Top 3 Ways to Transfer Music from Old iPhone to New iPhone 8/8 Plus
by Jenefey Aaron Updated on 2020-07-14 / Update for iOS File Transfer
I had the iPhone 5 for 8 years and recently upgraded to the new iPhone SE 2020. How do I move the music that I have on iphone 5 to the new iphone se 2020? "
When you get a new iPhone 8/8 Plus/SE 2020 and want to import music from iPhone to iPhone, this article here introduced three quick and simple ways to help you transfer music from old iPhone 7/7Plus/6s/6/5s/5 to new iPhone 8/11/SE 2020.
- Way 1: One Click to Transfer All Music from Old iPhone 5/5s to iPhone 8/11/SE 2020
- Way 2: Transfer Music from Old iPhone to New iPhone 8/8/SE 2020 Plus via iTunes
- Way 3: Sync Music from Old iPhone to New iPhone 8/8 Plus with Airdrop
Way 1: One Click to Transfer All Music from Old iPhone to iPhone 8/11/SE 2020
Want to get the music from the old iPhone and keep the current data on the new iPhone SE 2020/iPhone11/11 Pro at the same time or you want to transfer a large quantity of music files from old iPhone to new iPhone 8/8 Plus in a short time? The simplest way to do it just a flick of your finger by using Mobile Trans to send music from iPhone to iPhone without any restrictions.
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Run this phone transfer tool after installing it on your computer, then choose "Phone Transfer".
Get your old iPhone and iPhone 8/SE 2020 connected to it using a lightning cable. Select the old iPhone under the source device and your new iPhone as the target. Next, select the files types you want to transfer on the middle column. Then, click "Start" to begin.
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This phone transfer tool will cost a few minutes to replica data to the new iPhone. Once the data transfer completed, check the data whether it is in the new iPhone 8/11/SE 2020.
Way 2: Transfer Music from Old iPhone to New iPhone 8/8 Plus/11/SE 2020 via iTunes
This way contains two big steps, one is to make a backup of your previous iOS device via iTunes and the other is to restore the backup to your new iPhone 8/8 Plus.
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Make a backup of your previous iOS device via iTunes. Connect your old device to your computer. Open iTunes on your computer and select your device. Click Back Up Now.
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Restore the backup to your new iPhone 8/8 Plus. Connect your new iPhone to the same computer. Open iTunes on your computer and select your device. Select Restore Backup and make sure that you choose the correct backup.
Related Read: How to Download Music from iTunes to USB Directly
Note: How to Free Backup without iTunes.
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Way 3: Sync Music from Old iPhone to New iPhone 8/8 Plus with Airdrop
Airdrop is a tool on the phone to share your music, photos, videos, locations, and more with other Apple devices nearby. Here are the detailed operation steps to use Airdrop to transfer music to iPhone without iTunes.
- Swiping up from the bottom of your iPhone to open Control Center, check and turn on Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and AirDrop options on both of the old and new iPhones.
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You have three options "Receiving Off", "Contacts Only", and "Everyone". Please note you should choose Everyone so that all nearby iOS devices using AirDrop can see your device.
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Open your Music app, click on "Songs" and then "Share" icon.
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Press "More (…)" button at the bottom of the iPhone interface, choose "Share Song".
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Select the iPhone icon with the name of the one you want to transfer songs to. On the new iPhone, you'll see an pop up window, click Accept button to copy songs from iPhone to iPhone 8/8 Plus.
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AirDrop can just share music from iPhone to iPhone one by one . Therefore, it may take quite a long time to transfer a lot of music between the two devices. Please put both iPhones in good Wi-Fi network connection if possible.
If you have any further question on how to transfer music from iPhone to iPhone, or have any problem when using Mobile Trans, just feel free to contact our Support Team, usually, you will get a response within 24 hours on weekdays.
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