Switching iphone from pc to mac

previously owned a pc which my iphone is synced to, bought a mac but cant upload music

Hello.
Could you be a bit more specific, please?
Where are you trying to get the music from and to?
If this is about the music not loading from your mac to your phone, then the issue is likely that the phone is still tied to the library on the PC. If you have already migrated your iTunes library to the mac, then moving a copy of the backup file to the mac and restoring the phone with it should fix the problem.
Again. more details will allow more specific answers.

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