How to Move MP3 to iPhone

Updated May 07,2018 | by Shannon

You may enjoy songs by making the most use of the free-music resources around you. With good audio quality, MP3 is one of the most popular music formats for iPhone. What’s more, this format doesn't occupy too much space on your device. As one of the music lovers who is used to listening to songs on iPhone, you must be interested in how to move MP3 to iPhone.

The following paragraphs will introduce two methods of transferring MP3 music files to iPhone. The first one is moving MP3 to iPhone with IOTransfer, and the second one is sync MP3 music files by using iTunes.  At last, it will make a conclusion of which method will be better.

How to move MP3 from PC to iPhone with IOTransfer

IOTransfer, an easy-to-use iOS file manager, as well as a  free online video downloader, can help you to move MP3 from PC to iPhone in a simple way.

Here are the steps of how to transfer  MP3 from PC to iPhone with IOTransfer:

Step 1: Downlooad IOTranfer for free and install it on your computer. Then run it.

Step 2: Plug in your iPhone with USB cable. Tap on ‘Trust’ if it asks for permission.

Step 3: Go to MANAGE > Music.

Step 4: Click on ‘Import’, choose the MP3 music files you want to transfer from PC to your iPhone. Then click ‘Open’ to start transferring.

How to Move MP3 to iPhone with iTunes?

iTunes is the official mobile device management application developed by  Apple. The following steps are the guide of how to transfer MP3 music from computer to iPhone via iTunes:

Step 1: Plug in your iPhone with USB cable and open iTunes.

Step 2: Select your iPhone at the top-left corner of the main iTunes menu.

Step 3: Click File > Add File to Library/ Add Folder to Library to add the MP3 files or the folder containing MP3 files which you want to transfer.

Step 4: Choose "Music" tab and click the checkbox of "Sync Music".

Step 5: Click "Apply" button in the lower-right corner of the Music window.

However, for someone who is new to iPhone, iTunes maybe a little bit hard to use. For example, it can only copy the MP3 files from your iTunes library on the computer to your iPhone, or it may prompt you whether to remove existing data.  Besides that, iTunes does not support sync the non-purchased MP3 files.

So in order to copy MP3 to iPhone in a better way, we introduced this iTunes alternative IOTransfer to transfer MP3 to iPhone easier. Compared with iTunes, IOTransfer’s advantages are obvious:

·         Very easy to use. You can transfer the content between PC and iPhone with only a few clicks.

·         Excepting transferring music files, it also supports transferring photos, videos, and contacts, etc.

·         More features. It’s far more than an excellent transfer tool, it can also work as an iOS cleaner and video downloader.

All in all, IOTransfer is a reliable tool for you to manage your iOS content, download videos and clean your iOS devices.

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