# Can't Transfer Music From Itunes to IPhone4s?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-transfer-music-from-itunes-to-iphone4s/700513>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 6, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-transfer-music-from-itunes-to-iphone4s/700513 "2014-10-06T03:41:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Pauly01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/df705f/32.png) [@Pauly01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pauly01)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-transfer-music-from-itunes-to-iphone4s/700513/1 "2014-10-06T03:41:26Z")

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I believe i have ios 8. Normally when i plug my iphone 4s to my laptop, it would show itunes. I don’t see the option to sync the songs. How do i do this?

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**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-transfer-music-from-itunes-to-iphone4s/700513/2 "2014-10-06T18:59:01Z")

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I’ve heard lots of stories about older iPhones slowing down or having other problems after updating the ios. Depending on who you believe, this is either an accidental side-effect of the updating process, or an underhanded way for Apple to encourage you to drop a few hundred bucks for a new phone.

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**Author:** ![barbitu8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-transfer-music-from-itunes-to-iphone4s/700513/3 "2014-10-06T20:28:41Z")

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Try it again. I had an iPhone 4 and sometimes had problems with the sync. I recently upgraded to iPhone 6 but no charge because I took advantage of Verizon’s offer for a $200 coupon for the trade-in. If you don’t have Verizon I guess you cannot do that.

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**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-transfer-music-from-itunes-to-iphone4s/700513/4 "2014-10-06T21:34:22Z")

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Your post is unclear whether iTunes is not loading or it is loading but the iPhone isn’t in the list of devices. When I plug my iPhone 4s into my laptop, iTunes doesn’t automatically start but it does show the iPhone when I start it from the Start menu. The laptop is Windows 7. On my iMac (OS X 10.9), it does start iTunes and the phone is in the list of devices.