Help with manually managing music on iPhone

I set up my iPhone on my pc and just got a macbook. I want to manually manage music and video so I can use both, but when i set it up to do so on my pc my mac wants to wipe everything. How do i set it up to manually manage music on a mac and a pc?

An iPhone does not support want is called disk mode which is required for this.
An iPhone can be synced with iTunes content on a single computer only, and the same for manually manage music and video. You can sync contact information, calendar events, and bookmarks with multiple computers, but not with iTunes content, and the same for photos transferred from a computer to an iPhone.
If you want to sync iTunes content with your MacBook, you need to transfer your iTunes library from your PC to your MacBook.

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    with my ipod I can manually manage music on multiple PC's
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  • Manually manage music with new iPhone and new MacBook?

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    Manage content manually on your iPhone, iPad, and iPod - Apple Support
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  • How do you delete songs that you purchased through iTunes but don't show up when you connect the iphone to iTunes they don't show up in music when you click on "On this phone"? I have my phone setup to manually manage music. Please help.

    How do you delete songs that you purchased through iTunes but don't show up when you connect the iphone to iTunes? They don't show up in the music section when you click on "On this phone". Side Note: I have my phone setup to manually manage music. Please help.

    Hi, Mrs.Frankie57. 
    Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
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