Gandalf_The_Grey
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Why don't you use the iPhone, people sometimes ask me. Two main problems, I tells them. One, being able to use an adblocker in Safari. Two, being able to copy my local music, my MP3 files onto the iPhone without using the iTunes application. For almost ten years or so, give or take, this has been an outstanding pair of problems for me, especially the latter. Now, I am pleased to say I have solved it. And I'd like to share my story as a tutorial.
Recently, I had a chance to test the iPhone 13 Mini. Turned out to be a pretty solid device. I also discovered that you can use content and adblockers for Safari. For example, Firefox Focus and Adblock Plus (ABP) are both available as Safari extensions. Awesome, check. More importantly, I have finally figured how to copy music onto the phone without using iTunes. Let us proceed.
Copy local music to iPhone with VLC and without iTunes
Tutorial showing how to copy local media (and music files) onto the iPhone without using the iTunes by utilizing the VLC media player Sharing over Wi-Fi functionality, Web server interface, bulk vs individual file copy and some associated errors, and more