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<blockquote data-quote="RadDave" data-source="post: 1691116" data-attributes="member: 234411"><p>Hi again <strong>Lori....</strong> - let me do the same as before since you've given us some good information and further questions:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>First, your MBAir could be upgraded to El Capitan (10.11.2 now - just did my two Macs) - second, do you have your music on the Apple laptop and if not do you want to? You should decide to control that iTunes library to your iDevices from one or the other, so a decision? As to your iPhone 4, 8 GB of storage will not offer much space to put a lot of music (my 2G iPod Touch which is fixed on iOS v. 4.x has 32 GB) - now, you did not tell us you had an iPhone 5s before w/ a recent iOS (which is now 9.2) - how much storage do you have on that phone? Also, how much storage is on your iPad Air, either could be used to store your music. So, my first thought is that you need to put your music either on your newest iPhone or your iPad (could be both, could be split).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Well, your new iPad and iPhone have the smaller lightning adapter so will not work in the older 30-pin connection on your stereo w/o an intermediate adapter; however, your stereo likely accepts a mini-stereo input which can be connected via a cable to the headphone output of your iDevices - just a consideration; in other words, you could put your music on either of your newer iDevices and attach either w/ the mini-stereo cable suggested (I've done the same over the years w/ several of mine).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>OK, all MP3 format and up to 180 GB total size - a LOT of music which will not fit completely on your present iDevices - do you want to be selective? If so, you need to decide what music you may want to transfer to your iDevices? Also, seems that you have no music on your Mac laptop - correct? If so, then you'll need to decide which of your two computers may best serve your iTunes needs - I would pick your Apple machine but your choice? If you decide to import this music into iTunes on your Apple laptop, then should be easily done.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As already stated, <em>iTunes Match</em> would allow you to put all of your music into Apple's Cloud at $25/year - you seem not to want that option - true? Your iPhone 4 could be use w/ the old 30-pin dock but you have only 8 GB (much of which may be already used?), so probably not a great choice. BUT, as suggested before, all of your iDevices have headphone output which likely could be attached to your stereo (not sure, but I've done that before). Of course, if you have your music in iTunes on the MBAir, you could connect it via cable to your stereo or all of your Apple devices could send music via BT (Bluetooth) wirelessly (I use BT all of the time w/ headphones and a portable travel speaker; also, at home on BT capable sounders - so many options). </p><p></p><p>Well, hope this helps - and continue w/ your questions - there are numerous choices. Dave <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadDave, post: 1691116, member: 234411"] Hi again [B]Lori....[/B] - let me do the same as before since you've given us some good information and further questions: First, your MBAir could be upgraded to El Capitan (10.11.2 now - just did my two Macs) - second, do you have your music on the Apple laptop and if not do you want to? You should decide to control that iTunes library to your iDevices from one or the other, so a decision? As to your iPhone 4, 8 GB of storage will not offer much space to put a lot of music (my 2G iPod Touch which is fixed on iOS v. 4.x has 32 GB) - now, you did not tell us you had an iPhone 5s before w/ a recent iOS (which is now 9.2) - how much storage do you have on that phone? Also, how much storage is on your iPad Air, either could be used to store your music. So, my first thought is that you need to put your music either on your newest iPhone or your iPad (could be both, could be split). Well, your new iPad and iPhone have the smaller lightning adapter so will not work in the older 30-pin connection on your stereo w/o an intermediate adapter; however, your stereo likely accepts a mini-stereo input which can be connected via a cable to the headphone output of your iDevices - just a consideration; in other words, you could put your music on either of your newer iDevices and attach either w/ the mini-stereo cable suggested (I've done the same over the years w/ several of mine). OK, all MP3 format and up to 180 GB total size - a LOT of music which will not fit completely on your present iDevices - do you want to be selective? If so, you need to decide what music you may want to transfer to your iDevices? Also, seems that you have no music on your Mac laptop - correct? If so, then you'll need to decide which of your two computers may best serve your iTunes needs - I would pick your Apple machine but your choice? If you decide to import this music into iTunes on your Apple laptop, then should be easily done. As already stated, [I]iTunes Match[/I] would allow you to put all of your music into Apple's Cloud at $25/year - you seem not to want that option - true? Your iPhone 4 could be use w/ the old 30-pin dock but you have only 8 GB (much of which may be already used?), so probably not a great choice. BUT, as suggested before, all of your iDevices have headphone output which likely could be attached to your stereo (not sure, but I've done that before). Of course, if you have your music in iTunes on the MBAir, you could connect it via cable to your stereo or all of your Apple devices could send music via BT (Bluetooth) wirelessly (I use BT all of the time w/ headphones and a portable travel speaker; also, at home on BT capable sounders - so many options). Well, hope this helps - and continue w/ your questions - there are numerous choices. Dave :) [/QUOTE]
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