Being able to do it on machines of transcendent beauty like the MacBook Air - on which I’m currently working - was sufficient compensation. I could live with a one-button mouse and a limited range of expensive but beautiful hardware platforms because Mac OS allowed me to connect to the internet and install whatever software I liked, even if I had to write it myself. It is becoming harder and harder to feel comfortable about the business practices of Apple as it continues its transformation from being a design-obsessed computer company into the authoritarian centrepiece of the digital life of the millions of people who have chosen ‘the Apple Way’.Īs a long time Apple user myself, and someone who has introduced many friends and family to Macintosh computers, iPods, iPhones, iPads and the iTunes Store over the years I am beginning to feel like a left-wing writer who, having always spoken up in favour of the Soviet Union, wakes up one morning to find Russian tanks in the streets of Budapest, crushing the nascent Hungarian democracy.Īpple has always exerted rigid control over its products, and this brought many benefits when it only spread as far as the hardware platform, the operating system and Apple-developed software. Welcome to the Brave New World of the Macintosh App Store, where Big Brother Steve is in complete control. I wrote this just as an affirmation and clearer set of instructions than described in the link.Apple should be part of the open online society, rather than the architects behind a system of control, argues Bill Thompson Then voila, a few days ago, I ran into the solution in the link above. I wasn’t able to add new music to my iPhone for quite a while. I searched far and wide for solutions, including Senuti, which only lets you add music from the iPhone onto the computer, without using iTunes.
Long Answer/My Story: For as long as I’ve had a 2nd Mac and my iPhone, I couldn’t add songs onto my iPhone. I am not sure how it works, but hey I’ve got my music.
I don’t know any of the history of Autofill on iTunes, and I’m not in the curious mood right now. I’m too lazy to check if it’s the absolute latest version of iTunes, but considering that my Macbook Pro is a 2012, it’s probably one of the more recent versions of iTunes. I give credit to the solution outlined here.ĭisclaimer: My version of iTunes is 10.6.3 (25). In the picture below, the playlist I’ve selected is “New.” On the extreme right, click “Autofill.” From “Autofill from”, you should be able to select that playlist of the music you added. At the bottom of iTunes there should be an option called “Autofill from” as you can see in the picture below. Under your iPhone, there is a “Music” tab for you to click on.
Under “Devices”, your iPhone should be displayed, showing that your iPhone is connected to your computer.ģ. Create a playlist (or use an old one) of the songs you want to add.Ģ. Your Problem: You want to get that Blue Scholars song or the Les Miserables soundtrack from iTunes on your computer onto your iPhone, but you absolutely do NOT want to erase/delete all the music on your iPhone that comes with “syncing” your music to the iTunes library.
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