How can I get songs off my Apple iPhone?

If I could figure out how to get music onto my iPhone and manage it without having to use iTunes, I would be a very, very happy man. iTunes is one of the least usable and most commercially irritating computer applications I have ever had to face... it makes Internet Explorer 6 look like a saint.

Any ideas on how a Mac user can use an iPhone without iTunes at all? SongBird has an iPod module, but it doesn't work with iPhone (yet) due to Apple's encryption and obfuscation efforts.

This worked great for songs, but how about photos?

this seems great, but help! when i plug in my iphone it doesn't seem to recognize it, and NOTHING pops up. please help

excellent. this is just what i had been looking for.
i am traveling and just bought a mac. to my dismay itunes wouldnt let me download stuff from my iphone.

will keep checking your page. good stuff.

hi. thanks for all that but i have a similar problem :( senuti does not recognize my iphone. please help! thanks a ton.

Make sure you get the *BETA* version of Senuti: the production download doesn't yet include this capability, from what I can tell.

I recently use Adobe to transfer my Iphone family pictures to Adobe and then I was able to delete them from my Iphone. At the time Adobe recognized my Iphone ( I was also using Itunes)but now I am unable to get Adobe to recognized my Iphone and cannot delete pictures from my Iphone. Any suggestions? Thanks for your useful columns. I like to take old pictures of from my IPhone and then add new ones.
Jerry

For it putting all your texts and address book on should be done automatically. Even if you've never synced before but just plugged it in for a charge it should back everything up.

Senuti is OK on Mac.
On PC, CopyTrans http://www.copytrans.net allows you to get songs of your iPhone and it can also import your playlists and other stuff to iTunes.

After installing the new version of Senuti it didnt ask where to transfer the files. When all my songs come up after plugging in my Iphone I click on the transfer button an nothing happens. What can I do?

i have a problem. Senuti turns off randomly when i start transfering my music. why is that?

awesome guide!!

Thank You.

CopyTrans works fine to get music off the iPhone.

how can i transfer music from my iphone to the laptop ? i have windows vista. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hi dave, please help. i have an unlocked new iphone and i want to upload music from my laptop to the iphone. what software should i downlaod that will not go to Itunes, otherwise it will lock the phone :( thanks

i also cant get the phone (unlocked) to read my sim card. I can use the phone though. So is there some way to get the Iphone to read the sim contacts and contents already on it?

ok swithced the phone today and all contacts have appeared. still need help to upload music and photos from my laptop to the unlocked iphone and vice versa without having to get locked using apple 'legit' softwares

I don't have Internet I have iTunes 8 how do I add music to
iPhone 3g without losing what is on iPhone 3g very frustrated need help please anybody thanks

I have an iphone 3g and my computer just crashed ofcourse that means my itunes also. I am on a vista laptop now and can not get my music off my phone to the new itunes i set up. Please help!

Actually, Madi, there are a variety of solutions out there for your situation. Check out this writeup: http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_ipodrobot_music_copying_utility_for_windows.html

Hope that helps!

well i went through my old laptop crashing and losing all my songs and what not...bought Senuti and it actually works...

For me the easiest and cheaper way is CopyTrans (http://www.copytrans.net).

It works very fine and I didn't have any problem.

Thanks DaveTaylor for your amazing website :-)

Strawbie

Try Media Monkey on PC. It is free and works great. I've even used to fix a corrupt music db on my iPhone. Not to mention its the best app to organize all your tags in your music library. I don't work for them, I've just wasted lots of time and junked up my PC with crap before discovering MM. Give it a try!

hey dave , need help, i had on my iphone music and movies .then i joined itunes and my music and movies not on phone. still in library, what can i do???thanks

Senuti has problems with songs purchased on the iPhone. It doesn't even see them - any help on how to get to these songs?
Thanks

THE BEST APP EVER!

Amazing, worked really well!!

Senuti is OK on Mac.
On PC, CopyTrans http://www.copytrans.net allows you to get songs of your iPhone and it can also import your playlists and other stuff to iTunes.
Posted by: me at June 24, 2008 10:41 AM

Thank you for the link mate, you've saved me from loosing over 30gig of music and priceless photos!

