Backup iPhone Music to Your Computer/iTunes Easily

If you are a music lover, then you would very well know how precious the music collection is on your mobile device. Only you know how much time and efforts have been invested to search, collect and create those perfect playlists. Your iPhone music collection is undoubtedly your best buddy of all times. Just imagine the trauma you would face, if you lose all music files on iPhone, due to crashing of the device or any other reason. Thus, to prevent such traumatic experience, the best option is to backup music on iPhone to computer or iTunes. The backup of your music files will allow to restore them whenever you lose them accidentally from your iPhone. Below given are the best solutions when you are looking for the options on, how to backup music from iPhone to computer and iTunes easily.

• Part 1. How to Backup iPhone Music to PC/iTunes with TunesGo
• Part 2. How to Backup iPhone Music via iTunes
• Video Tutorial: How to Backup iPhone Music to PC

Part 1. How to Backup iPhone Music to PC/iTunes with TunesGo

To backup iPhone music to PC or iTunes can be done with just a few steps using TunesGo, which is one of the programs launched by Wondershare. This software can be considered as a complete phone manager, that allows managing music as well as other media content on iPhone. The best part about using this software is the fact that there is no restriction of iTunes, while performing an array of iOS related functions. Besides the purchased music files, TunesGo allows to backup all other music files, like the ones taken from the Internet, CDs and other sources. Thus Wondershare TunesGo, takes care of all your music backup needs on iPhone and offers the easiest solution on how to backup music on iPhone.

1. How to backup iPhone music to PC

Below listed are the steps to backup and transfer music from iPhone to PC using TunesGo iPhone Backup tool.

Step 1 Launch TunesGo and connect iPhone

To backup iPhone music to computer, install and the launch the TunesGo iPhone backup software on your PC. Using a USB cable, connect iPhone to PC and it will be shown on the software interface after successfully connecting.

Step 2 Select music and export

On the top menu bar, tap on “Music” and the list of songs will appear on the right panel and the list of playlists will appear on the left panel.

For exporting songs from iPhone to PC, select the desired songs from the list on the right panel, tap on “Export” from the top menu bar or right-click on the selected songs and select “Export to PC” from the drop down menu.

Next select the folder on your PC where you wish to backup and then tap on “OK”. This will backup iPhone music to PC successfully.

For exporting playlists, select the desired playlist from the left panel, right click on the playlist and tap on “Export to PC”.

From the popup window, select the target folder on your PC and tap on “OK” to start the process. Thus iPhone music backup can be successfully completed with above steps.

2. How to backup iPhone music to iTunes

Looking for the option on how to backup music from iPhone to iTunes, follow the steps given below which are almost the same as the above steps for the iPhone music backup to PC.

Step 1 To backup iPhone music to iTunes, launch Wondershare TunesGo iPhone Backup tool on your PC and connect your iPhone to the PC using a USB cable.

Step 2 Select music and transfer from iPhone to iTunes

On the top menu bar, select “Music”. Next select Music option (it is also the default option) on the left panel and the list of songs will appear on the right panel. The list of playlist is shown on the right panel under “PLAYLISTS”. To backup songs from iPhone to iTunes, select the music files click on Export > Export to iTunes.

The files will be successfully exported.

To backup playlists, select the desired playlist, right click on it and select Export to iTunes.

With the above steps, you will be able to successfully backup music from iPhone to iTunes.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Allows to backup not only purchased music but also non-purchased music.
• Allows to fix music ID3 tags and get rid of duplicated music files.
• Converts music to device friendly formats.
• Supports iOS devices as well as Android devices.
• Be able to backup iPhone music selectively
• Can preview all the music files before your backup and easily view them after the backup.

Cons:

• Requires to install a 3rd-party software TunesGo iPhone Transfer.
• After a free trial version, you need to get more features from the premium version.

Part 2. How to Backup iPhone Music via iTunes

Using iTunes is another decent way to backup iPhone music. Though iTunes is best known as the music playing program from Apple, there is a lot more to this app. Using iTunes, you can completely manage your iOS device. And the music backup (along with the backup of other content on iOS device) is another important feature. With iTunes, you can get a complete backup of your iPhone on your PC/Mac. So if you get stuck in a situation on how to backup music from iPhone, follow the steps given below.

How to backup iPhone music via iTunes

Listed below are the steps to backup iPhone music using iTunes.

Note: Before backup through iTunes method, ensure that iCloud on your iPhone is turned off as backup cannot be created via iTunes if the iCloud option is enabled.

Step 1 Launch iTunes on your PC and connect your iPhone with the PC using a USB cable.

Step 2 On iTunes interface, tap on the connected iPhone icon and the window as below will appear.

On the right panel, under “Backups”, select the options of “This computer” and then tap on “Back Up Now” to start the process.

The backup of the complete iPhone including music will be done.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Being an official Apple app, it is a safe and secure solution.
• It's a free method to backup iPhone music.
• You do not need to install any other 3rd party app on your PC.

Cons:

• Does not allow to selectively backup iPhone music files. But the complete iPhone backup is taken.
• Only allows to backup the purchased music.
• Can't view the backup files until you restore iTunes from the backup files.

So now you have learnt how to backup iPhone music, it's very easy to fulfill the task, especially with TunesGo, right? Enjoy your favourite music and playlists without any worries.

Video Tutorial: How to Backup iPhone Music to PC