How can I put music on my Android phone?

[Omnibus]

I want to put music from my macbook to my phone. I installed Android File Transfer but it doesn't work. It just says please connect Android device via usb.

So is there any method that actually works? My phone has a micro SD card but it won't fit in the macbook. As popular as Androids are I figured there was a way to do this by now.

 

[altuixde]

The methods probably vary depending on which phone you have, but I'll tell you how I put music on my Xperia Z1 compact running Android 4.4.4

With the micro SD card in my phone, I go to

Settings > Wireless & Networks > Xperia Connectivity > USB Connectivity > USB connection mode

and choose "Mass storage mode (MSC)". I make sure that above, the "Install software" box is unchecked, because if it is checked my phone will attempt to install non-Mac software on my MacBook.

Once I've activated Mass storage mode, if I plug the phone into my Mac via USB, the micro SD card mounts on my Mac. I have a folder called "music" on my micro SD card and I drag music files in there.

 

[RoboWarriorSr]

Have you tried DoubleTwist? It's an extra software but so far it has been working with android devices running 4.0+. Works better than using the odd android file transfer program at least for just syncing music.

 

[ste1164]

I dont know if you use iTunes but I use iSyncr, from the google play store.

 

[monkeydodo3]

https://www.android.com/intl/en_us/filetransfer/

 

[grahamperrin]

Poweramp

… any method …

From the responses to A good Itunes alternative that follows Yosemite's design guidelines:

After checking all possibilities …

-use poweramp (best android palyer) to play files (add isyncr folder to library)

And all is lossless, smooth and easy to sync.

More discussion of Poweramp under that topic.

 

[Airboy1466]

I want to put music from my macbook to my phone. I installed Android File Transfer but it doesn't work. It just says please connect Android device via usb.

So is there any method that actually works? My phone has a micro SD card but it won't fit in the macbook. As popular as Androids are I figured there was a way to do this by now.

You don't; buy an iPhone

 

[cy88]

Android file transfer works wonder for me. If it's stuck at that connect Android screen, you can try to rescan your SD card using one of these apps, then plug it in again when it's done: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberullu.rescansd&hl=en

 

[fav]

Android file transfer works wonder for me. If it's stuck at that connect Android screen, you can try to rescan your SD card using one of these apps, then plug it in again when it's done: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.uberullu.rescansd&hl=en

+1
I use this software as well.