How to add music to iTunes: three easy ways

Mobile phones for several years have been transformed from the usual means of communication into gadgets, replacing game consoles, books, video and audio players. And if not so long ago the music could be downloaded from Internet sites and installed in the device, indicating the way to be placed, now, when the phones have acquired full-fledged operating systems, it is somewhat more difficult to do this. So, for its smartphones, Apple offers to initially install the iTunes program on the user's computer, with which you can add video, e-books and music to the smartphone's memory. This software at first seems difficult to understand. How to add music to iTunes, how to transfer from the program to iPhone or iPod? These and many other questions are asked by users at the first acquaintance with the file manager from Apple.

How to add music to iTunes

It's quite easy to fill in playlists with audio files. Apple offers three options:

1. Load songs from the CD-ROM.
2. Buy albums of your favorite artists in the iTunes Store.
3. Add songs to the software from your computer's hard drive.

In order to use the first option, the user will only need to insert a DVD or CD into the drive and start iTunes. How to download music so that it is reflected in the playlist, the program will prompt automatically. If this does not happen, then the user must go to the "File" menu, select the line "Add file to the library". Then in the explorer, specify the path to the CD. If you want to load all songs, you have to select them with the Shift key, and then click on the "Open" icon. All selected files will be added to the playlist in a few seconds. Also, separate songs are downloaded from the disc, only they are marked with the retained Ctrl key.

If the computer is connected to the network when transferring files to iTunes, the program will automatically find information about the artist and album name. This will happen, of course, only in the case of a licensed CD.

Music from the iTunes Store

Devices on iOS can be filled with various media from the Apple store. It's called the iTunes Store. For many questions, the user will find answers using this service and iTunes: how to unsettle music, how to add movies, e-books, applications, and more to the gadget. ITunes Store contains a fairly diverse content - for every taste, interest and age. In this case, the media store offers both paid and free.

Find music in the iTunes Store

In the Apple store, a user can log in from iTunes, which for this purpose has a special button with the same name for the service. To use it to download music, the owner of the device must complete the registration procedure on the official website. And only after that the button iTunes Store will become a working tool in the program.

After clicking on the icon with the name of the store iTunes will prompt you to enter the Apple ID and password into the form. If the data coincides with those entered earlier during registration, the program will provide access to all content on the site.

To find a specific artist or song, you can use the "Search in the store" field. If you type in it, for example, the name of the group, then iTunes will find all the files that are in the service and contain that name. A pleasant moment can be considered that you can download not only collections and albums, but individual compositions. Immediately in the program there is an opportunity to listen to some of the music file before the purchase.

Select and download

But let's not be distracted from the question, how to add music to iTunes? So, the file is found and selected. Now the user needs to pay attention to the column called "Album". After clicking on the collection name, the program will open a window with information about the selected file, including its price. In further actions, iTunes is itself a good conductor. That is, as soon as the user clicks on the "Buy" button, the Apple file manager includes a wizard that will prompt further actions.

Music from the computer

The question of how to add music to iTunes from a hard drive has the simplest answer from the suggested options. The owner of the iPhone just run the program and go to the "File" menu. Then choose a line with the name "Add file to the library" and in the explorer specify the path to the selected song. After marking all songs, the user will only have to click the "Open" button. After that, all songs will be in iTunes.

Music added to the program can then be played directly with it or transferred to Apple's gadgets. But not only does this make iTunes convenient software. Its connection to the iTunes Store allows the user to get information about the artist, album title and much more.

Whichever method is chosen for adding music to iTunes, the subsequent work with this program in the future: ordering files in it, distribution of songs by artist names, album names and much more is a very comfortable and fascinating occupation.

Finally, it should be noted that all of the above applies only to users who have a computer with a Windows operating system. For Mac in iTunes provides a somewhat modified menu "File".