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#318989 11-Mar-2025 18:05

Being a long long time Android user, moving to iOS has been an experience :)

Whats the preferred way of copying MP3's, audiobooks, videos etc to the phone from Windows ?

I've found "iMazing" which seems to do the job but price is a little "ouch" after enjoying the freedom of Android ;)

Suggestions ? :)

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#3352682 11-Mar-2025 18:13

Does iTunes still work?

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#3352683 11-Mar-2025 18:20

There is an iCloud app for Windows that you can set up iCloud Drive with and use that to copy things. How useful it is will depend on how much storage you have associated with the account, of course.

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#3352687 11-Mar-2025 18:29

CopyTrans Manager from www.copytrans.net is my go-to iTunes replacement, and it's free.

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#3352772 11-Mar-2025 19:51

iCloud Drive is ok, in my experience the Windows app can be a bit flakey. I usually use OneDrive instead, which is integrated into the Files app on iOS (and of course they have their own app too). Note that this won’t work for some things e.g. adding music to the Music app.

For direct sync into the built in Music/Books/Podcasts etc apps the officially supported solution is the Apple Devices app from the Microsoft Store

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#3352773 11-Mar-2025 19:54

Dropbox?

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#3352839 11-Mar-2025 20:59

Books will open .epub and pdf from the files app or attachments in messages or mail or direct from downloads. Books won’t open .mobi but you can other apps that will. Storage in that app counts against your iCloud storage…

There is also Plexamp if you want to stream/download music from a Plex Server. You can set that as default for Siri.

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#3352935 12-Mar-2025 06:50

stevob:

CopyTrans Manager from www.copytrans.net is my go-to iTunes replacement, and it's free.

Thats the one I used years ago, thanks! Grabbed it again and seems to do what I need :D

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