| To download music onto iPhone you only need a | | | | CDs in one go, before you transfer the contents to |
| source for the music, a computer, and a way of | | | | your iPhone, again all in one go. Ripping software is |
| connecting your computer and the internet. It's | | | | free, and easy to find. |
| pretty simple to put music onto your Iphone, check | | | | To download music onto iPhone from the internet, |
| out the rest of this article to find out how. | | | | you will obviously need an internet connection. Having |
| If you have already been an Apple iPod owner, then | | | | a really good broadband connection will obviously be |
| you will already have experience in downloading music | | | | a great help, but dial up will certainly do. Music |
| to a very similar machine. The Apple iPhone looks set | | | | downloads are much smaller than movies, and once |
| to take the world by storm. It looks as though there | | | | you have downloaded a track once, you can then |
| won't even be enough of them made to satisfy the | | | | listen to it as many times as you like without having |
| initial demand. | | | | to download it again. |
| The first thing you have to do is consider the source | | | | You will also need somewhere to download the music |
| of the music that you will be transferring to your | | | | from. Here, you will need to be careful. There are |
| iPod. If it is music from your CD collection, you will | | | | sites called P2P sites which allow you to download |
| need to be able to copy the music to your computer | | | | content for free, but they are illegal and dangerous. |
| hard drive, and then change it to the mp3 format | | | | Your computer could easily pick up a virus. There are |
| that the iPhone uses. If you download music from | | | | legitimate sites which offer unlimited downloads, after |
| the internet, it should already be in the right format. | | | | you have paid a small joining fee. Because these are |
| To transfer your CD music to iPhone will need you to | | | | proper reputable sites, and the fee is used to keep |
| put the CDs into the computer one by one, and rip | | | | the store updated with new music as it is released, |
| the tracks to your hard drive. Any computer except | | | | you can get a lot for your money this way. |
| an incredibly old one should be good enough here, as | | | | These sites are definitely the best place to go to |
| music files are not that large, and you will only need | | | | download music onto iPhone. Check out the links |
| to store one CD at a time. If you have a reasonably | | | | below for some good examples of reliable download |
| modern computer, you can of course rip all of your | | | | sites. |