Bypassing iTunes to transfer photos, music and videos to iPhone (1 Viewer)

[Dave Moritz]

Are there any options to get pictures, videos and or music from a pc to an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6S without going through iTunes. I am not interested in storing my pictures on iCloud and do not want anything stored in iTunes. If there is a good app that will allow me to bypass iTunes then I may just upgrade my Samsung Galaxy S3 to a Apple iPhone 6S.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

I've used this from time to time to get songs & video onto my iPhone 4, haven't tried the photo part though:


http://www.copytrans.net/

 

[DaveF]

iTunes iCloud


Turn off unwanted parts of iCloud, such as Photos. Music doesn't go through iCloud at all, unless you're paying for iTunes Match or Apple Music -- which obviously you aren't. iTunes is for local (computer) syncing and does not require iCloud.


If you also don't want to use iTunes for local syncing, I can't help you there.

 

[Dave Moritz]

That is the part I want to avoid is sending things through iTunes to get to a iPhone.

 

[DaveF]

Ok. I thought maybe you just didn't want to interact with iCloud (online) versus iTunes (PC).

 

[Dave Moritz]

If I was to get an iPhone I just do not want to have to send pictures, music and movies from my pc through iTunes. I know I can copy photos taken by the smart phone to the pc via the USB cable but I want to be able to take pictures taken by my dslr camera and put some of them on the iPhone if I was to get one. Otherwise I will just get another Android Samsung Galaxy S5 or S6.


There has to be some way to see the pictures folder on a iPhone so you can copy and paste pictures from the pc directly to the iPhone without sending anything through iTunes.

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

If I was to get an iPhone I just do not want to have to send pictures, music and movies from my pc through iTunes. I know I can copy photos taken by the smart phone to the pc via the USB cable but I want to be able to take pictures taken by my dslr camera and put some of them on the iPhone if I was to get one. Otherwise I will just get another Android Samsung Galaxy S5 or S6.

There has to be some way to see the pictures folder on a iPhone so you can copy and paste pictures from the pc directly to the iPhone without sending anything through iTunes.

My post above from 5:00 today. That software claims to do what you want with your PC photos.

 

[Dave Moritz]

Thank you Peter I will be checking that out.

 

[DaveF]

This might work. It's meant for the iPad. Not sure if the iPhone supports it.
“Lightning to USB Camera Adapter - Apple”
http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MD821AM/A/lightning-to-usb-camera-adapter

 

[DaveF]

And there's this:
“MediaMonkey » Free Media Jukebox, Music Manager, CD Ripper & Converter”
http://www.mediamonkey.com/?ClickID=cnwianz4skvvqxx44wenzenw7eqvvvaazkzi

 

[KeithAP]

Although I am not very familiar with it, DoubleTwist will do what you want...I think. While it is designed to work with iTunes I don't believe it requires it. You can also elect to not use its cloud features.


-Keith

 

[Dave Moritz]

Looks like I have a few things to look into, thanks everyone.