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I tunes it's an excellent music player and organizer and if you have an Apple device such as an iPhone 5 he can easily sync your music collection from iTunes to iPhone and vice versa but what if you have an Android instead of an iPhone 5 can you still sync your iTunes music collection with your Android phone hi I'm mark welcome to Android Authority in this video I'll teach you how to transfer music from itunes to your Android phone one way to transfer your iTunes music collection from your desktop to your Android phone is by manually copying the music files this is actually easier than it sounds so it's a manual method first create a temporary folder on your computer desktop then in iTunes select the music tracks that you'd like to copy drag and drop the selected music tracks into the temporary folder on your desktop afterwards connect your Android phone as a storage device to your computer then copy the files from computer to phone easy right there are also other easy methods that allow direct transfer of music files from iTunes itself to your Android phone such methods however need third-party tools double twist this one such third-party tool for both Mac and Windows that lets you sync music videos and playlists from itunes to your Android phone but there's a catch to use double twist your Android phone must support the USB mass-storage protocol here's how to use double twist first download install and launch double twist on your computer then connect your phone to the computer via USB cable making sure to enable USB mass storage mode on the phone your phone will be listed under devices and double twist click your phone's device name on the list to view the device info page from here you can copy all music from itunes to your Android phone like this or you can copy music files via playlists for this you'll need to import your iTunes playlist to doubleTwist thereafter just mark the playlists that you want to sync to your phone hit the sync button and presto all music files associated the playlists are also synced to your phone you can also drag and drop individual or multiple music titles in doubleTwist like this if you want to tangle free wireless way to transfer your iTunes music from desktop to your Android phone you'll find the air sync app quite handy it's a paid add-on app for doubleTwist for air sync to work install double twist on both your computer and Android phone both devices must also be connected to the same network first enable and configure air sync on your phone to do this launch double twist go to the settings tab and enable air sync then select setup air sync and the five digit passcode will appear on the screen take note of the passcode launch double twist on your computer you will find your device's name with the air sync logo under devices click on your devices name you will see the passcode entry screen enter the passcode to pair your phone with your computer once the computer and phone are securely paired via air sync you can now transfer your iTunes music wirelessly to your Android phone another alternative app for wireless syncing is the sync Tunes for iTunes app which has both free and paid versions it works in a very similar way to ear sync the free version comes with ads and allows you to sync only one playlist or category at a time with a maximum of 100 songs in the paid version though this restriction is removed here's an overview of how to use sync tunes for iTunes first download and install sync tunes on your Android phone and the sync tunes desktop client on your Windows PC run the sync Tunes app on your phone and take note of the unique IP address at the bottom of the screen open the desktop client of sync tunes and type the unique IP address displayed on your phone once the phone in PC are connected you'll see a list of categories and playlists on the screen to transfer all of your music from itunes to Android select music and click sync a window will appear asking for your confirmation to start the syncing process click yes to continue you will see a confirmation message once syncing is complete the steps for syncing your iTunes music with your Android phone is that easy you can now see your music files stored on your Android phone although iTunes & Android represent two of the world's greatest yet fiercely competing companies they're not necessarily mutually exclusive products as I've shown in this video you can easily transfer music from your iTunes collection to your Android phone through several ways I hope you find this video helpful for more Android guides news and reviews visit android authority comm has subscribed to our YouTube channel I mark thank you for watching and remember the power of Android is yours