rfssongs Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I like to put my songs on my iphone or Ipod but Itunes does not always work properly & is a bit of a pain in the Butt. Does anybody have thoughts on bypassing Itunes to move files from a PC ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 I believe that Crapple has their own proprietary format. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Oakes Posted September 25, 2021 Share Posted September 25, 2021 3 hours ago, bdickens said: I believe that Crapple has their own proprietary format. No, you can transfer as aac, mp3 or flac. J 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) There’s dozens of ways to put both MP3 or even wave files on your phone. You don’t really have to use iTunes but believe it or not that’s the most simple way as iTunes will sync to all devices. It is the only reason I even suffer having iTunes on my PC. My biggest pet peeve is it seems to need to upgrade every few days!!?? Nag, nag, nag But it is important to me to be able to proof mixes on the phone seeing as that’s probably going to be how people are going to listen. I simply drag and drop the MP3 into the iTunes music folder and it will then sync up with my phone. How hard is that? Other ways I have used email your self the song. put it in drop box put it in one drive put it in Google drive put it in iCloud Drive post it on you tube post it one Sound Click post it on Reverbnation post it on Facebook post it on sound cloud Edited September 26, 2021 by John Vere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfssongs Posted September 26, 2021 Author Share Posted September 26, 2021 "It" is about 1,200 songs & jams. I've been working on this for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stanton Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 it's not the format, it's the option of players on the iphone. if you connect your iphone to your PC, you can directly copy files between them (with the correct drivers) and then install another player which can access those files and play them. otherwise bow in obedience to Apple... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Actually with IPhones you can’t drag and drop files. At least it’s never worked for me. They sort of force you to use iTunes or the internet. So just put the 1,200 files in a cloud storage account and use the app to open them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Byron Dickens Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I despise Crapple for this very reason.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 I would not want one of their computers but I do prefer the iPhone to my wife’s Samsung which I find very hard to navigate. Once you figure out how to beat an iPhone into submission then they are actually more user friendly than most. But these items suck 1-no headphone jack 2- no way to add more storage 3- no drag and drop other than pictures 4- becomes obsolete with updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfssongs Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 The headphones thing is the easy one if you want to use the 1/8" jack, converters are easy to find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Ritter Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I email myself the mp3 or whatever format, then I save to files on my iPhone. The files "app" on the iPhone can be a little glitchy on playback, but I email myself daily mixes to listen to on my commute and it's simple as hell. I don't even have iTunes installed on my studio computer since it's such a big bloated beast. But it's not needed to send yourself files. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Taylor Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 There’s a very good free app called Smash which allows you to transfer very large files or data between devices. I‘ve used it to transfer groups of large files to my PC from both an iPad and an Android phone. I think you should be able to use it to transfer in the other direction, ie from a PC to an iPhone. Details at: https://en.fromsmash.com/ I hope this helps. Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfssongs Posted September 29, 2021 Author Share Posted September 29, 2021 30 minutes ago, Tom Taylor said: There’s a very good free app called Smash which allows you to transfer very large files or data between devices. I‘ve used it to transfer groups of large files to my PC from both an iPad and an Android phone. I think you should be able to use it to transfer in the other direction, ie from a PC to an iPhone. Details at: https://en.fromsmash.com/ I hope this helps. Tom Will give it a look thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 3 hours ago, John Ritter said: I email myself the mp3 or whatever format, then I save to files on my iPhone. The files "app" on the iPhone can be a little glitchy on playback, but I email myself daily mixes to listen to on my commute and it's simple as hell. I don't even have iTunes installed on my studio computer since it's such a big bloated beast. But it's not needed to send yourself files. Ya, I don't even know why I keep it installed anymore. As a matter of fact after reading what you just said,,, I'm gunna nuke it right now! I have been using One Drive. I save my MP3 masters there anyhow and I can get at them from all my computers and my iPhone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Kelley Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 I use MyDrive and save them locally. Wave, MP3, 4-bit Atari, whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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