You might not need as much as you think to download music to your iPhone. All you need is a computer, an Internet connection, and of course an iPhone. If you've used an iPod before, the steps are pretty much the same. If you haven't, keep reading to find out how to do it.
First, you have to decide where you want the music to come from before you can download it to anything. If you already have the music on CDs, you can easily copy it to your computer's hard drive. If you want to download music, most of the time it will already be in the right file format.
If you choose to use CDs, the first thing you'll need to do is choose the songs you want. Then you'll need to take the songs off the CDs and save them on your computer. This action is called "ripping." Most computers made in the last 5 or 6 years will be able to do this job without a problem, but a newer model might make it easier because it might let you do all the CDs at once instead of one at a time.
If, on the other hand, you're tired of all your old music or just don't want to go through the trouble of moving it, it's easy to download new music from the internet. At the moment, you can't download music straight to your iPhone. Instead, you have to put it on your computer first. People think that Apple will fix this with a software update in the future.
One of the most important things to consider when you want to download music from the internet to your iPhone is how fast your internet connection is. When using dial-up, it can take a while to download a song, so the faster your connection, the better. Even if it's slow, it's not a big deal. You'll just have to wait longer for your songs.
The other most important thing you'll need is a place to get the downloads. People have had a great time over the last few years using peer-to-peer sites, torrent sites, or whatever you want to call them, to get all kinds of free downloads. This can seem pretty cool until you try it. Torrent sites are pretty dangerous because hackers hang out there to try to get their warez, trojans, etc. downloaded by innocent users so they can spread across the internet. Also, sites like this are pretty illegal, so if you download something and get caught, you'll be in a lot of trouble. Do you want the new JZ album so much that you'd go to jail to get it?
As a happy alternative, you can now download things from a number of new places that are safer from hackers, spammers, and other bad people. You pay a one-time fee, and in exchange, you can use their download database as much as you want. Most of the time, the databases are very big, and the downloads go pretty quickly. You can also download free movies and TV shows, games, and other things, in addition to music. Overall, it's a pretty good deal, since you usually won't have to pay more than $50 and that will cover you for life.
We hope that this article will be helpful to you.
