How do I transfer music from my Mac Pro to my iphone 11 with ios 18 without using sync or icloud

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How do I transfer music from my Mac Pro to my iphone 11 with ios 18 without using sync or icloud

I have been using itunes 12 on High Sierra to transfer music to my iphone 11. With the ios 18 update I can no longer connect to itunes. I do have two Mac Pro models and the other has Sequoia. Apple music can see my iphone but I do not see any way to transfer music from the Mac to the phone. No way to mac playlists etc.

I do this manually because my collection of music (CD quality) is over a TB.

So is there a way to get the music I wish to transfer on to my iphone without using Sync or icloud?

If I need a third party app to do this are there any recommendations? I have used imazing for converting files formats but never for file transfer.

Any help is appreciated. Really tired of the music that is on my phone.

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Posted on Jun 18, 2025 11:16 AM

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Phil0124

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Jun 18, 2025 11:24 AM in response to John Wardlaw

On a Mac with Sequoia, you can transfer music using the Finder, not the music App. That is still known as sync and works much the same as iTunes did.

click here ➜ Use the Finder to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with your Mac - Apple Support

On the Mac with High Sierra, what happens when you connect the iPhone?

If it request an update when you connect the iPhone, then accept it, it's a firmware update so iTunes cannot connect to the iPhone, not a macOS or iOS update.

If it doesn't do anything, try restarting the Mac and the iPhone and trying again.

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John Wardlaw Author

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Jun 18, 2025 02:02 PM in response to Phil0124

Once again thank you.

I did the update on High Sierra (as that is the Mac with all my music already loaded) and changed some settings within itunes and it is now all working.

I searched quite a bit and could not find that answer so this is much appreciated.

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John Wardlaw Author

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Jun 18, 2025 11:56 AM in response to Phil0124

Thank you.

I will try both and report my results.

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How do I transfer music from my Mac Pro to my iphone 11 with ios 18 without using sync or icloud

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