Transfer Music from iTunes to iPhone 16/15 Without Syncing

Can add iTunes music to iPhone without syncing and deleting?

iTunes is an easy-to-use tool for managing media files among different Apple devices. You may create your playlists on your iTunes, and you can add them on your iPhone, especially if you got a new iPhone 16/15. And Apple provides iTunes for Windows that allows you to add music to your iTunes and sync music to iPhone, iPad, iPod on a Windows PC.

However, syncing iTunes music playlists between computer and iPhone will take several minutes to complete. And it may delete existing music, videos, books, which is not flexible if you want to separately manage your iTunes music.  Actually, you can stop iTunes music syncing by changing settings or turn to a third-party transfer tool.

How to transfer music from iTunes to iPhone (2 methods)

To transfer disable iTunes sync feature, you can turn on the option of “manually manage music and videos” on iTunes. Or turn to AOMEI FoneBackup, alternative to iTunes helping you easily transfer music from computer to iPhone.

There is the comparative of using these 2 methods to send music from iTunes to iPhone without syncing:

Method 1. Disable sync function to transfer music

Firstly connect your iPhone to your computer, and make sure it is detected by your computer. Then follow the steps below to learn how to add music to iPhone without syncing.

Step 1. Download and install iTunes for Windows, and launch it.

Step 2. In iTunes, click the phone icon on the top of the interface. Choose “Summary”.

Step 3. Check “Manually manage music and videos” and disable automatic sync. Then click “Apply” to save the change.

Step 4. Then choose "Music" on the top of the iTunes, and click "Songs" on the Library section.

Step 5. Then you will see your iTunes library demonstrate on the right of the window, drag your iTunes music and drop on the iPhone, like the screenshot.

Method 2. Directly transfer music to iPhone - Easy & Quick

If you are not satisfied with iTunes software, or the iTunes can’t recognize your iPhone, you can also turn to a third-party iOS transferring tool called AOMEI FoneBackup. This tool enables you to transfer music from computer to your iPhone without deleting any existing songs or other data. Besides, this software supports several features that give you the best experiment to transfer songs.

● It supports selectively transfer & backup: You can make a partial data transfer if there are some songs you don't want to move.
● This tool provides the fastest transfer speed: Compared with iTunes and other tools, AOMEI FoneBackup can be one of the fastest music transfer software. For example,1000 songs can be transferred in only 9 minutes and 14 seconds based on a test.
● It can transfer non-purchased music to iPhone and other music on your iTunes and computer storage.

Now download this transfer tool and refer to the following steps to see how to add music to iPhone without syncing and erasing:

Step 1. Connect your iPhone to a PC via USB cable. And trust the PC.

Step 2. Download, install and launch AOMEI FoneBackup, and click “PC to iPhone”.

Step 3. Click the “plus” icon to select the music you want to transfer. You may need to download them on your iTunes. And click “OK”.

Step 4. Then click “Start Transfer” to start the process. Wait for the transfer process to get finished. You can enjoy music on your iPhone.

Conclusion

This is how to transfer music from iTunes to iPhone without syncing and erasing. The above methods can also  be applied to add music from iTunes to iPad, iPod Touch. As a professional iPhone data management tool, AOMEI FoneBackup supports the latest iOS, it provides a better and easier way to export music to iPhone without syncing. Especially if your iTunes has some issue like error code 4000. Hope this article can really help you.