Syncing Your Android Device with iTunes

So far, there is no direct solution for syncing an Android device with iTunes. The good news is there are several third party apps, for both OS X and Windows that can do the trick pretty neat. We’re going to show you the how to do the sync using “Salling Media Sync”.

Requirements:

• An USB cable (the one that came with your phone or any USB cable that you are using to connect your Android phone to the computer)
• A Mac or PC application (Salling Media Sync)
• Your Android device and a Mac or a PC

I. Download the Application:

• Go to http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/mac/ if you own a Mac, or go to http://www.salling.com/MediaSync/Windows/ if you own a PC.

• If you need to sync photos as well, you also need to download Adobe Photoshop Elemets 6.x – 8.x (from here: http://download.cnet.com/Adobe-Photoshop-Elements/3000-2192_4-10057110.html)

 

II. Install Salling Media Sync on Your Computer:

1. Download the application on your desktop then double click on the file;
2. Start the installation (it will take around 5 mins)
3. In the meanwhile, connect your phone to the computer

III. Mount Your Android Disk Drive:

1. After Salling Media Sync is installed on your computer, it will prompt you to make your phone’s storage available;
2. You just have to swipe down the notification area and reveal the “Connect to PC” menu;
3. Choose “Disk Drive – mount as disk drive” option. That will let Salling Media Sync see your Android’s storage.

IV. Sync:

1. Salling Media Sync now can see you phone’s storage as an external storage
2. Go directly to Music or Podcasts tab and check everything you need to sync between iTunes and your Android device.

Paid vs. Unpaid Version – Salling Media:

* The free version of Salling Media will synchronize your entire library every time you need to sync, whereas the paid one will just add the songs missing (therefore it will take much less time to sync using the paid version).