My old computer died. How do I add new songs to my iPhone using a "new" library?

My old computer died. Its d-e-a-d DEAD! So I have a new iTunes library. All I want to do is add a few new songs to my iPhone and it wont let me unless I let it erase my other songs. Am I screwed?

Restore computer from backup, then you shall have same iTunes library ID and be able to sync.
No backup? This is worse, your options include:
- If your music was bought from iTunes, this is no worry. iTunes will fetch them from cloud.
- If you ripped your CDs, you'd need to re-rip them.
- If you downloaded your music elsewhere, you'd need to repeat the process.
If you must grab remaining music off your iPhone, there are some paid software tools exist to do this.
You may have a look at trying Ubuntu that used to have some tricks to do that (free). Just run a live CD or off USB stick, do not install.

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See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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1. Go into Itunes. Go to preferences. Go to advanced. Check 'Keep Itunes media folder organized' and 'Copy folders to itunes media folder when adding libraries'. Press Okay.
2.Hook up Iphone to computer without Itunes running so it runs as a external harddrive. Go into computer and click on your iphone folder so it goes into it and you can see different folders. There is a button on the top left corner of the window that says 'Organize'. Click on it and go down to folder and search options. Click on 'View' tab. Go down and check on where it says 'Show hidden files, folders, and drives'. Click apply, click okay. Now you will see some extra folders in there. One will be you itunes music folder. Go into it and there will be many folders labeled 0 to 40 something. When you got into one of these folders all the files will be labeled with weird 4 letter and number sequences. You need to go into each of these folders and drag and drop all these files into wherever you want them "music folder? It doesn't matter" It will take a little while and after you have done that disconnect you phone and open itunes.
3. Go to 'Add file to library' then highlight all the hundreds or however many you have files, then click 'okay'. Itunes will now import all the weirdly labeled files and turn them into real songs.
4. Hook up your phone and sync. You can now delete all those numbered files, to make space if you want to.

Restore computer from backup, then you shall have same iTunes library ID and be able to sync.
No backup? This is worse, your options include:
- If your music was bought from iTunes, this is no worry. iTunes will fetch them from cloud.
- If you ripped your CDs, you'd need to re-rip them.
- If you downloaded your music elsewhere, you'd need to repeat the process.
If you must grab remaining music off your iPhone, there are some paid software tools exist to do this.
You may have a look at trying Ubuntu that used to have some tricks to do that (free). Just run a live CD or off USB stick, do not install.

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my old computer died. how do I authorize my new computer so I can play previously bought songs?

Hi bonniefromlafayette,
Welcome to the Apple Support Communities!
For information and instruction on how to authorize your computer using iTunes, please reference the attached article.
Authorize your computer using iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1420
Have a great day,
Joe

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My old computer died, but I do have a set of itunes backup discs. I've downloaded iTunes to my new laptop, but when i put in my back up discs, it shows the music, but doesn't transfer it into my music library.
I can't find anywhere in itunes to "restore from backup discs". When I plugged in my iphone, it asked me if i wanted to erase the music on my phone and sync to the new emplty library. NOOOO
Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks!

- iTunes purchases by:
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
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Hi,
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Try one of these;
Open iTunes and select edit/preferences/advanced/general. Put a check mark in the box marked "copy files to iTunes music folder when adding to library" and also "keep iTunes music folder organized", then click 'ok'.
Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
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If none of these methods work, try CopyPod.
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Check out the instructions/suggestions here.
Music from iPod to computer (using option 2).
There's also another method. I've successfully tested this across several different Windows PCs.
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Connect the iPod whilst holding down the shift/ctrl keys to prevent any auto sync, and if you see the dialogue window asking if you want to sync to this itunes library, click 'no'.
Then go to file/add folder, open 'my computer', select your iPod and click 'ok'.
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If this doesn't work (and it may not because officially it's not supposed to), there's Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music and playlists etc from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
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So recently my laptop died and it's going to cost $250 to fix it and I don't wanna be paying that much if I just want to get my iTunes library back. I only have some of my songs on my iPhone and I need to get my songs back since I have over 3,000 on the laptop.
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