Itunes says welcome to your new ipod... but my ipod is already full of content

My daughter's iPod touch 5th generation is full of content. She's had it for several months. We tried backing it up to our year old Mac Mini, running Mountain Lion 10.8.5. We were first asked to trust the computer on the iPod, which we did. Now iTunes on the Mac Mini is welcoming us to our new iPod - we don't want to erase it and start over - just back it up.
Thanks!

Select setup as "New", the next screen should prompt you to rename your phone. Just name it what you already have it named. After that, you should be able to sync/backup and all of your data & settings will still be exactly as you've already set them up on your phone. That message is more threatening than what really happens.

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Hello Mike,
Congratulations on your new iPod touch! When you connect an iPod touch to iTunes for the first time, it gives you the welcome screen, but there should also be a button that says "Continue" or "Get Started" that you can click on to continue with syncing.
Once you have clicked on one of those buttons, you can continue with the steps in the following article to sync content to your new iPod:
iTunes 11 for Windows: Set up syncing for iPod, iPhone, or iPad
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12313
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Sheila M.

ITunes saying 'Welcome to your new iPhone'.

I plug my 3 year old Iphone4 into my Mac's Itunes, and it says, 'Welcome to your new Iphone'.
I am given two options; 1] Set up as a new iphone, or 2] Restore from this back up.
I should add, on Saturday 22nd Feb to install the latest update the phone had to be restored to its factory settings but Itunes said I would be able to regain all my data from a backup. So I faced this same situation on Saturday after installing the latest software. The backup only returned my contacts, but not my apps, photos, notes etc. So over the past 2 days I have been adding all my apps again. The last backup option on the itunes is from Saturday.. which will mean I'll lose all my data again.
Any advice on how to back up what I've got right now?
And how to make Itunes realise my phone is not new, and I do not want to restore it, or return it to the previous backup?

Since owning my iPhone I’ve had this happen to me a couple of times now, I plug in my iPhone to do a sync and recharge and get a message telling me “An iPhone has been previously synced with this computer” and gives me the options of setting it up as a new phone, or restoring from a previous back up. Neither of these options describe what I want, as I don’t have it back up on every sync I would lose too much data, and I certainly don’t want to start fresh.
As it turns out, this screen is very misleading and not as threatening as it may appear. Selecting the option to set it up as a new phone does NOT revert your phone back to its starting point as the message may imply. The only change that is made is you will be prompted to rename the phone, after that your phone will sync and all of your settings and data will be preserved.
Source: http://www.fettesps.com/how-to-fix-itunes-set-up-your-iphone-error/

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Hello Mshlanta,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities!
iOS 7 requires iTunes version 11.1. If your software updates are not seeing the update for whatever reason, you can download and install it directly from http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Keep in mind the requirements to download iTunes 11.1:
Macintosh System Requirements
Mac computer with an Intel Core processor
OS X version 10.6.8 or later
400MB of available disk space
Broadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store
And
Windows System Requirements
PC with a 1GHz Intel or AMD processor and 512MB of RAM
Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later, 32-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8
64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8 require the iTunes 64-bit installer
400MB of available disk space
Broadband Internet connection to use the iTunes Store
All the best,
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HT201269 stuck on the screen that says "Welcome to your new Iphone"

I need some help.. I've recently repaired my iphone 4 and had it in recovery mode. I plugged it in to itunes (using Windows on a PC) and it sorted itself out of recovery mode. A screen then opens saying something like "Welcome to your new iPhone" where my option is to set up as new iphone or restore from backup. (shown as a screen dump under nr 6 in the checklist here: iOS: Transferring information from your current iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device)
I restore from a backup and everything seems to be going allright, when the restore is done iTunes says I will have to go through a setup on my phone. I do the setup and the phone now contains some old photos, textmessages, contacts, web favorites, e-mail setup and other things. But iTunes still shows the Welcome-page! I cant continue with the sync of my music and apps! my only option is to set up as new iphone or restore from backup again. I've tried a number of times to restore from backup and the only thing that happens is a new backup is shown in the scrollbar. (sorry, don't know if scrollbar's even a word..)
Whats wrong? Anybody?

Connect to iTunes on the computer you usually Sync with and “ Restore “...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
If necessary Place the Device into Recovery mode...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1808

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Once I click Continue, it's fine, and all content is there, AND sync works. But it's really annoying.
I have reset the apple TV and done it all from scratch, even changed the name, but it remains - so the issue has to be with iTunes (where I also removed it prior to starting from scratch) or the iTunes store?
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thanks for the tip.
went to
https://register.apple.com
and filled in the form.
this morning when I turned on iTunes it asked again if I'd like to register. Except this time it actually went to the registration form. Again filled in all the stuff and PRESTO! all works like a charm without the annoying register question popping up every time I switch on iTunes.
Thanks Winston!

Welcome to your new iPhone...but I've already set it up, now what ?

