Copy Music from iPhone to MacMini

MBER wrote:

I see solutions and responses to the same question, but they are a couple years old. Ive replaced an iMac with a Mac Mini. the Time Machine backup was garbage. (note - a new SSD with a Thunderbolt enclosure is on order to reduce chances of this happening again. )

The old iMac has been wiped for recycling.

iPhone 14 Pro (16.3.1) and Mac Mini running Ventura. I have lots of music I ripped from CD so it's not a simple case of downloading purchased music. It looks like iTunes Match is supposed to do what I want to do, but there is a warning when enabling the setting to "sync library" that my library will be removed from my iPhone so I maybe iTunes Match is not the solution. It costs $25/yr so if I paid fro the wrong service, I will see a refund. I am open to using a third party software to make the transfer if thats what it will require. This should be a one time project. Once the transfer is completed, iCloud can take over to keep all in sync or I can connect the iPhone to the Mac and sync as needed for maintenance.

You will need to buy a 3rd party app like touch copy to transfer music to your mac.

MBER wrote:

To help others, I've purchased a program called iMazing that did a great job. I ran the trial whcih allowed me to move 50 songs. The process was quick and easy. $40- later and my library is transferred.

That one works too, I just couldn't remember the name.