But we have written a separate guide just in case. Here it is: How to transfer music from iPod to computer

You can also look up our iOS and devices compatibility summary for the latest updates.

Using CopyTrans, you can:

⭐ Transfer music from iPhone to computer without iTunes;
⭐ Transfer your songs, playlists, movies to a PC folder;
⭐ Customize the iPhone music library backup;
⭐ Only the new songs are transferred, no duplicates;
⭐ Transfer music from your iPhone to iTunes.

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BONUS: Customize your backup structure

Before transferring songs from iPhone to computer, you might want to adjust the way the tracks and videos will be copied to the PC. By default, we use iTunes backup structure: main Music folder > Album > Artist > songs. If you don’t like the default settings, you can easily change your backup structure.

1. After you have chosen the destination folder, click on the Customize button.
2. For example, leave both Music subfolders empty as shown in the following screenshot. This will make the app save all your music files to one folder. Click OK to start the transfer.

NOTE: CopyTrans will remember your preferences for the next backup.

Copy music from iPhone to computer

Note that the following steps will only work for songs that you have purchased in the iTunes Store as all songs offered by the iTunes Store come without Digital Rights Management protection.

1. Run the Music App on your iPhone, identify the albums or songs that were purchased from the iTunes Store but are not available for offline use.
2. Tap on the three dots next to any such album or song.
3. Tap Make available offline.
4. Once the track is downloaded to the iPhone, CopyTrans will display it in the main program window with the rest of the local iPhone songs. Just re-connect the device to the PC while CopyTrans is running and switch to the Classic mode.
   
   In later versions of the iTunes Store, when you purchase the track, it is automatically downloaded to the device for the offline use. To check, go to the iTunes Store app > More > Purchased > Music.

About Apple Music and DRM protection

Apple Music tracks are DRM (Digital Rights Management) protected. This means that you cannot freely transfer songs sourced from Apple Music to a PC, even if the songs are downloaded for offline use on your iPhone. When you enable iCloud Music Library on the iPhone, the local iPhone songs are matched with the Apple Music database.

Your library is then seamlessly populated with DRM-protected copies of your songs originating from Apple Music until you choose to disable iCloud Music Library. CopyTrans will not display such tracks.

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