Transferring music from iPhone to new iTunes

The hard drive on my new Mac Book Pro failed and I took it to the Apple Store. They said it would have to be replaced and suggested I take it to Best Buy first to have it backed up. I do so and they charged me for a portable HD they said had all my files (including iTunes) on it. I then took the Mac Book back to the Apple Store where they replaced the hard drive. When I tried to restore the portable HD Best Buy had done, I discovered that Best Buy had not backed up anything. The HD was blank. I took it back to Best Buy and they appoligized and said they had made a mistake, but they had not been able to back the old hard drive up. I called the Apple Store back but they said the old hard drive had already been disposed of. All my music is on my iPhone. Is there a way to get it into iTunes on the new hard drive on my Mac Book Pro? I'm not going to worry about the rest of the files on the old hard drive.

The music sync is one way - computer to ipod/iphone. The only exception is itunes purchases: Without syncing: File>Transfer Purchases
You may be able to purchase software to retrieve other items.
Did you fail to maintain a backup copy of your computer before it failed?

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Transferring music from iphone to new iphone

So, say I'm West Coast guy and in the East Coast visiting family. Had a iPhone 5s and just got a new iPhone 6. Figured I could backup my iPhone 5s on brother's iMac and then restore it to the new iPhone 6. Most of it went OK, except I've got some of his apps and a few other things - but I did not get any of my music over to the new iPhone 6. Most all my music was imported into my iTunes from CDs and then onto my iPhone 5s.
Question: any way to get my music back onto the new iPhone 6, or will I have to resynch when I get home?
Is there a better/cleaner way to transfer settings/content from one iPhone to another new one, other than backup and restore from iTunes?
Thanks!

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http://www.imore.com/how-transfer-data-your-old-iphone-your-new-iphone-6-or-6-plu s
http://www.imobie.com/support/transfer-data-to-new-iphone-6-plus.htm

Transferring Music from iPhone to new computer

Hello,
The computer I normally sync with iTunes has crashed suddenly with an I/O error on the hard disk. This has left the computer completely useless and now I am trying to manage the music on my iPhone with my work laptop, (Windows PC) but I am only able to transfer my purcahsed songs from iTunes off my phone to the work laptop music library, and I can't sync without losing all my other content on the iPhone that is in my original library on the crashed laptop.
With my original computer out of commission there must be some way of creating a new library on my second computer and managing my music from the iPhone. My only copy of the music files is on the iPhone. How do I move these to the new laptop?

You should be able to recover the media with the tips in this post from forum regular Zevoneer but I'm not sure what the implications are for your application settings. You can probably transfer your purchases into a newly authorised library, backup the device, recover any other media using third party tools, then restore the device from the backup. That might switch the assocation of the device to the new machine but I couldn't say for sure.
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How to download music from iphone to new itunes account

I used to utilize a laptop and copies a bunch of my cds. Now I am using a desk top computer and it won't let me take my music from my iphone and put them to the itunes account. Any idease?

panama_prankster wrote:
I used to utilize a laptop and copies a bunch of my cds. Now I am using a desk top computer and it won't let me take my music from my iphone and put them to the itunes account. Any idease?
That is correct. the music sync is one way - computer to iphone. The iphone is not a backup device.
Copy everything from the old computer, or backup copy of the old computer, to the new one.

HT1766 Transferring music from iphone to new pc

I've lost all music on my old pc. I spent hours uploading all my old cds onto itunes. When I try to sync my iphone with the new pc via itunes it wants to replace with what is on new pc which is nothing. How do I transfer music from my iphone to my new pc?

You should be able to recover the media with the tips in this post from forum regular Zevoneer but I'm not sure what the implications are for your application settings. You can probably transfer your purchases into a newly authorised library, backup the device, recover any other media using third party tools, then restore the device from the backup. That might switch the assocation of the device to the new machine but I couldn't say for sure.
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Transferring music from iPhone to computer/iTunes

hi there,
my computer recently caught a virus and had to be rebooted meaning everything was removed from it. I had to reinstall iTunes but all my music was gone. I still have my music on my iphone but I don't want to download anymore incase it deletes what I have remaining on my phone. Is there anything I can do to put all of my music back onto itunes without having to download it all again?
thankyou

The user tip should help you extract everything that is on the iPhone and listed in the Music app, whether it came from the iTunes Store or not.
It is usually possible to remove viruses from computers without going nuclear on the hard drive. Unless the user data has been encrypted the hard drive can be attached to another uninfected computer and all user data copied off to safe storage. Keeping a backup of your data makes even that effort unnecessary.
tt2

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I just loaded itunes on a new computer. Itunes recognizes my nano and the music on it, but how do I transfer that music to the Itunes library, so that the music will be on my new computer. Might be simple but I can't figure it out.

