A while ago someone gave me their old iPhone 5 and suggested it might be useful to replace an iPod touch I have had for about ten years and that I haven't used much because its battery doesn't last as long as it used to and I didn't think it had Bluetooth connectivity.
These days I run my audio for all my computers via a Logitech Bluetooth Adapter, and since I have all the computers running on a single Monitor and all controlled from a single keyboard and mouse, it is simply a matter of scrolling across to a computer and switching it to the Bluetooth Adapter.
Of course, in the process of messing around with stuff we discovered that 1) the iPhone only had about 1.6GB storage free, and 2) the old iPod does in fact have Bluetooth.
I also discovered that there is almost no way to access a folder on the iPhone from Linux Mint, to easily copy mp3 files across (the only files that are small enough to be much use).
Then I read about an iPhone App called Evermusic. Evermusic was supposed to be an 'Offline Music Player' and there's a Free version with some functions limited, and a Pro version that costs $14.99. Initial impressions suggest I might be parting with some cash shortly :-)
Evermusic surprised me because a couple of interesting dialogs popped up immediately after install offering to help me set up any cloud/online accounts I have that contain Music. For the moment I skipped that and the next thing it showed me was computers connected to my local wireless network.
I tapped one of them and it asked for my login and password. I answered with that computer's network credentials and the next screen showed all the shared folders on that computer.
I navigated to a folder that had music in it, then remembered I have limited space on the iPhone and changed to a folder with MP3 files.
The music player screen opened to a list of songs. I chose one and tapped and it began playing.
Next I opened Settings on the iPhone and turned Bluetooth on, the iPhone found my Logitech Adapter, I connected to it, and the iPhone is playing music across Bluetooth.
A little looking around and I discovered that if I tap on the three dots ... at the right end of any song in the list, I can download it. A little more poking around and I realised I can tap 'Select All' and download all the songs in a folder once it is opened for playing.
I can't download a complete folder, but it seems that might be an option on the paid version.
For now though, I have a cheap music player and one more iPhone saved from scrap!
