How to copy music to iPhone without going through iTunes

If you have a lot of music, podcasts, and other digital content, then clean up the mess in your iTunes library, it is very difficult. But to destroy the idyll created simple. This is due to the peculiarities of adding new songs to the iPhone, which means their inevitable preservation of the main library iTunes. This approach makes sense when we form his collection, which will be stored for a long time. But what if you just need to listen to tracks 5-7 unknown performers friend recommendations? Do not foul it is "good" to their favorite library! There is an exit. You can avoid copying of music in your iTunes library using a simple trick to move your media files directly in the iPhone memory.

Connect the iPhone, open it in the sidebar of iTunes and go to the tab "Overview". Here, we need to enable the option "manage music and videos manually", it is at the bottom of the window.

Actually, it's all :) Now, open the folder in Finder and drag the music in iTunes, but (important!) Is not in the "library", namely in the menu "Devices".

For convenience, to include a side panel which is hidden by default in iTunes, starting with the 10th version. Indicator sync in the iPhone status bar, you will realize that all has turned out.

From that moment the music will be stored in the memory of the iPhone, as long as you do not delete it from there.

Naturally, in such a way to copy music can be both via USB, or via wi-fi (handy if you need to pass a couple of tracks).

This trick is useful when your computer is limited disk space (important for owners Air'ov), if you use different computers, or in the case of storing your music collection on the outer media.