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Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If iTunes is not downloadable, how would I move music which I legally own onto my phone?
Alright, I’ve never used iTunes. I’ve never used an iPhone either. Full disclosure on that.
But I’m having difficulty even understanding your issue. Either iTunes has some propriatary bullshit that I’m unaware of, like DRM, or you’re just not seeing the obvious.
So right now, I don’t understand the core concept of the issue. What is preventing you from taking a cable, plugging the cable into your phone, plugging the other end into the PC, opening the folder on your pc with your mp3’s, opening the folder in your iPhone with your mp3’s, highlight the files on your PC, right click, copy, then right click inside the older on your iphone, paste, and wait for them to transfer?
Me typing that out took 10x longer than the actual action, and you reading it took 2x longer than the actual action.
I don’t understand the issue here.
dizzy@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com 3 weeks ago
For real lol. And that last bit on their comment is pure irony.
herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The iPhone is stopping them from doing all that, which you’d know if you’d ever used one. The phone’s filesystem does not appear to the pc as a mountable external volume for you to copy shit in and out of it.
orcrist@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
They said they never used one, my friend.
herrvogel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah exactly. So why make that comment?
Venator@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Could put them on a usb drive instead then use an OTG cable to copy them off the USB drive to the phone?
ms_lane@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yes.
But iOS can also connect to SMB shares now, so you can just share your music folder via Samba/Windows File Sharing, skipping the need to copy onto a flash drive first.
Venator@lemmy.nz 3 weeks ago
Windows file sharing is often too much effort to get working, I’d just use a usb if I had an iPhone 😅