I copied my whole itunes folder to an external drive as id run out of space on my PC. I then changed the location of the folder on iTunes through preferrances, but it gave me a warning which i just pressed no/cancel to without reading it, but i didn't realise that then it had not saved the new folder location. When i deleted the original folder, everything dissappeared from itunes meaning i had to reload everything from the new, moved, itunes folder. This wasn't a problem, except it had lost all memory of playlists and play counts etc. But now, when i try and sync my phone, it tells me there's not enough space on the phone as it must be trying to add all of the music from itunes to the phone as well as what is already on the phone.
Is there a way to upload everything from the phone to itunes, including play counts and playlists?
if not…
How do i just sync my phone to itunes without having to reset the phone and losing photographs, and without itunes trying to add everything twice?
Last question, why do Apple want to make this so difficult for me? What is wrong with plane old 'click and drag'?