Loading Music
With Hi-Fi, there’s no need to add music directly — instead, Hi-Fi accesses the music that’s in the iOS music library on your iPhone or iPad.
Hi-Fi supports four ways to access your music. It sounds complicated, but it isn’t — especially if you already listen to music in the Music app.
- Apple Music subscription
- iTunes Match subscription
- iTunes Store purchases
- Syncing files from a Mac or PC to your device
Enabling Access
Section titled “Enabling Access”Regardless of the approach (or mix of approaches) you take, you’ll need to grant Hi-Fi access to your music library. Once you do, all of your music will show up automatically. If you’ve already done that and you don’t have any music, continue reading to learn more about ways to load music onto your iPhone or iPad.
Apple Music Subscription
Section titled “Apple Music Subscription”An Apple Music subscription provides access to millions of songs. It also syncs your personal library across devices, including music that you’ve imported from other sources such as CDs.
iTunes Match Subscription
Section titled “iTunes Match Subscription”An iTunes Match subscription stores your personal music library in the cloud, and syncs your music across devices.
iTunes Store Purchases
Section titled “iTunes Store Purchases”When you buy music from the iTunes Store, songs will appear automatically in your Apple Music library — and, by extension, in Hi-Fi.
Sync Files from Mac or PC
Section titled “Sync Files from Mac or PC”Music files can be synced onto your iPhone or iPad from a Mac or PC. Supported file formats include MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, and ALAC.