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How can I sync my MP3 collection on my Windows 7 PC with my iPhone 4S without having to use iTunes?

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There are a number of iTunes alternatives. Here are some links:

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Both applications allow you to copy MP3s from your PC to your iPhone without using iTunes. They are both commercial. Copytrans (19.99$) is available for Windows, while iExplorer (34.99$) has also a Mac download. And both apps have free test downloads.

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Welcome to Ask Different! Answers on Ask Different need to be more than just a link. It's okay to include a link, but please summarize or excerpt it in the answer. Thank you :) – gentmatt Nov 8 '12 at 14:57
You're right. I added some comments. – Maclandau Nov 8 '12 at 16:10
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Here are two alternatives both for free:

For Windows: SharePod

For Mac: DeTune

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Ya could use the Google and Amazon double play to have access your music and sync and store locally certain tracks.

  1. Google Play, where you can upload 20,000 songs for free and access them all from a web browser, this works on iPhone, and there is a handy utility that you can install on your PC / Mac that will manage uploading to Google Play automatically. The only down side to Google play is that you must be connected to the internet to stream and play the music. Maybe at some point google will release a Google Play Music app, but til then it does work in Safari.

  2. Next for your must have offline tracks comes Amazon cloud player, which gives 5GB of storage free for personal music, aka stuf you did not purchase from Amazon MP3, more space is available for a yearly fee. With the Amazon could player iPhone App you can configure it to download your music stored in the Amazon Cloud Player for offline playing.

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This article is entitled 6 Ways To Sync Music To Your iPhone Without iTunes published in Make Use Of. The article will explain:

  • Media Monkey (Windows)
  • Winamp and the ml_ipod plugin (Windows)
  • SharePod (Windows)
  • CopyTransManager (Windows)
  • PwnPlayer (any platform)
  • GtkPod (Linux Only - So N/A)

It should be beneficial to you.

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I couldnt have really explained in any greater depth than I had already done so. The article explains in more detail & I didnt want to copy it word for word. – Simon Feb 19 at 10:02
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i recently find a nice app which can tranfer mp3 to ipod without itunes, you can find it and a step by step guide at How to Transfer MP3 from computer to iPod without iTunes?

my computur is windows 7 and it works for me very well and hope it also helps for you

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You should post the steps here and also convince us this is not for advertising. :) – Alex Mar 17 at 11:16
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I utilize Phone Stick as i simply hate waiting, syncing... Find it here: http://softorino.com/phonestick/download/

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