There's thrid party software that makes this a bit easier to do.
Try Yamipod.

Buying a new Mac and try to save all information from iPhone in new iTunes, is it possible? how?

Buying a new Mac and try to save all information from iPhone in new iTunes, is it possible? how?

The easiest thing to do is transfer the library from the old computer to the new one. Quick answer if you use iTunes' default preferences settings: Copy the entire iTunes folder (and in doing so all its subfolders and files) intact to the other drive. Open iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (shift on Windows) so you get a prompt to choose a library, then select the copied iTunes folder. If this is to a new computer and you put the copied iTunes folder in the default location of Macintosh HD > Users > *User Name* > Music then you don't even need to start with the option key held down, iTunes will automatically look for it there. (Make sure there isn't anything already in the iTunes folder there that you want to keep since you will be replacing it with the one you are moving.)
If you do not have access to the old library (and you always should in the form of a backup you regularly make of your computer and store on a drive in a safe place) and this phone has been synced with a different library you can backup certain items, then erase the phone and restore those items. This will not include media not purchased from the iTunes Store.
iOS: How to back up and restore your content - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766 - "Learn how to back up and restore the content on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch using iCloud or iTunes."
Your i-device was not designed for unique storage of your media. It is not a backup device and media transfer was planned with you maintaining a master copy of your media on a computer which is itself independently backed up against loss. To use a device with a new computer you transfer the content from the old computer (or its backup) directly to the new computer, not the device to the new computer. Media syncing is one way, computer to device, updating the device content to the content on the computer, not updating or restoring content on a computer. The exception is iTunes Store purchases which can be transferred to a computer.
iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer - http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1848 - only purchases from iTunes Store
For transferring other items from an i-device to a computer you will have to use third party commercial software. See this document by turingtest2: Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device - https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991

Transferring music from iphone to pc

Purchased/Downloaded music from itunes to iphone - how can I sync / upload music to PC to back up?

PaulCB
Saw your post about transferring music from iPhone. I guess I am a total dweeb; I cannot understand Apple's instructions.
I have two identical PCs. Have same version of iTunes on each. iPhone 3GS with 4.01 OS. I cannot figure out how to transfer the 5400 songs on my iPhone into my iTunes library without erasing the 2500 songs (different titles which came from a Dead Dell) that are already there. Any advice would be super appreciated.
Jerry Flowers
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What is the name of the $20 program that has a red itunes icon that transfers music from your ipod to itunes?

What is the name of the $20 program that has a red itunes icon that transfers music from your ipod to itunes?

I second the whole iTunes folder approach.
If for some reason you have split the media folder from the library files then the media folder needs to restored to the same path it used to have while the library files can be copied into the music folder of your new profile.
If in dobut, backup up the entire Documents and Settings folder before wiping the infected drive, but be selective about what you restore as many viruses drop active components capable of reinfecting the compuer in the temp folders and internet caches. It is much easier to backup more than you need than to discover after the fact that you no longer have access to some vital project you'd been storing in a folder on the desktop.
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how to transfer music from iphone to new computer

iTunes will transfer your purchases from your iPhone to your new computer by using File>Transfer Purchases. For the rest of the content that’s on your iPhone use a program called TouchCopy which works on Windows and the Mac. It transferred my music, photos, contacts and SMS to my new computer very well.
http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy
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Your iPhone is not a backup/storage device. You can transfer music from iPhone to iTunes: go to ~/Music/iTunes in your previous account (I presume you mean that you made a "new account" on your Mac) and copy all its contents to somewhere in your new account (not ~/Music/iTunes). Then drag the entire iTunes folder onto the iTunes app icon.

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how to transfer music from iphone to new pc????

you don't. you sync music from computer to phone. if you bought music from apple then this article will help
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
If music was obtained via third party then you can transfer it anywhere in a supported way by apple
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Transferring music from Iphone to a new installed Itunes library

I have recently had my lap top repaired and my Itunes has had to be erased, I have reinstalled Itunes and my Itunis es music library is now empty and I did not make a back up, is there anyway I can transfer all the music from Iphone back in to my music library if I sync it with Itunes library it is going to wipe all the music on my phone, thanks

iTunes includes an option to import iTunes content from an iPod, iPad, or iPhone that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store.
First you need to re-authorize your computer with your iTunes account with iTunes if you haven't already done so.
With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File > Import Purchases From > the name of your iPhone.

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I lost my itunes on the pc so all my music is on my ipod video. How do I transfer my music from my ipod to itunes on my new imac computer, and is there something I need to do to my ipod to sync it to the mac first?

Read the post from Zevoneer in this thread:
http://discussions.apple.com/click.jspa?searchID=9818999&messageID=7167353

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