How to sync my iPhone onto a new iTunes library?
I've always had my iPhone synced to my parents' iTunes library, but I want to switch onto my own iTunes account. How do I do that?
There's nothing to do. This is how the iphone is designed.
You can sync with one and only one computer at a time. Syncing to another will erase the current content and replace with content from the new computer.
The sync is also one way - computer to iphone. The only exception is itunes purchases: File>Transfer Purchases
Use your backup copy of your computer to move everything to the other computer.
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