How to Upload and Download Music on Dropbox?

In this article, let’s go through how to upload and download music from iPhone, Android, and Web Browsers in Dropbox.

I love to listen to music each and every day, I have downloaded a variety of music on my device and listen to them depending on my mindset.

Due to more downloaded music on my device, I face a storage issue in my device. So, I usually upload music to Dropbox and download the particular music I like to hear according to my mindset.

If you are addicted to music and downloaded a number of music on your device and facing a storage issue. Then this article is for you guys.

Once we upload those files to Dropbox then we can download them whenever we like to hear those songs.

Dropbox is considered an online backup service because we can retrieve files when necessary.

The topics that we are going to cover are listed below:

How to upload music files from Mac to a Dropbox account
How to upload music files from Windows to a Dropbox account
How to upload music files in the Dropbox web browser
How to download music files in the Dropbox web browser
How to upload music to Dropbox on iPhone
How to download Dropbox music on iPhone
How do I sync my iPhone music to Dropbox
How to upload music to Dropbox on android mobile
How to download music to android mobile from Dropbox
How do I save music from iTunes or apple music to Dropbox

Table of Contents

How to Upload Music Files From Mac to Dropbox Account

We can move downloaded music from Mac to Dropbox by the following steps.

Open the Dropbox folder in Finder on Mac.
Place the mouse pointer on the desired file, hold and drag the mouse on the file to the Dropbox folder.
Or select the file and control-click the mouse and move to the Dropbox option displays.
Click the Move to Dropbox option on the Mac.
The selected file will be moved to a Dropbox account and no longer exist on the Mac.

Follow the above steps to upload the file from Mac to the Dropbox account.

How to Upload Music Files From Windows to a Dropbox account

To free up space in windows move the music files from the windows to the Dropbox account.

Open the Dropbox folder in file explorer on windows.
Place the mouse pointer on the desired file, hold and drag the mouse on the file to the Dropbox folder.
Or select the file and control-click and the copy option displays, then move to the Dropbox folder and control-click, and the paste option displays.
Click the paste option.
The file will be moved to a Dropbox account.

Follow the above steps to upload the file from windows to your Dropbox account.

How to Upload Music Files in the Dropbox Web Browser

We can directly upload the music files from the Dropbox browser.

Open the Dropbox app on the Dropbox web browser.
Click the Upload option, if you want only music files to upload select the files option, if they are in the folder then select the folder option.

The file explorer opens in Windows and on Mac the finder opens.
Tap on the music file or folders to upload to the Dropbox account.

Follow the above instructions to move the music files into the Dropbox account directly.

How to Download Music Files in the Dropbox Web Browser

We can download music files from the Dropbox browsers like Google Chrome, Safari, and Mozilla fire Box.

Open Dropbox in the web browser.
Select the file to download and click the horizontal dots “…” as shown in the image.

On clicking the dots the dropdown menu appears and click the Download option.

On clicking download, we can either open the music file or save it on the Mac or windows.

How to Upload Music to Dropbox on iPhone

There are two ways to upload music to iPhone Dropbox.

Upload music to Dropbox on the iPhone using the Dropbox app.
Upload music to Dropbox on the iPhone using the Dropbox website.

Upload Music to Dropbox on the iPhone using the Dropbox App

Go through the below instructions to move the music to iPhone Dropbox by Dropbox app:

Open the Dropbox application on the iPhone.
Click the plus icon “+” on top of Create option.

Click the Create or upload file option in the iPhone Dropbox.
Select the music from the iPhone music app.

Click the Upload on the selected music file.

By moving the music to iPhone Dropbox we can free up the space in the iPhone.

Upload Music to Dropbox on the iPhone using the Dropbox Website

We can also save music on our iPhone without installing the Dropbox application on the iDevice.

We can transfer only the music that we purchase in the iTunes app.

Download iTunes on the Mac and connect the iPhone to the Mac.
Select the name of the music file on the top right corner of the iTunes window > devices > click the name of the iPhone connected.
Once the transfer is complete, click the recently added on the iTunes window and click the download option on the purchased music to save it in Dropbox.
Open the Dropbox app in the browsers.
Select any folder to save the music file.
Select the music to save in Dropbox and click the Upload option.

After uploading the selected music files, the music files will be saved to Dropbox within a few minutes.

How to Download Dropbox Music on iPhone

Download the music Mp3 files from my Dropbox to iPhone for downloading the Dropbox music on iPhone.

Open Dropbox on iPhone mobile.
Select the audio file and click the vertical ellipse dots.

Tap the export option in the below-displaying options.
Press the save to device option and select the location to save the file.
Click the save option to save the file in the selected location.

The selected music file will be downloaded from Dropbox and will be stored on iPhone.

How do I Sync My iPhone Music to Dropbox

Follow the below steps to sync iPhone music in Dropbox.

Select File > Add File to Library to add the Dropbox files.
Choose Music in the left sidebar by clicking on the iPhone symbol in the upper left corner of the Dropbox.
Select Sync Music in the right sidebar.

We can sync a particular song or the downloaded music in the playlist.

How to Upload Music to Dropbox on Android Mobile

Follow the below instructions to upload the music to Dropbox using an android phone.

Open the Dropbox application on android mobile.
Tap the plus icon “+” with blue color.

Click the Create or upload files option on android Dropbox.

After clicking upload file, tap the music file to upload.

How to Download Music to Android Mobile from Dropbox

We can save the music from Dropbox to our android mobile device in the following ways.

Open the Dropbox application on Android mobile.
Select the music file to save to the device and click on the vertical ellipse.

The selected music file opens and pops down with many options, click on the save to device option.

Download music file from Dropbox to android

After giving save to the device the file name displays and asks for save, click on the save option to save the music on the Device.

While saving the music file to the android device from Dropbox we can change the name of the file name.

How do I Save Music From iTunes or Apple Music to Dropbox

All the music we download from iTunes and Apple is in plain music format, uploading those to Dropbox is a simple method.

In addition to mobile apps for iOS, Android, and Windows Phone devices, Dropbox provides desktop applications for PCs running Microsoft Windows and macOS.

It has a website interface as well. As a result, we may upload songs to Dropbox using either its app or website.

Conclusion

We have reached the conclusion of the article regarding how to upload and download music from Dropbox.

I hope you have got enough information on uploading and downloading music files from the Dropbox iPhone, Android mobile, and Dropbox web browsers.

If you are facing storage issues in the device we can move the music files to Dropbox and download them when necessary.