Monday, October 21, 2013

How to Transfer Media Files to iPhone 5



Transfer movies and music from Mac to iPhone, and vice versa

iPhone can’t be used as an external hard drive once connected to your computer. In order to add your local movies or songs to your iPhone, things you need to do:

1. Make sure the file formats are compatible with iPhone. iPhone only accepts videos in MOV, MP4, M4V and some kind of AVI, music in MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV etc. If not, convert your files to the compatible format first.

2. Make sure the media file is encrypted or not. If your media files are purchased by yourself from iTunes or shared by others and have been authorized, go to step 3; if not, make it DRM free first.

3. Sync items from your computer to the iPhone. Take transferring Mac videos to iPhone for example:
Via iTunes: launch iTunes -> connect iPhone to your Mac -> click on Movies -> drag any movie(s) in the iTunes library to your iPhone’s name in the left sidebar of the iTunes.

Via iCloud: If you have other iOS devices running iOS 5 and have iCloud backups, you can log in iCloud on your new iPhone (go to Setting -> iCloud -> Enter your Apple ID info -> then you will get a iCloud terms doc, agree it) and restore the iCloud backup on the device.

Via SyncPod: download and install SyncPod -> connect your iPhone to Mac -> find the original movies on your Mac or iTunes library in the right pane of the SyncPod, drag them over to the left. This Mac app is available for transferring your iPhone contents back to Mac.

Transfer movies, music etc. from iPhone to computer
iTunes is not available here because it’s a one-way street in transferring. So as to back up your iPhone items to your computer, you can:

Transfer files to Mac OS X Lion via iCloud: back up your iPhone contents to iCloud on your device, then open your Mac to restore contacts, iCal calendars, safari bookmarks and more.

Transfer iPhone items to your Mac via SyncPod: just as transferring media files from Mac to your iPhone introduced above, here you can open SyncPod -> plug iPhone into Mac -> select the items on the left pane where your iPhone items show and drag them over to the right. Detailed info: User Guide of SyncPod for Mac.

Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac or Mac to iPhone
If you have some photos you wanna add to your new iPhone 5, you can also use iTunes, iCloud and SyncPod to achieve it:

Via iTunes: open iTunes -> connect iPhone to Mac -> click iPhone’s name in the left sidebar of the iTunes -> click on Photos -> tick Sync Photos from and specify the very folder where your original photos are located.
Via SyncPod: same as transferring music, movies from Mac to iPhone 5 above.

Via iPhoto

Transfer photos from iPhone to Mac
You can use iPhoto to transfer photos shot by your iPhone, saved in Safari or Mail or use SyncPod to transfer all kinds of iPhone photos to your Mac. Detailed info: transfer iPhone photos to Mac.

You can also use iCloud to backup images from your iPhone and then go to your Mac OS X Lion (10.7.2 or above) to restore the photos.

If you used to use a featured phone, an Android phone or an old iPhone, you can also go to Move to iPhone 4S for more info.

Article Credit: www.iskysoft.com


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