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You connect your iDevice to a computer running iTunes/Apple Music app (PC or Mac). In iTunes settings there is an option to "Manually manage media". Select that

You connect your iDevice to a computer running iTunes/Apple Music app (PC or Mac). In iTunes settings there is an option to "Manually manage media". Select that. Now you can drag your music to the device and it will appear in the Music app on your iDevice. Videos will appear in the TV app I believe (they have renamed this app from something else but it will play on your device). Only certain media formats are supported. On Audio I think its WAV,AIFF,MP3 and Apple Lossless(ALAC). If you have flac there are plenty of lossless converters from FLAC to ALAC (Lossless to lossless). For Video I think MP4, and MOV are supported? Maybe more though I dont think MKV is. For Pictures I think you just copy using the OS to the DCIM folder? There is a Ukrainian company called Softorino that provides a one click app to just transfer any media with any format to your iDevice and have it magically appear in the right app. It does all the conversion work for you in the background.

danaris 3y ago
Ah, I see. That's not what I would have thought of as "manually copy"; you're still syncing using the built-in software—and, of course, you're doing this for all the songs, not just the ones at issue. In any case, I'm still very puzzled as to how this could be a solution to the specific problem that was originally described...
- nebula8804 3y ago
  Its partly legacy because in the 00s Apple didn't want non-tech savvy people to get frustrated when trying to get their music on to iPods. So when 'docking' your iPod, iTunes would automatically open and you'd have your purchased music right there and you can just drag and drop. They got extended to iPhone when it came out. As the actual on device buying process became better over many iPhone generations then the need for a computer to dock to at all became unnecessary.

danaris 3y ago

Ah, I see. That's not what I would have thought of as "manually copy"; you're still syncing using the built-in software—and, of course, you're doing this for all the songs, not just the ones at issue. In any case, I'm still very puzzled as to how this could be a solution to the specific problem that was originally described...

nebula8804 3y ago
Its partly legacy because in the 00s Apple didn't want non-tech savvy people to get frustrated when trying to get their music on to iPods. So when 'docking' your iPod, iTunes would automatically open and you'd have your purchased music right there and you can just drag and drop. They got extended to iPhone when it came out. As the actual on device buying process became better over many iPhone generations then the need for a computer to dock to at all became unnecessary.