How to Do If Music Cannot be Added to iPhone through iTunes?
23 January 2020John Weaver Senior Program Developer
Summary
When we cannot add music to iPhone through iTunes, we should figure out the causes and then adopt the correct solutions. In this essay, we list some issues and possible solutions for you.
Why Music cannot be Added to iPhone through iTunes
The audio format is not available in iTunes.
iTunes is not the latest version.
The USB cable is damaged.
The network connection is abnormal.
Music is not be synced correctly from iTunes to iPhone.
How to Do If Music Cannot be Added to iPhone through iTunes
Method 1: Convert unavailable audio formats
iTunes supports MP3, AAC, WAV and M4R. But WAV is not available in iPhone. Before adding music from iTunes to iPhone, you should convert WAV to the other formats.
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③ Select AAC as the output format and set the output position. Finally, click [Start] to convert the format.
Through the above three steps, we can convert WAV to AAC. After that, you try to add music to iPhone through iTunes.
Steps to convert format in iTunes:
iTunes can also be used to convert audio formats. Of course, the steps are more complicated than that in Renee Audio Tools.
How to convert WAV to AAC with iTunes?
① Download and install iTunes.
② Click [Edit] > [Preferences].
③ In the tab [General], click [Import Settings].
④ Select [AAC Encoder]. After this setting, all audio files added to iTunes can be converted to AAC.
④ Next, click [File] > [Add File to Library] > select the audio file.
⑤ Then, in the library, highlight the target item and click [File] > [Convert] > [Create AAC version]. An AAC version will be listed under the original file.
Method 2: Update iTunes to the latest version
① Run iTunes.
② Click [Help] > [Check for Updates].
③ If it is downloaded from Microsoft Store, it will be automatically updated.
Method 3: Change a USB cable
Change another USB cable for connection.
Method 4: Authorise the computer
If the computer is unauthorized, you cannot add music to iPhone with iTunes. Please follow these steps to authorise the computer.
① Open iTunes.
② Click [Account] > [Authorisations] > [Authorise This Computer].
③ Enter your Apple ID and password.
Method 5: Restart the computer and iPhone
Sometimes, the errors on the computer or iPhone will lead iTunes not to import music into iPhone. At this situation, we should remove the errors by restarting the computer and iPhone.
Method 6: Sync music correctly
Here is the correct course of syncing iPhone with iTunes.
① Open iTunes and use a cable to connect iPhone with the computer.
② Click the phone icon.
③ In the tab [Music], check [Sync Music] and select the target audio files. Finally, click [Sync] to sync iPhone with iTunes.
How to do if music cannot be added to iPhone through iTunes? It is believed that you can basically use the above methods to solve the problem that music cannot be added to iPhone without iTunes.
