2 Methods to Transfer Playlists from iTunes to iPhone

Method 1. Transfer Playlists from iTunes to iPhone using iPhone Transfer Tool Dr.Fone - Phone Manager (iOS)

Dr.Fone - Phone Manager (iOS) is a professional music tool for music lovers, it can transfer music and playlists between any device, manage and organize your music library or iTunes library. It is a very good choice to tranfer playlists from iTunes to iPhone and manage your iOS devices without iTunes.

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Transfer Music/Playlists from iTunes to iPhone/iPod/iPad without iTunes

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• Transfer media files between iOS devices and iTunes.
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How to Transfer Playlists from iTunes to iPhone easily

Step 1 Connect the iPhone to the computer

First, install and run Dr.Fone - Phone Manager (iOS) on your computer. Use the USB cable that comes with the iPhone to connect the iPhone to the your computer. Choose the "Phone Manager" funtion, once it's connected, Dr.Fone - Phone Manager (iOS) will instantly detect your iPhone.

Step 2 Transfer playlists from iTunes to iPhone

Simply click "Transfer iTunes Media to Device".

Step 3 Check the playlists which you want to transfer from iTunes to iPhone. Then click "Start" to transfer to iPhone. It will begin the transfer of your iTunes playlist to your iPhone. During the transfer, make sure you keep your iPhone connected with your PC. Don't worry about losing music tags and album covers during transfering, Dr.Fone - Phone Manager (iOS) can add the losing music informations automatically.

Method 2. Transfer Playlists from iTunes to iPhone using iTunes

You can transfer playlists from iTunes to iPhone via iTunes, but you have to open the manual manage mode first: Settings > Summary > Options > Manuary manage music and videos.

The biggest problem with the way is that you must manage manually your iPhone vie iTunes in the furture. If you close the manual manage mode, all exiting content on the iPhone will be replaced with the content from your iTunes library. Now show you the steps to transfer playlists from iTunes to iPhone using iTunes

For iTunes 12

You have 2 options to transfer playlists from iTunes to iPhone. The Option 1 for iTunes 12 is below:

• Click the “Music” on the left pane.
• Tick the “Sync Music” check-box.
• Check the playlists you wish to sync.
• Select “Sync” and your playlist should sync.

The option 2 for iTunes 12:

• select the “Sync Music” check-box under device icon > “Music“.
• Click the music note icon located at the upper-left portion of the screen.

• Check the playlist(s)you wish to sync, then drag them to your device listed in the “Devices” section on the left pane. They will then sync to your device.

Note: If you drag a playlist which has existed in your iPhone to your device, it will be replaced to the one you are moving.

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