How to Use an iPhone As a USB Drive Without iTunes

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The iPhone is sold with four to 32 gigabytes of storage space. If you want to take advantage of this storage space and use the iPhone as a USB drive, you can download several third-party transfer applications on your computer that will enable this feature. In addition, these third-party applications offer a working alternative to using iTunes to transfer information to your iPhone.

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Step 1

Download and install a third-party transfer application on your computer that allows you to use your iPhone as a USB drive (See Resources). iPhone Explorer, DiskAid and Xilisoft iPhone Transfer are three such applications.

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Step 2

Open the third-party transfer application on your computer.

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Step 3

Attach the iPhone cable to the port located at the bottom of your iPhone. Connect the other end of the cable to an available USB port on your computer.

Step 4

Select your computer's hard drive from the file-transfer application.

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Step 5

Select the files you want to transfer to your iPhone. You can select a single file or multiple files.

Step 6

Click the "Transfer" button to download the files from your computer to your iPhone.

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