transfer from imac g5 ti iphone 12

Thanks for the information, what you own is likely an iMac, a fairly late one. Again, knowing the model year would be helpful. Below are the steps to take.

1. Open the Music app and select Music > Settings
2. Click General
3. Click the When a CD is inserted pop-up menu
4. Select Import CD
5. Click Yes to import all songs on the CD
6. Click Import CD near the top right of the Music window to add the selected songs to your library 

If you still get stuck, please call AppleCare and they will walk you through the process on the phone. You can find the phone number for your country by clicking AppleCare Contact Info

An iMac G5 would be a PowerPC-based iMac released between August 2004 and October 2005. The highest version of the OS that it could run would be Mac OS X 10.5.8 (Leopard), the last version of Mac OS X that was available for any PowerPC-based Mac.

The iPhone 12 originally only supported manual synchronization with Macs that were running OS X 10.11.6 (El Capitan) and later. If you have updated your iPhone 12 to iOS 17 or 18, manual synchronization probably now requires Macs that are running Mac OS X 10.3.* (High Sierra) or later. Only Apple Silicon Macs and some Intel Macs are recent enough to satisfy these requirements.

In either case, an iMac G5 would be far, far too old to manage an iPhone 12.

iPhone 12 - Technical Specifications - Apple Support

In case you can not see my earlier reply..?

The directions in the following two Apple Support Articles work fine for me.

Have look at > Sync music between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

and > Connect your device to your Mac to sync Music content - Apple Support

The chances of you owning G6 iMac are EXTREMELY low. Please click the Apple symbol in the upper left of the display and then click About This Mac, in the window that will open it will let you know the model year. iMac you own. We need that information and also the version of Mac OS that is installed on it.

Sonogirl123 wrote:

As I stated I already have the CD imported. I am trying to get it to my iPhone 12

Once the music is in your Music Library, you would use the Finder to sync it onto the iPhone 12.

In the Finder, go into Finder > Settings… and make sure that in the Sidebar tab, you have checked off the box for "CDs, DVDs, and iOS Devices" (or whatever line might be appropriate for Catalina). Then follow the directions in the Support articles to which den.thed provided a link.

Have look at > Sync music between your Mac and iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

and > Connect your device to your Mac to sync Music content - Apple Support

Exactly what model Mac do you have and what version of macOS is it running?

And are you talking about a music CD?

You’re welcome.