Why is it so hard to copy things to iphone?

Why can't be just drag and drop

You can drag drop from iphone to windows using explorer

Blame apple

This is because apple restricts what can be put on the safe iOS system. What you are trying to achieve can't be so difficult, once you know how it all works.

First you should Transfer movies and music from Mac to iPhone, and vice versa

iPhone can't be used as an external hard drive once connected to your computer. In order to add your local movies or songs to your iPhone, things you need to do:
1. Make sure the file formats are compatible with iPhone. IPhone only accepts videos in MOV, MP4, M4V and some kind of AVI, music in MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV etc. If not, convert your files to the compatible format first.
2. Make sure the media file is encrypted or not. If your media files are purchased by yourself from iTunes or shared by others and have been authorized, go to step 3; if not, make it DRM free first.
3. Sync items from your computer to the iPhone. Take transferring Mac videos to iPhone for example:
Via iTunes: launch iTunes -> connect iPhone to your Mac -> click on Movies -> drag any movie(s) in the iTunes library to your iPhone's name in the left sidebar of the iTunes.
Via iCloud: If you have other iOS devices running iOS 5 and have iCloud backups, you can log in iCloud on your new iPhone (go to Setting -> iCloud -> Enter your Apple ID info -> then you will get a iCloud terms doc, agree it) and restore the iCloud backup on the device.
Via TunesOver: download and install TunesOver -> connect your iPhone to Mac -> click the "Add" button to find the movies on your Mac or iTunes library to import them to your iPhone. This Mac app is available for transferring your iPhone contents back to Mac. If you have any problem, please take my advice firstly and continue to ask, I'd be happy to serve you.

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