HT1386 When I sync my i-phone with my pc, will it pull audio from my phone to my i-tunes on my pc?  My problem is I have songs on my pc that will not play - the message says "original file could not be found"... They play on my phone.

I am not sure if the synching will pull the audio from my phone and replace the 'not working' files on my i-tunes, or if it will replace the working audio on my phone with the non-functioning audio on my pc.
Thanks for any insight...

No it won't.  You are getting that message because those song are no longer in your my music folder and itunes doesn't know where to look for the file.

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