How to Get a Free Song from iTunes

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This wikiHow teaches you how to use a free Apple Music trial to listen to music on your iPhone or iPad for a limited time, as well as how to pay for music with a gift card rather than your credit or debit card. While Apple used to host a free song of the week, they no longer provide this service; if you want to listen to music from Apple without paying, you'll either need to use an Apple Music free trial or a gift card given to you by someone else.

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Using an Apple Music Free Trial

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  1. If you have an iPhone or an iPad on which you're logged in with an Apple ID that you've never used to purchase an Apple Music subscription, you can try Apple Music for free for three months.
    • Apple Music allows you to download and listen to a huge selection of songs for free.
    • At the end of the three months, you'll need to pay for any additional months or cancel your membership.
    • Unfortunately, this is more of a quick fix than a long-term solution—Apple Music songs will be deleted from your iPhone if you cancel your subscription.
  2. Tap the Settings app icon, which resembles a grey box with gears on it.
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  3. It's near the middle of the Settings page.
  4. This switch, which is near the top of the page, will turn green
    iPhone Switch On Icon
    , signifying that you've enabled Apple Music in your iPhone's Music app.
    • If this switch is already green, Apple Music is enabled in the Music app.
  5. You'll find it below the "Show Apple Music" switch. A pop-up window will appear.
  6. It's at the bottom of the pop-up window. [1]
    • If you don't have this option, you cannot use Apple Music for free on your current Apple ID account.
  7. This pricing option is at the top of the menu.
  8. It's at the bottom of the screen.
  9. Scan your Touch ID fingerprint, or type in your Apple ID password, then tap Sign In .
  10. If prompted, tap the card or payment method you want to use with Apple Music. You won't be charged now, but this information will be used to pay for Apple Music in three months.
    • If you don't have any payment information on file, tap Continue when prompted, then enter your payment information.
  11. Once you've entered your payment information, you'll just need to complete the final steps of the Apple Music setup:
    • Select at least two genres you like.
    • Select at least three artists you like.
    • Follow any other on-screen instructions.
  12. Although your music will be removed at the end of the three-month trial if you choose not to terminate your membership, you can listen to any amount of music in the Apple Music library:
    • Open your iPhone's Music app.
    • Tap Search
    • Tap the search bar at the top of the screen.
    • Tap the Apple Music tab.
    • Enter a name and tap Search
    • Tap ＋ next to a song (or tap an album and then tap +ADD ) to download the song.
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Paying with a Gift Card on iPhone

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  1. If someone gave you a gift card that you want to use for your iTunes purchases, you can enter its code into your iPhone in order to apply it to your next purchases. [2]
    • iTunes gift cards take precedent over your normal payment method, so any purchases made after entering your gift card code will use your gift card (until you've used up your gift card).
    • You will need to scratch the foil off of the back of your gift card before you can view its code.
  2. Tap the iTunes Store app, which resembles a white star on a pink background.
  3. It's at the very bottom of the screen.
  4. When prompted, type in the password you use to log into your Apple ID account, then tap Sign In .
  5. It's in the middle of the screen.
  6. Using the on-screen keyboard, enter the code that's on the back of your gift card.
  7. It's in the top-right corner of the screen.
  8. As long as the gift card's balance is sufficient, any song you purchase will use your gift card's balance rather than using a credit or debit card:
    • Tap Search , then tap the search bar at the top of the screen.
    • Type in a song's name.
    • Tap the price of the song.
    • Scan your Touch ID or enter your Apple ID password when prompted.
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Paying with a Gift Card on Desktop

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  1. If someone gave you a gift card that you want to use for your iTunes purchases, you can enter its code into your iPhone in order to apply it to your next purchases.
    • iTunes gift cards take precedent over your normal payment method, so any purchases made after entering your gift card code will use your gift card (until you've used up your gift card).
    • You will need to scratch the foil off of the back of your gift card before you can view its code.
  2. Click the iTunes app icon, which resembles a multicolored musical note on a white background.
  3. It's in the top-left corner of the iTunes window (Windows) or at the top of the screen (Mac). Doing so prompts a drop-down menu.
  4. You'll find this option in the Account drop-down menu.
  5. Type in the password you use to log into your Apple ID account, then click Sign In .
  6. Type in the code that's on the back of your gift card.
  7. It's to the right of the gift card code's text box.
  8. As long as the gift card's balance is sufficient, any song you purchase will use your gift card's balance rather than using a credit or debit card:
    • Click the Store tab.
    • Type an artist name, album name, or song name into the search bar in the top-right side of the page.
    • Click the price to the right of a song you want to buy.
    • Enter your Apple ID email address and password when prompted.
    • Click Buy , then click OK when prompted.
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    How do I get free songs on my iPhone?
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    There's an app called iFile manager. Get that. Use it's browsing tool (located in the app) and get onto youtube-mp3.org with your link to the song. The good thing is that it's not limited to songs by artists! It'll let you download it like Safari won't.
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    You must install a torrenting app (like Utorrent or Bittorrent) on your iPad for downloaded torrents to work. Then you can go to the torrent you want, click on its magnet link and it will open the torrenting app you've already added to the iPad, and start the downloading.
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    This is not possible unless you have a jailbroken device, or you download apps that allow you to save up for a gift card through tasks like downloading other apps.
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      References

      1. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204930
      2. ↑ https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht201209

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