New computer; previously synced iPhone must now be erased?
I just replace my old Mac Mini with a new one. I don NOT want to migrate my old Mac Mini stuff, so I didn't. My music is all on an external drive. So I pointed iTunes to it and re-built my library on the new Mini.
Now when I plug in my iPhone 3Gs I get an alert saying it is synced to another computer, and I must erase the iPhone to re-sync it when I say "manually manage songs".
Let me get this straight: I'm going to lose all my phone numbers, applications and photos just because I bought a new computer? Or does it simply take off the music?
There has to be a way to do this without all the hassle. Please please tell me this is the case. Why am I being punished for buying a new computer?
"Now when I plug in my iPhone 3Gs I get an alert saying it is synced to another computer, and I must erase the iPhone to re-sync it when I say "manually manage songs"."
Correct. Iphone will sync/manually manage with ONE computer at a time.
Pics, like music are synced one way with one computer at a time. Your pics should be backed up and copied to your new computer just as you did with your music.
As long as you have at least one unique contact and calendar entry in your new computer you should get the option to merge the data.
"There has to be a way to do this without all the hassle."
Yes migrate everything from your old computer.
"Why am I being punished for buying a new computer?"
Why are you being so dramatic? No one is punishing you. Relax. You made the decision not to migrate your data, which is the hassle free way to do this.
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