# How can I get my music off my iPhone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 21, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477 "2010-11-21T21:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BeeDubU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/1 "2010-11-21T21:42:07Z")
The title says it all, but for a bit of backstory… We had a computer we used for iTunes that unexpectedly bit the dust. :smack: We were able to recover all the music and video purchased on iTunes, but there is quite a bit of ripped music that’s only on the iPhone at this point. I’ve seen some software that (supposedly) allows your iPhone to go into disk mode, or something like it, but they all seem… sketchy. Anybody have any experience with these software apps? OR an entirely different solutions? We can’t upgrade the phone or the OS without losing all this data. HELP! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/2 "2010-11-21T22:05:08Z")
I’ve had good results with [iRip](http://thelittleappfactory.com/irip/). ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/3 "2010-11-21T23:10:34Z")
I withdraw my recommendation: just downloaded it and it doesn’t even start up on W7. ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/4 "2010-11-22T00:02:47Z")
I’ve used iRepo successfully twice. You have to buy it, but it’s a great tool to have if you have an iPod that you may need to back up. [http://www.purpleghost.com/irepo.php](http://www.purpleghost.com/irepo.php) ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/5 "2010-11-22T00:07:46Z")
iPhone Explorer: > **[iExplorer · iPhone Music, Messages & File Transfer for Mac & PC](https://macroplant.com/iexplorer)** > > iExplorer lets you easily transfer music, playlists, text messages, files and more from any iPhone, iPod, or iPad to a Mac or Windows computer and iTunes. It has a Mac and PC version. It is free. I just tested it and it happily copied an M4A file that I had purchased from the iTunes store and synced to it to my desktop with a simple drag and drop. This was on my non-jailbroken iPad. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/6 "2010-11-22T07:25:20Z")
> [@amanset](#): > > iPhone Explorer :smack: _That’s_ the one I used a few weeks ago. I used iRip (aka iPodRip) a couple of years ago to rip an iPod, not an iPhone. Yeah, this is good - but make sure you don’t touch any of the system files. ---
**Author:** ![BeeDubU2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BeeDubU2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeDubU2)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/7 "2010-11-22T16:12:02Z")
> [@BoBettie](#): > > I’ve used iRepo successfully twice. You have to buy it, but it’s a great tool to have if you have an iPod that you may need to back up. > > [http://www.purpleghost.com/irepo.php](http://www.purpleghost.com/irepo.php) Thanks! I will definitely look into these. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-my-music-off-my-iphone/561477/8 "2010-11-23T08:07:21Z")
Just installed iPhone explorer and was finally able to rip a recording I’d made of a friend of mine from the radio using fStream - which is a wonderful app with a few glaring omissions that it’s churlish to complain about, given that it’s totally free.