HT1202 Manually Manage Music/ Videos with multiple computers

I recently got a new iphone 4s and when it was set up I made sure the manually manage music part was on, I added my music and everything worked fine.
I'm abroad now and wanted to delete and change some of my music but the manually manage box is no longer ticked and I get the warning saying "Your phone is Synced with another iTunes Library do you want to erase this iphone and sync with this itunes libary". How can I get around this I dont want to lose all my music!!!!
Please Help!

Lukek07 wrote:
"Your phone is Synced with another iTunes Library do you want to erase this iphone and sync with this itunes libary".
As the message infers, you can only sync your iDevice to
a single iTunes library.  The only way around this, which is
of no real use to you now but for future reference, is to have
your iTunes library (entire iTunes folder) an a separate hard
drive and carry it around where ever you go.  Any computer
you have will need to be set up to connect its iTunes to that
library.
The one caveat of this is that is backups of the iDevice.
Each computer will have a different backup file depending on
when you synced to the computers (backups are stored
in ~/Library/Application Support/Mobile Sync/ Backup on
the computer not in iTunes library).  Where this is problematic
is if you need to  do a restore and you only have a computer
available with an old backup and not the most recent.
The other problem will be if you manage Address Book, Calendars,
etc. different on different computers.  Things can get jumbled, lost,
or just plain add duplicates.
As for your current situation, there really isn't much you can do.

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