Iphone synced with another library, how can I transfer to new computer?

when I tried to sync my iphone, itunes music, with my new computer it said "the iphone is synced with another itunes library on VAIO. Do you want to erase this iphone and sync with this itunes library?" How can I transfer my music from iphone to new computer? I don't have my old computer no more.

The referenced article doesn't transfer playlists, last time played, etc. to the new computer. I want to essentially transfer my current environment to another computer.
Originally, my PC was underpowered but had large disks. So I imported my CD collection to my PC, but then ran iTunes from my laptop across the network.
My PC has since been upgraded, so I want to connect my iPod to iTunes on my PC instead of my laptop. I tried copying and editing the XML files, but it still didn't seem to use the desired configuration files. I'm guessing I have to do something with the Persistent ID key value, but I'm not sure what it wants.
Can anyone point me to something that will help me transfer a complete environment from one machine to another?
PC Windows 2000

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The some computer glitch occurred and now iTunes thinks it was synced to another library.
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- get all the synced media like apps and music in the iTunes library.
- Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore the iPod from that backup. The above link includes those instructions.

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I helped someone transfer from an older iPhone to an iPhone 6 and did an encrypted backup on my laptop and then restored that backup to their new phone.
When they took the phone home and tried to sync their library with it they got the following message:
"The iPhone ... is synced with another iTunes library on ... Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"
I understand what iTunes is referring to but what does "Erase and Sync" actually do? Does it just erase any media i.e., songs, apps and videos and then resyncs them from the new library or does it completely wipe the phone and start from scratch?
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Hopefully someone can help with this!
I just connected my iPad to my mac mini, opened iTunes, clicked "iPad", and then clicked "music". I've been having issues with my playlists and was going to try to edit them this way. iTunes wouldn't let me even see the music on my iPad, and instead gave me a sync option, followed by this message:
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This is mystifying. This computer is relatively new - bought it in February - but:
I synced my iPad to my mac mini just a few days ago, with no issues
I've backed my iPad up to this computer once already, so my library should be the same on both devices
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I've also noticed that all of my iTunes playlists have disappeared from my computer, but remain on my iPad - could these two things be connected?
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Thanks for your quick reply!
I just re-booted my computer and iPad, and re-transferred purchases from my iPad to my computer.
I'm getting the same error message. I really don't want to take the risk and "erase" anything on my iPad, even if it should re-sync to the same place as it is now.
I bought some music this morning on my iPad, and it flowed to my computer without any issues, so the wi-fi sync seems to be working as it should, but my iTunes still seems to think I'm synced to another library.
I did notice that if I go to "on this iPad", I can see all of my music. Maybe from now on I just skip the manual sync option.
This is very strange - is there any chance I could have been hacked?
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The referenced article doesn't transfer playlists, last time played, etc. to the new computer. I want to essentially transfer my current environment to another computer.
Originally, my PC was underpowered but had large disks. So I imported my CD collection to my PC, but then ran iTunes from my laptop across the network.
My PC has since been upgraded, so I want to connect my iPod to iTunes on my PC instead of my laptop. I tried copying and editing the XML files, but it still didn't seem to use the desired configuration files. I'm guessing I have to do something with the Persistent ID key value, but I'm not sure what it wants.
Can anyone point me to something that will help me transfer a complete environment from one machine to another?
PC Windows 2000

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My iPhone is now saying it is synced with another library - despite me not changing my iPhone or iTunes since I last synced - related to downtime (2 June?)

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"The iPhone is Synced with another library. Do you want to erase..."

My itunes library has a lot of music from my iPad. I want to move that music to my iPhone by managing my music "manually", but it says ""The iPhone is Synced with another library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library?"
I read that I have to back it up, then go ahead and erase the phone, then you can add the music from the library to your phone. Is this true? Will it work?
I have backed up the phone to iCloud, but I'm worried still. How can I be SURE that I'll get everything back when I restore the phone after erasing it?
Thanks!

I'm afraid the LU suffix is a new one on me.
As long as you have all of the content in your library then that remove and sync warning shouldn't cause any loss of data, but it shouldn't be happening every time. It may pay to take the following steps to reset the connection between the two,
Backup device.
Restore as a new device.
Restore the backup made earlier.
Again, this assumes all content on the device is in your library. If that isn't the case see Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device first.
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