iTunes, a powerful and all-in-one solution for iPhone, iPad and iPod users, is known to us all. However, this application is still troublesome and annoying when we start to use it, because we always come up with all kinds of problems. While listening to music, watching movies and so on, we are just confused about the sync of iTunes, or the data loss after transferring files from iTunes to the iOS devices. That’s annoying. The following post is going to introduce several helpful and commonly used iTunes tips and tricks to all users.

Part 1. Music Tips

Tip 1. Get Free Music on iTunes

iTunes Store enables users to purchase albums or songs with one click. These songs, or most of them, needs to be paid. Therefore, people will want to find the free music sites to download free music to their computer and add them to iTunes library. In fact, there are several legal and free music download sites for music fans, and the following will introduce them to all.

1. MP3.com
3. NoiseTrade

After downloading music from the web to computer, people can add these songs to iTunes library, and they only need to launch iTunes and hit Add Files to Library at the upper left corner.

Tip 2. How to Get Music to iPhone without iTunes

When it comes to transferring music to iPhone without iTunes, people will need the help of third-party iPhone transfer software. The following guidance will show you how to do that.

  • Launch Leawo iTransfer and connect iPhone to computer with USB cable.
  • Click the Add Files Button to add music. Or click File > Add > Add Files/Add Folder; or drag and drop music files into the software.
  • Leawo iTransfer starts transferring music to iPhone immediately.
  • Tip 3. iTunes Music Match

    iTunes Match, a cloud-based music streaming service, enables users to enjoy their iTunes music on their device without download. People can subscribe to the service with $24.99 per year, and the service will upload the songs from iTunes library to the cloud, and allows users to listen to the songs on which the devices have turned on iTunes Match.

    Tip 4. Fix Music Tags

    Fixing music tags in iTunes library is an easy task when people want to find the right album artwork for the song, they only need to right-click the song and choose Get Album Artwork, and choose Get Album Artwork in the pop-up dialog. Then iTunes will send the song with the missing information to Apple.

    Of course, there is another way to fix music tags in iTunes without sending information to Apple. You only need a third-party iTunes music tagging program to help. The following guidance will introduce how to fix music tags in iTunes in detail.

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