My old computer died and I have just bought another...
My old computer died and I have just purchased a new one. I have been trying to sync all of my apple devices to the new computer, but I am concerned with the error message I am getting. It says:
"The IPhone "XXXX Iphone" is synced with another Itunes library on "XXXXX-PC". Do you want to erase this IPhone and sync with this ITunes library?"
"An IPhone can be synced with only one ITUNES library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this IPhone with the contents of the ITunes library."
I don't want to lose any of the data on my IPhone, my IPad, the kids IPod Touches, etc... How can I make this computer my new PC for my ITunes library without losing all of my info? There has to be a way as I can't believe you have to lose all of your devices information, pics, videos just because your home computer has to be replaced. Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much!
IrishCoach
See the great user tip: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141 for syncing to a new device.
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