How to sync my iPhone 4 with new MacBook?
Hi. I just got a brand new MacBook Pro today & when I tried to sync my music to my MacBook, it kept saying, 'An iPhone Can Be Synced With Only One iTunes Library At A Time. Erasing & Syncing Replaces The Contents of This iPhone With The Contents Of This iTunes Library' I just want to sync my phone with my new laptop & I don't wanna loose all my stuff that I have on my phone cause it's happened before & it wasn't fun. How do I do it?
It's a new system, you sync with it and it wipes your device bc there's nothing in the new system. You would want to transfer your old data from your original system to the new one then sync.
The silly thing about this is with iTunes syncing, it will sync whatever is on the computer to any iDevice and not wipe anything, but if the iTunes library is cleared it won't sync from iDevice to your computer. Just not the way it works.
Try this: Create a backup in your new computer through iTunes. Here is a link to how:
http://support.apple.com/.../kb/HT1766
That way you won't lose anything like photos and contacts, game save data, calendar info, etc.
As for apps and whatnot, you'll want to "transfer purchases." Here's how:
http://support.apple.com/.../kb/HT1848
The only thing I can't help you move is music. If you have music that is on the phone but not inside the new iTunes library, you can't sync it to the new computer with your phone. You will have to take the music files from your old computer and move them to the new computer then add them to the iTunes library. Then you can sync them back onto the iPhone.
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