'I want to get more music on my iPhone 6s from anywhere I could reach, such as my windows PC, my iTunes and even my friend's computer. There are about 500+ MP3 files all together. Is there any easy way to transfer MP3 to iPhone? Thank you.' -- Curry

How to Transfer MP3 to iPhone

There are 2 main methods of putting MP3 to iPhone, and you’ll probably notice that one of them is easier than the other:

• 1: How to Transfer MP3 to iPhone without iTunes
• 2: How to Transfer MP3 to iPhone Using iTunes
• 3: Put MP3 to iPhone without iTunes or Using iTunes?

Though iTunes offers a vast variety of movies for iPad, it is not free and usually troublesome to purchase one from iTunes stores. Then you will ask how to put movies on iPad without iTunes. To make it clear, this post makes a recommendation of the following tools to help iPad users quickly transfer loved movies from computer to their device.

1. How to Transfer MP3 to iPhone without iTunes

1. How to Transfer MP3 to iPad with/without iTunes Sync There are several advantages of using iTunes to sync music and other media files across multiple iOS devices but at the same time it has many disadvantages as well. The data transfer is too complex and secondly a person has to be tech savvy when it comes to iTunes usage.
2. How to Transfer MP3 to iPad with/without iTunes Sync There are several advantages of using iTunes to sync music and other media files across multiple iOS devices but at the same time it has many disadvantages as well. The data transfer is too complex and secondly a person has to be tech savvy when it comes to iTunes usage.

As you want to add MP3 to iPhone from your and your friend's computer, you should consider this way. Instead of using iTunes, you can use iTunes alternative such as iMyFone TunesMate. As a smart iPhone transfer tool, it gives you a lot more control over your music than iTunes does, and allows you to share music with family or friend, within even different Apple IDs.

• Clone your iTunes music to iPhone without damage to the existing music library on iPhone.
• Two-way sync that can freely transfer MP3 between iPhone and computer/iTunes.
• Enrich iTunes music library from unlimited iDevices.
• Manage music playlists by creating/renaming/adding/deleting songs and playlists.
• Compatible with iOS 12 and iPhone X/8/8 Plus.

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Lots of famous authority sites, like tricksworldzz.com, geekreply.com, speak highly of TunesMate.

With TunesMate, you can put MP3 to iPhone without iTunes directly from computer, or from iTunes library.

Steps to Copy MP3 to iPhone without iTunes?

Step 1: Make sure you have TunesMate installed on your computer. Connect your iPhone to it.
Step 2: Look for the “Music” tab on TunesMate. Click on “Music” from the left. Click “Add > Add File/Folder” to where you locate the MP3 files.

Step 3: Select the MP3 files that you want to transfer and hit “Open” to start.

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Or you can transfer MP3 to iPhone by just one easy drag-and-drop. Just select MP3 files on computer folder, drag and drop them to your iPhone window on TunesMate. That's it!

TunesMate has a useful trick that can automatically convert formats to iPhone-supported version if songs are not playable on iPhone.

Let’s say that you want to transfer the songs that you have on iTunes, though.

Steps to Transfer MP3 to iPhone from iTunes Library, No iTunes Required

Step 1: Plug in your iPhone to computer.
Step 2: Choose “Transfer iTunes Media to Device” and then check “Music” to Transfer.
Note: Unlike iTunes, it will not delete previous songs on iPhone while transferring.

That’s it. It's much easier than using iTunes itself. To avoid you have duplicate songs on iPhone, it only helps you to transfer the music which are missing.

2. How to Copy MP3 to iPhone Using iTunes

The first, and least preferable way, is to use iTunes to transfer the MP3 files. Here is how you can do that:

• This will allow you to transfer MP3 to your iPhone, but you will lose your existing iPhone music.
• You can only select music according to playlists, artists, albums, or genres, instead of the specific songs.
• Besides, if your iPhone is synchronized with one computer, you cannot copy MP3 to iPhone from another computer. Or everything on your iPhone will be erased as you can see below. With it, you can't transfer MP3 to iPhone from different computers.

