HT1349 I lost everything on my old computer, so I ended up buying a new one. I formatted my harddrive by accident. It all started when I upgraded to itunes 10. Ok I see I have all my Data by looking down on the data bars at the bottom. So what do I do nex

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I lost all Data on old computer, I accidentally formatted hard drive. I was right in the middle of syncing my iPhone with computer, but computer was full so I had to delete some programs. Well I purchased new computer and tried to sync but nothing happened. I know I need to choose the right menu command but I'm a fraid to loose all Data on my phone. Please Help

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Let me see if I've gotten this right! You want to remove an account from BOTH machines? Do this for your new machine first, then for the other.
Click the Apple logo on the top left of the screen, System Preferences, Users and Groups (under Systems), unlock the lock in the window if its locked (you need to know the password), select the user that you wish to remove, and click the - sign next to the + sign for Login options. A window will pop up with some options. Select Delete this user and securely, and click 'Delete user'.
After this, do an update from the App Store.
Thats all there is to it.
For the other machine repeat the process except for one thing. Before you delete the user in this case YOU, you will have to give Administrator priviledges to your son bu checking the box 'Allow user to administer this computer'.
Do NOT do anything from Finder ... if you dont know how to fix the consequences of the problems caused.
There is no need to unauthorize your iTunes account on your new machine. Do it on the old machine though.