How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPad (New Tips in 2022)

Due to its portability, iPad can be a nice music player that enables you to enjoy music while not at home. If you have some music collections stored on your computer, you may want to add them to your iPad. The question is, how to transfer music from computer to iPad? Many people may use iTunes to sync media files between PC and iPad. However, data transfer via iTunes is not that convenient as it should be. One may wonder, is there another way to transfer move music from computer to iPad quickly and easily? The answer is yes. In this article, we will show you 4 methods to transfer music from PC to iPad with or without iTunes.

Part 1: How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPad Using iPad Music Transfer
Part 2: How to Transfer Music from PC to iPad using iTunes
Part 3: How to Transfer Music from Laptop to iPad via Dropbox
Part 4: How to Sync Music from Computer to iPad via iCloud

Part 1: How to Transfer Music from Computer to iPad Using iPad Music Transfer

If you are wondering how to transfer music from PC to iPad without iTunes, the best choice would be using iPhone Music Transfer. This tool makes the transfer process straightforward and fast. You can freely select the required music files from computer to transfer to iPad with a few clicks. Using it, you don't need to worry about your iPad's current files to be wiped out.

Apart from music, you can also transfer other files from computer to your iOS device, including playlists, photos, movies, contacts, voice memos, ringtones, audiobooks. Moreover, this almighty software has many other functions to meet the needs of data transfer and managemen. Check it out:

Key features of iPad Music Transfer:

• Transfer files from PC/Mac to iPad/iPhone/iPod and vice versa.
• Move files between iTunes and iOS devices.
• Migrate data from iOS to iOS. (Click here to learn how to transfer music from one iPad to another)
• Convert music format automatically when transferring songs.
• Edit album cover, create music playlist, delete songs from iPhone but not iTunes, etc.
• Manage iOS data on computer desktop smartly.

How to transfer songs from computer to iPad using iPad Music Transfer:

Step 1: Download and run iPad Music Transfer on your computer, and then connect iPad to your computer using a suitable USB cable. The software will detect your iPad quickly.

Step 2: Select Music from the left menu; you can then see all the music files on your iPad from the screen. To put music on iPad from your PC, click the Music option under the All Music section > click the "+" icon on the top of the interface > select the music you wish to transfer from your computer and add them to iPad.

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Part 2: How to Transfer Music from PC to iPad using iTunes

iTunes is Apple's official software to sync files between your computer and iOS devices. You can use it to sync music from computer to iPad. However, iTunes' interface isn't intuitive and the transfer speed is slow. And your existing files will be replaced by the files you sync from computer using this method. If you are sure that the music collection from computer contains all the music files you need, you can use iTunes to get the job done.

To use this way, you need to upload the music from computer to the iTunes library first. Just follow the steps below to see how to transfer music from PC to iPad with iTunes:

Step 1: Connect iPad to computer and then launch the latest version of iTunes.

Step 2: Click File on the top of the iTunes screen and select Add Files to Library. You can then add the music files you want from your computer to the iTunes library.

Step 3: After importing music to iTunes library, click the device icon from the interface and select Music from the left sidebar.

Step 4: Tick the option of Sync Music and then select Remove and Sync in the pop-up window.

Step 5: You can select Entire music library to transfer your entire music collection to iPad. Or you can choose Selected playlists, artists, albums, and genres and tick the specific items to sync to your iPad.

Step 6: Click Sync or Apply at the bottom of iTunes to transfer music from computer to iPad.

See also: Top 2 Ways to Transfer Music from Windows Media Player to iPhone

Part 3: How to Transfer Music from Laptop to iPad via Dropbox

When it comes to importing music to iPad, cloud services like Dropbox can also be an option. Dropbox offers 2 GB of free space for storing various files. You can put music from PC to your Dropbox account, and then download the Dropbox app on your iPad to access the music files.

How to download music from computer to iPad using Dropbox:

Step 1: Open the Dropbox app on your computer and then drag and drop the music files to Dropbox. If you don't have the Dropbox app installed, you can visit the Dropbox website and click Upload files to upload music to Dropbox.

Step 2: On your iPad, download and open the Dropbox app. Log in with the same Dropbox account to access the songs just uploaded from PC.

Step 3: You can find the music files transferred from PC and listen to them directly via the Dropbox app.

Part 4: How to Sync Music from Computer to iPad via iCloud

iCloud is also a workable solution to move music from computer to iPad. However, the synced music will not go to the music player on your iPad with this method. You can listen to the music on iCloud Drive through the default voice app.

Step 1: Visit icloud.com on your computer and log in with your Apple ID and password.

Step 2: Select the iCloud Drive option from the screen and then tap Upload > select the music from computer to transfer.

Step 3: On your iPad, go to Settings > tap [Your name] > iCloud > turn on iCloud Drive. And then you can find the music files on the File app.

Conclusion

After reading this article, hopefully, you will know how to transfer music from computer to iPad. To handle this task effortlessly, you can consider using iPad Music Transfer. It is an ideal app to transfer unlimited songs from computer to iPad with a USB cable. It allows you to manually add music to iPad from computer and vice versa. It also supports other data types, such as photos, videos, SMS, etc. You can download this tool and have a try.

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