Typically, we often use methods like copying music to iPhone through iTunes or some other third-party software. However, if you dislike the complicated process of iTunes, another way is to use Home Sharing mode to share iTunes Library with iPhone, iPad. With just a Wi-Fi network, you can access all the shared iTunes library data on iPhone, iPad. And compared to copying music to iPhone, this method is quite effective.
Sharing iTunes Library with iPhone, iPad includes photos, videos, and music, but you should also know that watching a movie this way will be more time-consuming and difficult, especially for large-sized movies.
Guide to Share iTunes Library with iPhone, iPad.
Step 1: To proceed with sharing iTunes Library with iPhone, iPad, ensure that your device has the latest version of iTunes installed.
Step 2: Open iTunes and select File >Home Sharing >Turn On Home Sharing from the Menu bar to enable sharing iTunes Library with iPhone, iPad.
Step 3: The system will prompt you to enter your account credentials to enable this mode, once you've entered the information, click on Turn On Home Sharing.
When Home Sharing mode is activated, there will be a notification indicating that the device being shared also needs to use an account similar to iTunes. Now, let's open iPhone, iPad to see if it matches or not.
Note: It's recommended that you add some movies to a folder in iTunes or songs to easily test the sharing functionality within iTunes. Here we have experimented with a few short videos found in the Video section of iTunes.
Step 4: On the Home Screen, select the Settings section.
Then scroll down near the bottom, there are 2 sections: music and video, you can check either one to verify.
At the bottom, you will find the Home Sharing account, if it doesn't match, click on it to log out and log in with the same account as iTunes.
Step 5: Here in Mytour, try entering the video section, you will see 2 options in this app including videos at home and shared ones, click on the shared ones.
Step 6: Below, you will see a section called Library, which is the one you shared earlier on iTunes, click on it to connect.
Step 7: Immediately, you will see matching videos from iTunes earlier appear, you can click on them to play those videos without needing to copy them to iPhone, iPad.
The speed of download can vary depending on the length of the video.
With the guidance above, you have learned another feature applicable to iOS devices, which is sharing iTunes Library with iPhone, iPad. This sharing can be quite convenient if you use it in a family environment where all members share data, songs from a specific computer.
There are plenty of ways to transfer photos from iPhone to computer without using iTunes. You can either transfer directly or use other software to assist in transferring photos from iPhone to computer.
This is quite a good solution instead of using external tools like transferring data to iPhone by downloading iTools, for example, a third-party software highly trusted but not everyone wants to use. Although transferring data to iPhone with iTools is much simpler than iTunes in many ways.