3. Put MP3 to iPhone without iTunes or Using iTunes?

Transfer MP3 to iPhone from PC directly
Transfer MP3 from different iTunes libraries without erasing
Transfer files from iPhone to iTunes	Only for purchased music
Two-way transfer	Only from iTunes to iPhone
No data loss when you clone iTunes music to iPhone
Transfer data selectively

You can definitely use iTunes on Mac or Windows to sync your music files. But, what if you don’t like iTunes, or don’t want to install it? We have four interesting ways to help you add music to your iPhone (or iPad) without using iTunes.

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1. WiFi File Transfer Using Documents App

Documents, is an impressive app which helps you manage the files on your iPhone and facilitates Wi-Fi file transfer through its Wi-Fi drive feature. You can utilize this feature to transfer your MP3 files to iPhone. Here’s how:

Steps To Transfer MP3 Files To iPhone Using Documents App

1. Ensure that you have downloaded “Documents” app from the app store. Launch the app.
2. Head to the menu by clicking the leftmost corner icon as described in the image above.
3. From the menu, click the Gear icon to head to the Settings.
4. Now, click on Wi-Fi drive, and then enable it as shown in the image below.
   
5. Make sure that your computer and the iPhone are connected to the same network. Now, type in the URL that has been mentioned at the bottom of the Wi-Fi drive window on your iPhone (observe the 2nd screenshot of the image above) to connect your desktop to your device. In this case, you can observe the URL to be http://ankushs-iPhone.local
   Now, you will be prompted to allow access on your iPhone. Click OK to accept as shown in the image above.
6. After you are connected with the iPhone, you can browse any kind of files (including MP3s) and transfer it to your iPhone. And, with the help of Documents app, you can play them as well.
   

2. Using A Cloud Storage App

It is an easy way around to add music on iPhone without iTunes when you have got MP3 files to transfer. Although, you require using a computer for it (to access the cloud storage service).

You can pick any of the cloud storage services for the work but ensure that it does have an iOS app associated. For instance, you chose – Google Drive. Here’s what you need to do next:

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Steps To Add Music On iPhone Using Cloud Storage Services

1. Log in to the cloud storage service through the desktop browser or by utilizing the desktop sync client.
2. If you are logged in through the browser, you simply need to upload the desired MP3 files to any of the target folders.
   If you are utilizing a desktop client (with Dropbox), you need to copy all of your required MP3 files to the synced folder.
   
3. Now, install the cloud storage service’s app on your iPhone (here – Google Drive) and open it.
4. Search for the required MP3 file.
   
5. When you got the file listed on your iPhone, you need to click on the options (three dot icon) for that file as shown in the image above. Now, you will see something similar to the image below. In case you encounter only some of the options, you need to scroll up in order to see the rest.
   
6. Finally, you need to click on “Available Offline“. You will get notified when the MP3 file is available for offline as shown in the image below.
   
7. Now, you can play that music whenever you want without requiring an active Internet connection. Similarly, you can transfer a whole lot of MP3 files to your iPhone using a cloud storage service.

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3. Utilizing Music Streaming Apps

If you do not want to use cloud storage service or transfer files via Wi-Fi, then you should probably install any of the music streaming services in order to easily make your favorite music available on your iPhone.

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We do recommend installing any of the best music apps for iPhone available.

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4. Using An Alternative to iTunes

If you hate iTunes (or if it does not work), you can try an alternative to iTunes that works as expected – AnyTrans.

Steps To Add Music On iPhone Using AnyTrans

1. Connect your device to your computer using USB cable. After successfully connecting your iPhone, allow the device to trust the computer.
2. Now, launch AnyTrans. You can observe “Audio” listed at the homepage of AnyTrans. Simply, click on it and then select “Music“.
   Image Credits: AnyTrans
3. Finally, you can start importing music from your computer by clicking on the Add button as shown in the image below.
   Image Credits: AnyTrans

Wrapping Up

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So, now you know four of the easiest ways to add music on your iPhone. Which one would you prefer to choose?

Did we miss any of your favorite methods? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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