How to Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer in 4 Ways

How can I transfer music that was ripped from old CDs, or not purchased from the iTunes Store?

How to transfer music from an iphone to a computer that was not purchased?

For most iPhone users, the main reason why they choose the iPhone is because of its system, which is easy and safe. While on the other side, this unique system also troubled users a lot. For example, Apple does not give much authority to users to access iPhone content. Therefore, when iPhone users want to transfer photos, music, contacts, and other content from their iPhone to a computer, that would be hard as hell.

Actually, Apple itself has made efforts to solve this problem. They have developed iTunes for users to manage media files, developed iCloud for users to store content in the cloud, and developed AirDrop for users to transfer content between iPhone and iPhone, as well as Mac.

Since iTunes only supports transferring purchased music and AirDrop only applies to iPhone and Mac. These are still not helpful when we want to transfer non-purchased music to the computer or when we want to transfer music from iPhone to a Windows PC.

So, you may wonder is there a free way to transfer music from my iPhone to computer? Don’t worry, here in this article, we will focus on music transferring, and tell you how to transfer music from iPhone to the computer. Whether you are using a PC or a Mac, this post will help you.

Further Reading: Top 5 Free Offline Music Apps for iPhone to Download Songs >

Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer without iTunes

This way will help you easily import all music from your iPhone to the computer. Besides purchased music, there is also a huge demand for transferring non-purchased music from the iPhone to the computer. How to transfer music from an iPhone to a computer that was not purchased? iTunes will not allow you to do that, so you need the help of a third-party tool like AnyTrans. It works for all iPhones including the latest iPhone 14/iPhone 14 Plus/iPhone 14 Pro/iPhone 14 Pro Max and supports the latest iOS 16. Below are its outstanding features:

Steps to Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer without iTunes

Step 1. Download AnyTrans and install it on a computer > Open it and connect your iPhone to the computer. After it recognizes your device, you could see the category management part on the right side.

Step 2. Click Music to enter the iPhone music file management page. Select the music you want to transfer > Click To Computer button to copy music from iPhone to computer directly.

Step 3. Now you have successfully transferred songs from iPhone to the computer. Click on “View files” on the screen to have a check.

Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer with AnyTrans [Video]

We have prepared a video tutorial here for you to better understand how to send music between iPhone and computer with AnyTrans.

Transfer Music from iPhone to Computer with iTunes Free

How to transfer music from iPhone to computer free? There is the solution. As we mentioned, you can transfer music from iPhone to the computer using iTunes, but before we start, you need to know that this method could only transfer purchased music to your iTunes. With iTunes, you can put music on the iPhone but there is no official way to import non-iTunes purchases from iPhone to iTunes. And considering iTunes errors happen all the time, it would be better for you to make a backup first.

Steps to transfer iPhone music to computer with iTunes:

1. Download the latest version of iTunes on your computer > Connect your iPhone to your computer.
2. Click File on the upper left corner of the iTunes window > Devices > Transfer Purchases from “your iPhone name”.
3. If iTunes asks you to authorize your computer, go to Accounts > Authorization and choose to Authorize the computer.
4. Wait for the purchased music to finish transferring > Click Recently Added on the left side of the iTunes window > Choose the purchased music that you want to save > Click on the Download button. If you don’t see the Download button, the music is already on your computer.

Re-download Music from iTunes Store on Computer

If you’ve purchased the music on your iPhone, but you accidentally deleted the music from your iPhone or iTunes, you can re-download it from iTunes on the authorized computers and devices (up to 10 total). No need to connect with your iPhone. Here are the steps:

1. Open iTunes and click Account at the top of the iTunes window.
2. Choose “Sign In” and enter your iCloud account (Apple ID) that you used to buy the music.
3. Under “Account” > Click “Purchased” > “Music“.
4. Click the “Not in My Library”.
5. Click the download button to redownload the purchased music to your computer.

On macOS Catalina and later, there is no iTunes, but you can also download previous iTunes Store purchased music in the Music app on Mac.

1. Open the Music app on your Mac, click iTunes Store in the sidebar.
2. If you don’t see iTunes Store in the sidebar, go to Music > Preferences > General > Make sure iTunes Store is selected > OK.
3. Click Purchased > Click Music to see all your purchases and the ones not currently in your music library.
4. Click the Download button to re-download the music you want.

Transfer Music from iPhone to iTunes Library on Computer

What can AnyTrans do is not only transfer music to the computer desktop, but it also supports users to import non-purchased iPhone music to iTunes.  Here are the detailed steps:

Step 1. Download and Launch AnyTrans, and connect your iPhone to the computer.

Step 2. Head to the Music management page as we have mentioned before.

Step 3. Select the music that you want to import to iTunes > Click the To iTunes button.

For iPod users, you can also get how to add music to iPod without iTunes with the help of AnyTrans.

The Bottom Line

With the help of AnyTrans, you can easily transfer songs from iPhone to the computer. Except for transferring music from iPhone to the computer, you can also get music from iPhone to iTunes, even transfer music from computer to iPhone. If you will need to transfer other iOS files from iPhone to iPhone/computer/iTunes, or from Mac/PC/iTunes to iPhone, turn to AnyTrans to help you make it in minutes. Start free trial Now >