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Before you use the Finder to sync content to your iOS or iPadOS device, consider using iCloud, Apple Music, or similar services to keep content from your Mac or PC in the cloud. This way, you can access your music, photos, and more on your devices when you aren't near your computer. Learn more about using Apple Music or iCloud Photos instead of the Finder.

If you use iCloud or other services like Apple Music to keep your content up to date across all of your devices, some syncing features through the Finder might be turned off.

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What can you sync with the Finder

• Albums, songs, playlists, movies, TV shows, podcasts, books, and audiobooks.
• Photos and videos.
• Contacts and calendars.

Sync or remove content using the Finder

1. Open a Finder window and connect your device to your computer using a USB cable. If you connect your device to your computer with a USB cable and your computer doesn't recognize your iPhone, iPad, or iPod, learn what to do.
2. Your device appears in the sidebar of the Finder window. Click the device to select it.
3. If prompted, trust your device.
4. Select the type of content that you want to sync or remove. To turn syncing on for a content type, select the checkbox next to Sync.
5. Select the checkbox next to each item that you want to sync.
   
6. Click the Apply button in the lower-right corner of the window. If syncing doesn't start automatically, click the Sync button.

* You can only sync your device with one Apple Music or Apple TV library at a time. If you see a message that your device is synced with another Apple Music or Apple TV library, your device was previously connected to another computer. If you click 'Erase and Sync' in that message, all content of the selected type on your device will be erased and replaced with content from this computer.

Sync your content using Wi-Fi

After you set up syncing with the Finder using USB, you can set up the Finder to sync to your device with Wi-Fi instead of USB.

1. Connect your device to your computer with a USB cable, then open a Finder window and select your device.
2. Select “Show this [device] when on Wi-Fi.'
3. Click Apply.

When the computer and the device are on the same Wi-Fi network, the device appears in the Finder. The device syncs automatically whenever it's plugged in to power.

Get help

• Learn how to sync content with iTunes.
• Learn what to do if you see an error when you try to sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
• Learn how to redownload items that you purchased on another device.
• Learn how to import photos and videos to your computer.

If you're using macOS Mojave or earlier or a Windows PC, use iTunes to share files between your computer and your iOS or iPadOS device.

Other ways to share

Learn about other ways you can share files between your Mac and your devices. These features work wirelessly.

iCloud Drive lets you securely access all of your documents from your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, or PC. No matter which device you're using, you'll always have the most up-to-date documents when and where you need them.

With Handoff, you can start a document, email, or message on one device and pick up where you left off on another device. Handoff works with Apple apps such as Mail, Safari, Maps, Messages, Reminders, Calendar, Contacts, Pages, Numbers, and Keynote. It also works with some third-party apps.

AirDrop lets you instantly share your photos, videos, documents, and more with other Apple devices that are nearby.

What you need to use the Finder to share files

• An iPhone, iPad, iPod touch with the latest version of iOS or iPadOS
• An iOS or iPadOS app that works with File Sharing

See the iOS and iPadOS apps that can share files with your Mac

1. Open a Finder window.
2. Connect your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to your computer with a USB cable.
3. Select your device in the Finder. Learn what to do if your computer doesn't recognize your device.
4. Click the Files tab to see a list of apps that can share files. If you don't see a Files section, your device doesn't have any apps that can share files.
   
5. Click the triangle next to an app to see the files that you can share.
   

Copy from your Mac to your device

1. Select the files that you want to copy. Select only files that work with the app. Check the app’s user guide to see which ones work.
2. Drag the files to the app on your device. The Finder copies the files to your device.

Copy from your device to your Mac

1. Select the files that you want to copy.
2. Drag the files to a folder on your computer. The Finder copies the files to your computer.

Open shared files

On your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, use the app that you chose in the Files tab to open files that you shared from your computer.

Depending on the file type, some apps can't open files in other apps or locations. You can see the list of files in the Files tab of the Finder when your device is connected to your computer.

Back up shared files

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When iCloud or your computer backs up your device, it backs up your shared files as well.

If you delete an app with shared files from your iOS or iPadOS device, you also delete those shared files from your device and your iCloud or computer backup. To avoid losing shared files, copy the files to your computer before deleting the app from your device.

Delete shared files from your device

1. Open a Finder window on your Mac.
2. Connect your device to your computer using a USB cable.
3. Select your device in the Finder. Learn what to do if your computer doesn't recognize your device.
4. Select the app from the list in the Files section.
5. In the Documents list, select the file that you want to delete, then press the Delete key on your keyboard.
6. When the Finder asks you to confirm, click Delete.
   

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There might be other ways to delete files from an app. See the app's user guide to find out more.