I have "another iTunes library" - How do I get out of it and start over?
Hi -
I'm looking at this error message while trying to sync my iPhone4 with iTunes on a new user account on a Windows 7 machine:
This iPhone is synced with another itunes library.
Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?
An iPhone can only be associated with one library at a time.
I don't want to erase and sync with THIS library because its a new install of iTunes and the library is blank.
When I first sync'd this iPhone 4 with this computer - every user's music went into one library. I'm assuming that THAT is the other iTunes library that's causing the problem.
But now I have a separate Windows account and want my iTunes library separated so that I can sync with only my stuff.
How do I do this?
Thanks
the music is ONLY on the phone.
Josh, That makes it more complicated. See turingtest2's user tip on "Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device."
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