How to transfer files from my Mac to iPhone or iPad using Finder

With iTunes File Sharing you can copy files between your computer and iOS application on your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch. For example if you have your favorite albums, artists, tracks located on your Mac you can copy that content to our app: hazel music player and listen to your music even if you far away from your computer.

If you have macOS Catalina or later, you can use the Finder to share files between your iOS and iPadOS devices and your Mac.

What you need to use the Finder to share files

  • macOS Catalina or later

  • An iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS

  • An iOS or iPadOS app that works with File Sharing

 
See the iOS and iPadOS apps that can share files with your Mac

  1. Open a Finder window.

  2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer with a USB cable.

  3. Select your device in the Finder.

  4. Click the Files tab to see a list of apps that can share files. If you don’t see a Files section, your device doesn’t have any apps that can share files.

  5. Click the triangle next to an app to see the files that you can share.

Copy from your Mac to your device

  1. Select the files that you want to copy. Select only files that work with the app. Check the app’s user guide to see which ones work.

  2. Drag the files to the app on your device. The Finder copies the files to your device.

Copy from your device to your Mac

  1. Select the files that you want to copy.

  2. Drag the files to a folder on your computer. The Finder copies the files to your computer.

If you have macOS previous to Catalina you can use iTunes app as described below.

To use File Sharing, make sure that you have the latest version of iTunes and your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch has the latest version of iOS. If you use Windows PC make sure that you have an up-to-date version of Windows 7 or later.

To start using File Sharing

– Open iTunes on your Mac or PC.

– Connect iPhone or iPad to your computer using the USB lightning cable.

– Select your iOS device in the iTunes.

– Click the Apps section, in the left sidebar.

– Scroll to the File Sharing section at the bottom of the page.

– Select the app to see which files are available for sharing on your device.

How to copy files from your computer to the app

– Open iTunes and select the app from the list in the File Sharing section.
– To copy files to your device drag and drop them from a folder or window onto the Documents list.
– You can also click Add in the Documents list in iTunes, find the audio files you want to copy from your computer, and then click Add. iTunes copies these music files to the apps Documents directory on your device.

– Choose only audio files that will work with the app. You can find the list of supported file formats in the app’s user guide.

How to Copy files from an iOS app to your computer.

– Select the app from the list in the File Sharing section in iTunes.

– To copy files to your computer drag and drop them from the Documents list to a folder or window on your computer.

– You can also select the audio files that you want to copy to your computer from the Documents list and click “Save to,” then find the folder on your computer to which you want to copy the files and click “Save to”.