Quick Ways to Transfer Music from iTunes to Android

It's easier than you might think

By Adam Stewart
6 years Ago

Living in the Digital Age requires us to be digitally ambidextrous, which partly stems from our constant urge to keep abreast of new developments and technological advancements&period; Say, you’ve been using iPhones since time immemorial and were quite satisfied with the way these devices did their job&period; Still, there was always that annoying inner voice inside your head telling you were losing the opportunity to try something new, fresher, and probably better&period; To further worsen the matters, your friends kept praising their new Android smartphone’s advanced features&period; It’s a rare person who can easily resist the temptation to try out this or that celebrated gadget&period; Thus, we often end up using different devices that run different operating systems&period; What may seem bothersome, in fact, proves to be quite fun and convenient&period; The only downside to this &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;gadget polygamy” is that you need to tinker with installing different software and syncing it across different devices sometimes&period; Fortunately, it’s not a big deal anymore&period; The majority of apps and programs initially designed for different platforms now can be used on the devices running different OS&period; &NewLine;<ul>&NewLine;<li>Android isn’t the only non-Apple OS that can support iTunes&period; iTunes can work pretty well on Windows PCs and portable devices&period; Try out <a href="https&colon;//freewindows10&period;download/soft/itunes">iTunes for Windows 10 64 bit</a>&excl; You can quickly download it from RocketFiles to be able to use the best media library management tool on your Windows 10&period; </li>&NewLine;</ul>&NewLine;Our today’s article will teach you how to transfer music from iTunes to Android smartphone&period; &NewLine;<h4 class="western">1&period; Using a USB Cable</h4>&NewLine;The first method we want to describe in our article is transferring files from iTunes to your Android device using a regular USB cable&period; &NewLine;So, get your Android device ready and connect it to your other device where iTunes library is stored&period; Note that in some cases, you may be prompted to enable the MTP mode on your Android device to be able to export media files&period; &NewLine;As soon as you plug the portable device to your PC, you’ll see the pop-up window asking you to confirm the connection&period; Then, you’ll see a notification prompting you to select a proper USB connection mode to transfer the files&period;&NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-144208" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08151132/Image-1-1&period;jpg" alt="" width="714" height="784" />&NewLine;Once you select the preferred mode, open a File Explorer and head to the music folder on your Android device&period; To locate the folder, navigate to Android internal storage and select &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Music&period;”&NewLine;If you want to transfer music to your SD memory card, make sure to locate it&period; It should appear under &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This PC” as a separate drive&period; &NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-144213" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08151431/Image-2&period;jpg" alt="" width="750" height="519" />&NewLine;Without closing the window, proceed to open File Explorer windows and navigate to your multimedia in iTunes&period; &NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-144216" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/09085208/Image-3-1&period;jpg" alt="" width="750" height="515" />&NewLine;Once you open the iTunes media folder, copy and paste or drag and drop music from iTunes to your Android device music folder&period; &NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-144218" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/09091006/Image-4-1&period;jpg" alt="" width="750" height="357" />&NewLine;<h4 class="western">2&period; Using iTunes to Android Transfer</h4>&NewLine;Those users who have an unwieldy iTunes library may find it inconvenient to export files manually&period; That’s when the <a href="https&colon;//www&period;jihosoft&period;com/mobile/phone-transfer&period;html">iTunes to Android Transfer</a> method comes in handy&period; If you’re into fast, out-of-the-box solutions, you’ll definitely appreciate it&period;&NewLine;<a href="https&colon;//www&period;jihosoft&period;com/dl/&quest;id=phonetransfer"><img class="size-full wp-image-144205 alignleft" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08150643/Image-5&period;png" alt="" width="208" height="57" /></a><a href="https&colon;//www&period;jihosoft&period;com/dl/&quest;id=phonetransfermac"><img class="size-full wp-image-144206 alignleft" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/08150710/Image-6&period;png" alt="" width="208" height="57" /></a> &NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;You can download the iTunes to Android Transfer app using the links provided above (it&&num;8217&semi;s for pay, there is a trial option, or search in your App store for a free app)&period; Go ahead and install the app on your PC&period; Select the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Switch” option in the lower left-hand corner of the screen and then click the iTunes backup file&period; &NewLine;Next, plug your Android device into a PC using a USB cable and let the installed app do the job for you&period; As soon as it recognizes the device, choose &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Music” and then &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Start Copy&period;” By doing so, you’ll start exporting files&period; &NewLine;In a minute or two, you’ll discover all your tracks and playlists in the Android music folder&period; &NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-144221" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/09091457/Image-7-1&period;jpg" alt="" width="550" height="357" />&NewLine;<h4 class="western">3&period; Using Google Play Music</h4>&NewLine;If you want to access your iTunes music collection on all your Android devices without sacrificing valuable storage space, check out the method described below&period; &NewLine;Visit <a href="https&colon;//play&period;google&period;com/music/listen&num;/sulp">Google Play Music</a> and select the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Upload” option in the upper right-hand corner of the window&period; Thus, you’ll start downloading the Google Play Music Manager app to your PC&period; &NewLine;<img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-144223" src="https&colon;//cdn&period;bagogames&period;com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/09091949/Image-8-1&period;jpg" alt="" width="550" height="364" />&NewLine;Locate the new app in your default Downloads folder and install it&period; Next, log in to your Google account&period; From now on, you’ll be able to upload your multimedia files from iTunes to the cloud wherewith the Music Manager&period; You’ll be able to stream music online and download your favorite tracks for offline listening&period; &NewLine;Once you upload your music to Google Play Music, you’ll be able to access your iTunes library in the Google Play music app on your portable device&period;&NewLine;Let us know how these methods worked out for you&period; Was it easy enough to move your music from itunes to Android&quest; &NewLine;This article contains sponsored links&period;&NewLine; &NewLine;&nbsp&semi;&NewLine;

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