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Easiest way to copy music to iPhone
MyGuy:
Thank you for the timely thoughtful detailed responses.
That's too bad that Apple prevents independent companies like JRiver from developing apps that manage music on the iPhone. I'm very sorry to read that.
That's ironic considering Apple's historic battles with Microsoft and the precedent in this industry. Sounds like this would absolutely be a legitimate industry lawsuit considering the anti-competitive nature of this chilling policy (reminds me of Microsoft originally tying IE into Windows, then trying to explain to the government in a lawsuit how it can't extract IE from the OS despite demands from the court).
This is a major issue because if you talk to anyone in software, especially consumer and social etc, it's all mobile first. A very good friend of mine in the space out of Stanford who lives in San Fran, leads a software firm there, and has good friends at Facebook, Google, and Apple, says all the work and focus at those leading firms is on mobile, because that's the primary, and in many cases, only platform folks under 40 (and really under 30) care about - it's absolutely everything.
I would consider a lawsuit and hope it gets attention and traction, picked up by a big firm with deep pockets.
I just bought an outboard DAC and would buy JRiver's platform five times over to manage it all if I could include my iPhone in a slick and comprehensive easy powerful way. Think of how cool that would be.
jimm2:
There are a several 3rd party software products that allow you to transfer music to any IOS device without using iTunes. Search for CopyTrans Manager or iMazing.
I'm sure JRiver has their reasons for not doing it but it can be done.
Arindelle:
--- Quote from: jimm2 on February 12, 2016, 08:43:47 pm ---I'm sure JRiver has their reasons for not doing it but it can be done.
--- End quote ---
sure, and they have done it in the past .. then Apple "nerfs" something. And it breaks and people complain here, and blame JRiver. Then the devs here have to spend time and money to try and start all over again. I don't blame them at all.
jimm2:
--- Quote from: Arindelle on February 13, 2016, 03:56:00 am ---sure, and they have done it in the past .. then Apple "nerfs" something. And it breaks and people complain here, and blame JRiver. Then the devs here have to spend time and money to try and start all over again. I don't blame them at all.
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Yes, it would take ongoing development work by JRiver to stay current and they have made a business decision not to support it. Just trying to clarify for the OP that it is possible, there are products that do it and JRiver has elected not to pursue it.
When you read through the forum on this topic, I think it's easy for someone to ascertain that it's not possible due to Apple which is not totally accurate. Is it harder, yes. Is it impossible because of Apple, no.
rossp:
I drag and drop from JRiver to iMazing to copy music to the iPhone. Works a treat.
Ross
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