Hi,
I bought my iPhone 5 two days ago and set it up, registered it and loaded some apps, set up my email accounts, etc. all from the phone. Now I went to plug it in to iTunes (11) to back it up and load some pictures, tones, etc. however as soon as I plug it in iTunes shows "Welcome to your new iPhone, would you like to set up this iPHone as a new iPhone or restore all of your information from a previous backup?". I don't want to do either. If I select "Set up as new iPhone" won't it wipe out everything I've already set up and installed ? Is there away around this ?
Thanks

1. Plug your Iphone into your computers. Click ok on the message and let iTunessync
2. Once sync is complete, right click on your phone (it is on the left side of itunes)
3. Once you right click, select "reset warnings". Unplug it and replug to see if it still happens.
I found the solution above on another post forum and it worked for me, but only after I tinked with a few settings. Warning: What I descibe below may only be a solution for those of us who use the icloud backup feature.
I knew the data on my iphone 4 and on icloud was up to date so I went into the iTures preferences/devices and I deleted all of the old backups. With that I restarted iTunes and got a slightly different "Welcome to your new iphone" page. This welcome page only had a "continue" button as an option. After continuing I was given the summary page and was able to sync the phone. After syncing I "reset warnings". Ejected/unpluged then pluged back in and was back in business. No more welcome page.

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I'd still be curious to know about that build version difference the Genius mentioned.

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My iphone 5 was replaced today because of a faulty power button. I had done an iTunes backup this morning, choosing to backup iTunes purchases and the apps as well.
In order to restore the backup to my new phone I had to set it up as a new phone and update to 7.1.2. All good so far.
I then chose to restore from backup (dated today) and it all seemed fine until the restore was complete and the iphone restarted and I was taken back to the 'Welcome to Your New iPhone' screen. Thankfully my photos and contacts have come across but none of my iTunes library, emails or most of my apps. What I'd really like to retrieve are the notes I had in Notemaster...lots of important details about trip bookings, finances etc.
I suspect an incomplete/corrupt backup was made this morning as I think I'd used about 47gb on my phone and the backup file in my application support folder is 11.8gb (although I don't imagine that folder would include all the video & music from my iTunes library??). I thought I could go back to the backup I made in June but it looks like it was overwritten by the new backup I made today...is that right?
Can anyone please suggest a fix or am I going to have to set it up as a new phone in order to get past the 'welcome to your new iphone' screen. First I'd somehow have to back up all my photos and contacts or I'll probably lose them.
Actually, I've just downloaded iBackupBot and I can see all my notes in the backup I made this morning so they do still exist even though the app didn't download in the restore, in fact it looks like a lot of my user app files are there. What do I do now? My head hurts h e l p . . . p l e a s e

I don't think that you need to restore from the backup again. If you see nothing at all in the App Store. Try closing the app completely, reset your iPad and them try again.
In order to close apps in iOS 7, you have to drag the app up from the multitasking display. Double tap the home button and you will see apps lined up going left to right across the screen. Swipe to get to the app that you want to close and then swipe "up" on the app preview thumbnail to close it.
Reset the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.

ITunes says songs are copied to iPod, but they're not there

I'll preface this by saying I'm a newer iPod user (since March of this year).
I added a bunch of songs to iTunes tonight on our other computer that has XP. It said the iPod was updated and could be removed from the USB (first time it's ever said that, usually it says "iPod Update Complete" on iTunes, but "Do Not Disconnect" on the iPod). I go to listen to my iPod tonight, and none of the songs I added to iTunes are there -- not one. I'm not sure if this is related, but a couple days ago half of my songs in iTunes had the exclamation point next to them indicating the file was gone; search of the computer turned up nothing (most of the songs I added tonight were the ones lost).
Is it something I did?
unknown Windows 98 n/a

Hello,
I am not sure, but please have a try
f your iPod shows up in Explorer under 'my computer' try changing the drive letter:
-- Click on Start=>Control Panel=>Admin Tools=>Computer Management=>Disk Management
-- Right-Click on the iPod and select “change drive letter”
-- Choose something further along in the alphabet that is unused (Usually, “M”, “N”, “O” or something similar)
-- Safely eject the iPod
-- Reboot the PC

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Hi,
I'm running a Dell/Windows XP environment with an ipod mini (Version 1.4.1) and itunes (Version 6.0.4.2).
My problem is that itunes says it's updating my ipod but it's not. When I copy songs across to my ipod, itunes provides the message "copying X of X songs" and I can see them appearing on screen, however when I eject my ipod and search for songs there's nothing on it.
Other strange things are happening such as:
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Strange isn't it...
To correct this error I've tried all of the apple remidies:
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None of this has fixed my problem.
I've searched all the support articles and can find nothing that matches this problem.
Please can anyone help!! This is so frustrating and has rendered my ipod completely usless.
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My CPU is different from a Dell and I am using the new ipod video, but all of the problems you have faced I am dealing with now.
I have tried all the remedies you went through, plus I took my ipod into the apple store to have it reset. Still nothing..
DId you ever get a fix for your ipod? and if so would you mind sharing it.
thanks
Dell Windows XP

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When you saw this screen (except with "iPhone" and not "iPod"), you clicked "Set Up as New," correct?

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