I need to use my new computer for my existing iphone. how do i do that without losing all of my data?

i bought a new computer and would like to use it for my existing iphone. the iphone is registered on my boyfriends computer as of now. i dont want to lose all of my data in the process. how would i go about doing this?

Copy the iTunes library from your boyfriend's computer to your computer. Then when you sync you won't lose anything.

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