Plugged iPad into Macbook Pro - initial set up

Just got an iPad 4 a few days ago and liking it.
Today I plugged into my macbook pro, wanting to transfer some music over, and it asks me whether I want to either restore from a backup (only my phone backups are there or set up as a new ipad. I don't want to do either! I already set up as a new device when I got it and I've done a bunch of work on the ipad already that I don't want to lose.
What sh

iTunes sees your iPad as a foreign device because you set your iPad up without using iTunes and haven't synced yet.
However, you do have a couple of options to accomplish what you want to do. If you just want to move some music to the iPad, you can turn off auto sync and manually manage the songs.
You can read about manually managed content here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
If you have decide that you will want to sync with iTunes in the future.... If you have photos or home videos that you want to transfer to the iPad .... You can make this your iPad's iTunes library by following the instructions in this user tip.
Syncing to a "New" computer.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3141

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