Can't copy itunes songs from macbook running tiger to iphone

My Daughter just got an iPhone and wants to copy the songs she purchased on Itunes from her macbook to the iPhone to listen to and use as ringtones. The macbook is currently running tiger OS X 10.4.11. She said that once she plugged her iPhone into the macbook and brought up iTunes, she received a message that she needed to upgrade her current iTunes to "iTunes version 10.1". She then went to the apple website and clicked "download iTunes 10.1" and after clicking "install" got another message saying "Couldn't open 'Install iTunes.pkg'. This package type requires Mac OS X 10.5." Does anyone know of a possible workaround other than buying a new operating system?

If your computer meets the requirements for Snow Leopard, you can purchase the $29 upgrade disk & go straight to SL:
http://support.apple.com/kb/SP575
Otherwise, you'd need a retail copy of Leopard.
This link is useful if you can go to SL:
http://snowleopard.wikidot.com/snowchecker

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My guess is that there is something I am missing or something I am doing wrong.
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can we copy back songs from iPhone to iTunes library, once if deleted from iTunes library ?

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I fixed this issue (with help from tech support) and it involved several things.
After adding a song to iTunes, right-click on the song in iTunes and select "Update iTunes Match."
OR go to the iTunes menu-->Store-->Update iTunes Match.
Maybe that's the reason, it just hadn't updated to the cloud.
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Why can not I transfer songs from my computer to my iphone?
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Are you manually dragging and dropping files in an attempt to move music from your client itunes to your idevice? And seeing the process hang and potentially locking itunes?
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In your itunes client music library:
Right click on one music file
Hover over the Add to Playlist option
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I just bought an ipod and downloaded itunes on it and my lap-top, (where I use windows media player.) Today I bought some songs from another website on my computer, but I couldn't find them in the "my music" folders, I signed on to itunes and found them there. I checked, and my preferences for that site hadn't been changed; how can I copy those songs back into windows? Itunes copied my entire library from my computer...

I'm replying to myself:
I figured this out; just go to the itunes folder, open it, and then move the song, or album, into that artist's folder in "my music." I thought about doing this, then I read the cautions about renaming, or moving, tracks and hesitated. It worked just fine.

Can i copy my songs from my iPod onto iTunes if they aren't on my iTunes?

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Connect your iPod to your computer. If it is set to update automatically you'll get a message that it is linked to a different library and asking if you want to link to this one and replace all your songs etc, press "Cancel". Pressing "Erase and Sync" will irretrievably remove all the songs from your iPod. Your iPod should appear in the iTunes source list from where you can change the update setting to manual and use your iPod without the risk of accidentally erasing it. Also when using a lot of the utilities your iPod needs to be enabled for disc use, changing to manual update will do this by default. Check the "manually manage music and videos" box in Summary then press the Apply button: Managing content manually on iPod
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iPodCopy Mac and Windows Versions
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CopyPod Windows Only
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Welcome to Apple Discussions!
Are you sure your computer is authorized for this? This is probably your issue.
If you go to the "Advanced" tab on the top in iTunes, is there a "Deauthorize computer..." button or an "Authorize computer..." button? If there's an "authorize computer" link, then that is your issue. Authorize your computer, and you should be able to transfer iTMS purchased songs from iTunes to iPod.
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I never laughed in all my life. Here I was, inserting the cd Dance with Me, thinking it's not going to copy the whole thing. yeah, right.
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Sorry that didn't work.
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Can't copy itunes songs from macbook running tiger to iphone

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