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michiganmike711:
I will be traveling soon and wish to load a number of CDs onto my iPhone XS from my PC to listen via noise suppression earphones while inflight, something I've not done, previously.  I would rather not transfer the data via iTunes as it is my understanding previous entries in the phone's library will be erased as the new ones are downloaded, as well as it being clumsy to do via iTunes.  Are these things true?

However, there are a number of software packages, some free/some not, touted to enable the transfer more easily and with greater versatility than iTunes. As I kept reading, at least one program was not flac compatible, a problem since my entire JR library is in flac or cda. In fact, none state they are compatible with JR (which may or may not be relevant), all of which leaves me without clear options. 

Can anyone recommend the best free and paid programs to transfer music from JR on a PC to an iPhone XS, assuming they really are better than iTunes?  Simpler is better for me, a semi-klutz.

Here's to happy and safe holidays!  :)

Many thanks, mike   

Awesome Donkey:
Honestly you'll probably have to use iTunes to transfer music to your iPhone, since Apple's notorious for locking the platform down.

I don't believe iPhones nor iTunes supports FLAC (and CDA isn't a file format) so if you want to put lossless files on an iPhone I'd suggest converting them to Apple Lossless (ALAC) but if you want lossy files to conserve space, then AAC is the way to go.

rossp:

I use software called iMazing which I can select the songs from a playlist in MC and drag onto the music folder in iMazing. It is not free but is well worth the money IMHO.

https://imazing.com/

Ross

brgreg:
I have been using an app called FLAC Player+ which allows you to transfer flac files from your PC to your iPhone. In it's settings you can select Start Wi-Fi transfer, then point your browser on the PC to the provided url to find and transfer the files.
Seems to work fine. Apparently it supports other audio codecs, but I've only used it for flac files.
Good luck!
Bill

jsolo53:
I chose Vox for the same purpose as you.  You use itunes and your lightning to usb cable to load files (as data) from pc to iphone.  I found loading files to be a little slow.  Once the files are on the phone Vox itself is easy to use and looks beautiful too.  I don't use it that often - pretty much just when flying - but its been fine.  It's totally free as long as you stay away from their cloud services.  Bon Voyage.

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