iPhone Question: Every time I've had to reformat, I've lost all my music

[Lostlover]

How do you sync your music so that when you back up your phone, your music is saved too?

PS: I download my music from a non-iTunes source.

Thanks.

 

[TimT2011]

Are you using iTunes or are you jail broken?

If you download music from say Amazon, you put that in your iTunes library and then it syncs to your phone, but stays in iTunes on your hard drive too... So you essentially always have one backup copy in iTunes.

Sorry if that isn't helpful, your question was a bit confusing to me based on how you normally use music on iOS.

 

[Lostlover]

Are you using iTunes or are you jail broken?

If you download music from say Amazon, you put that in your iTunes library and then it syncs to your phone, but stays in iTunes on your hard drive too... So you essentially always have one backup copy in iTunes.

Sorry if that isn't helpful, your question was a bit confusing to me based on how you normally use music on iOS.

My phone isn't jailbroken.

How do you put music in your iTunes library?

Thanks.

 

[Lostlover]

^^^ That's what I want. But I would think iTunes would do this? Not you manually doing it?

 

[TimT2011]

Sorry, I was unsure of how to answer you at first because I thought you meant you were downloading the songs directly on your iPhone and did so using something other than iTunes--which would most likely mean you jail broke your phone. Now I understand from your response to the other poster.

The very first time you launch iTunes on your computer it should give you an option to search your drives for songs it can import. If you're already past that point, you could also try dragging your mp3s into the iTunes window pane.

Before you do that though, I would go to your iTunes preferences, under Advanced and choose the two options to copy the files to your iTunes library and to keep them organized. In the long run, it will make things easier for you.

Either way, once you get them into iTunes you have to decide what you want to go onto your iPhone. Most people's libraries are too big to fit a device these days, which is one reason it's done this way. (I think there may still be a way to let it automatically choose songs, but you may not get what you want.)

Let us know how it goes...
Tim

 

[Lostlover]

Thank you. ^^^ I did what you suggested. We'll see next time I back up my phone.

 

[GamerBear]

If you don't mind me asking how come you had to reformat your iPhone?