Personal Consumer Issues • Longtime iPhone user looking at Pixel - what to know?

I have lots of CD's that I rip to mp3. It is not possible to store on the phone and use iTunes Music to play them. Of course you can stored them as files and play with VLC but it's a pain. There are hacks and third party work arounds. For security I used only apps from the app store. If there is a way to store mp3 on an iPhone using an app from the app store let me know.

I'm confused by what you are asking. iTunes isn't on the phone, it's on your desktop machine. In Apple land, there are two options, depending on if you subscribe to Apple Music or not.

If you subscribe to Apple Music, it will ask you if you want to 'sync' your library, you say yes, and then everything just magically works and all of your music is everywhere and you can play it wherever, even if you never transferred the music, Apple will either move it to the local device or stream it from their servers for you.

If you don't subscribe, then you can only transfer from your computer to your phone(via the iTunes app, when plugged into the phone), but the Music app will play your sync'd music that you have in iTunes. This is the "old" way of doing things, before they started Apple Music.

Do you need help with one of the two options? If so, please be clear about what you have tried, what errors you receive, etc. Alternatively make an appt. at an Apple Store, and they can help you.

Zie - Thanks for the options and offer. My error is using the word iTunes rather than Music. Essentially I want play the mp3 ripped from my CDs, load the mp3 to the iPhone and play without paying any subscription to Apple. I should be able to do that since I own the CDs. Any tips would be appreciated.

Basically you put the music into iTunes on your computer(Mac or Windows, Apple supports both), then plug your phone into your computer and use iTunes to sync the music library to your device:

Apple's relevant support articles:

From MacOS: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108347

From Windows: https://support.apple.com/guide/itunes/ ... windows/10

Then after syncing and unplugging, go to your iPhone/iPad, you would launch the Music app and tap 'Library' on the bottom right of the app after launching. All of your synced music will be there for you to play.

Thanks for the quick suggestion. Unfortunately, Apple has removed support for iTunes for macOS Ventura. iTunes requires 10.13.99 or earlier. It appears that Apple is forcing users to subscribe to Apple music.

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