Just be aware that if you are like me and purchased any songs directly on your ipod, Senuti won't recognize them (for instance, I purchased a number of albums at work on my phone, then got home, and Senuti just doesn't recognize those songs. It recognizes things purchased from my laptop's iTunes, but not things purchased directly on my phone. Senuti's support staff acknowledged this was on purpose.)

Hi there,

I tried to download Senuti, but it looks like it's a mac program. Is there a similar program you could recommend for a pc user, such as myself?

Thanks!
Robyn

Robyn, try this:

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/review_ipodrobot_music_copying_utility_for_windows.html

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Our macbook pro was stolen in Mexico.... We now have our music back on our new computer!

Hi Dave,
I m hoping u can help me in transferring songs form computer to itunes?
I bought an iPod for my husband and he got his mate to put songs on first so whenever I went to put more songs on, it would say the message “can only sync to one iTunes library”. Anyhow I have followed internet steps that I saw on the net to transfer songs from ipod to computer but for some reason it will not copy into ITunes.

I transferred all the songs…2000 from the iPod to my desktop in a folder and also in a folder under iPod control but when I go to add folder or file in itunes, I can select the folders but it adds nothing, also when I drag them from the folder to the library in iTunes, it comes up with the copy symbol but does not copy over.

The only way I seem to be able to get them across is if I open the folder and double click on each individual song, then it opens to play in ITunes and seems to be there then. But surely I have done something wrong and there is an easier way then playing 2000 songs to transfer them across???

Oh and prob helpful for you to know that I have Visa premium.

Hi Dave!
Great info. I have a friend who is going through a divorce and has a shared iTunes account and can't get access to her music except for the music on her iPhone. She has a new phone number and is wanting to set up a new iTunes acct. How can she get her music off her iPhone and load it onto her new iTunes account without running into the restrictions?
Thank you for your help!

SO GREAT!!!!

For photos on the iPhone/iPod Mac users should try using Image Capture - it's free, comes on the computer and will download some or all of your images from the iPhone/iPod so you can erase if you need to, or what to switch to sync'd photos like I'm trying to do. (if you decide to add movies, all your music gets the heave-ho, so back that up with Senuti)

I have to check, but there's a software I bought in a MacHeist or Macupdate bundle that will access SMS messages, addressbooks etc on iPhone/iPod.

~M~

how can I get my iphone to recognize phone numbers in the subject line, and get it to automatically dial the access code for 800 numbers. Some common char:
, = pause 3 seconds
# = entered at end of entry

i had the same issue but downloaded touch copy, works on both pc and mac the full version is about $20 and the demo give you roughly 200 songs to copy.
i bought a new computer (mac air) and because i had already paid for it all i had to do was enter the registration code. best software i have ever bought.

OH my goodness, I love this app!
Thank you x 100 for posting this!!

Hey, When i downloaded this progrom it wont let my click the green transfer button i'm not very good with computers please PLEASE help

For PC users, try this
http://www.from-iphone-to-computer.com

Heres my problem, i upgraded to an IPhone4 from a Iphone3G, I have one app on my 3g that i want on my 4. I already have everything else tranferred, music, ringtones etc. But i cant get that 1 app to transer. Ive tried back ups, restores, transer bought items, but when i connect one phone it overwrites the apps or back ups from the other one. I just want this one freaking app i bought to transfer because its no longer available.
any help please email me rb_ruether@yahoo.com
Thanks

Thanks so much for the info!! Very HeLpFuL!!! :)

I loaded music from my computer to my Iphone last night using your instructions. It worked! However, I have a question, I have some CD's that has maybe 15-16 cuts and when it loaded on my Iphone it has 20 entries for that artist with say songs 1-8 then another entry with songs 9-15. I was surprised that it did not run them all under one artist name, or did I not so something?

Thank you so much! So easy to use and I finally have all my tunes on my new macbook! You are a legend Dave!

Hi,
I have a problem.
This really helped me but, it doesn't show the music i recently downloaded on Senuti.
How do i get the music that i just downloaded on my phone onto Senuti??