Will I lose my apps if I sync with another computer

Hi,
I am wondering something. I want to install OS 3.0 however my ipod is synched with a friends computer who is now long gone. I therefore have to sync it with another computer so I can then instal OS 3.0. Does this mean I will loose all my apps or will I be able to download them for free (as I've paid already) when I sync to another computer?
Also I just bought OS 3.0 but couldn't install as I am not on the computer I sync with. Does this mean I'll have to buy it again? it seems really dumb if that were the case.
Thanks for help in advance.

The apps that you downloaded on your friends computer, did you download and pay for them using your iTunes account or his?
If you used his iTunes account, then those apps belong to him and cannot be transferred to your account.
If you used your own iTunes account, then you can download them apps again on your computer for free, as long as you are logged into your own iTunes account.

Similar Messages

  • Will I lose my app data when migrating to another Computer?

    Hi all,
    My father is wanting to unlock his iPhone 4 (5.0.1) so he can use it overseas.  Up until now he has synced his iPhone and the data to my Computer, a MacBook Pro running 10.7.4 Lion.  We have decided that it would be best for him to discontinue using my Mac and start using his PC to sync his content (Music, Tones, Apps and Photos) as he will need to restore his iPhone to complete the unlock.  So far we have copied all his music, tones and the apps themselves to his machine.  However we have only started to sync his music and tones with the iPhone.  We are concerned that if we start to sync the apps then his app data (such as 1Password Entries) will be deleted when the apps replace themselves during the 'erase and sync'.  We really want his iPhone to be solely dependant on his own computer so that he doesn't have to keep coming to me for 'this' and 'that' album.
    Also as a side note he is currently syncing his Contacts, Calendars, Reminders, Bookmarks, Photo Stream and Documents & Data with his iCloud account.
    Thankyou so much for all your help
    James

    You're welcome.
    So I am safe to continue to transfer music and movies to my phone, without harming my contacts so long as I keep those check boxes in the info tab unchecked? Correct?
    Correct. Whatever you select to be synced or transferred from your computer to the iPhone via your iPhone sync preferences is synced or transferred and whatever is not selected is not synced or transferred. Some data is synced and some if just a transfer process from your computer to the iPhone.
    Also, what do I do if I want to start syncing contacts now (to prevent this worry of mine in the future)? If I want to create a backup of my contacts right now, is that something I'd need to do manually? I can't just "download" my list of contacts from my phone to my computer, right?
    Select the supported application on your computer for syncing contact information and calendar events with your iPhone. If this application or applications are void of any data, enter at least one contact in the supported address book application and one calendar event in the supported calendar application before syncing.
    There is no way to backup this data on the iPhone.

  • HT1727 All of the music on my ipod touch was synced with another computer that I no longer have. Will I be able to transfer songs and videos that I didn't purchase?

    My ipod touch was synced with another computer that I no longer have. Will I be able to tranfer my music and videos to my new conputer without losing the items I didn't purchase from itunes.

    Move or copy all the media from the old computer or the backup of the old computer to the new computer.
    iDevices are not backup devices.

  • Our old computer crashed which had all the kids ipod touch library on it. Now when I connect ipods to new computer it says I have to erase all the app, etc to sync with new computer. Is there anyway to sync to the new computer w/out losing all data?

    Our old computer crashed which had all the kids ipod touch library on it. Now when I try to connect them to new computer it says I need to erase all data, apps, etc. to sync with new computer. It is saying that it can only be connected to one library at a time. Is their anyway around this without having ot erase all their stuff?

    - Transfer iTunes purchases to the new computer by:
    iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
    - Transfer other music by using a third-party program like on of those discussed here:
    newer copy
    - Connect the iPod to the computer and make a backup by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
    - Restore the iPod from that backup.
    Note that the iPod backup that iTunes makes does not included synced media like apps and music.

  • My laptop hard drive crashed - when I go to sync my iPhone it says that my phone is already synced with another computer and can only be synced with one computer at a time.

    My Dell laptop hard drive crashed - when I go to sync my iPhone it says that my phone is already synced with another computer and can only be synced with one computer at a time. When I hit sync is says it will erase my phone and sync with the new computer which is blank. How do I get my phone to sync my contacts, pics, apps etc. over to my new hard drive without losing anything.

    Yes, so what's confusing... Did you not restore the backup of your data, contacts, pics, apps, music, etc. to the new hard drive after you replaced it or reformatted it or whatever you did? If so, then you can just sync your data back.
    If not, please try searching the forum. This has been addressed hundreds of times here.

  • My iTunes is suddenly saying both my iPod & iPhone are synced with another computer, which they have not been.

    I recently lost all of the music from my laptop's hard drive, and therefore from i-Tunes.  I still have all of my music on my iPhone (3GS) (and a smaller version on my iPod Touch (3)), however when I try to sync them iTunes says the devices are synced with another computer & the only options I have is to erase the iPhone/iPod & sync with the very little music that has been able to be recovered back into iTunes, or to transfer the purchases.  I have checked the computer is authorised for my iTunes account, and have transferred the purchases back.  I really don't want to have to reload my CDs on when they are all on other devices.
    Does anyone know why iTunes is suddenly not recognising devices it did previously, and how I get it to recognise them again?  And most importantly, how I can transfer the music on my iPhone/iPod back into the laptop's iTunes?

    The music was accidentally deleted as I was cleaning up my SafeSync account (like a Cloud) & I unwittingly deleted My Documents & My Music from my hard drive as I did so - these are the only files that were affected.  So no catastrophic issue apart from me not knowing what I'm doing.
    And IT guy performed a recovery for me but was only able to retrieve about 10% of my documents and only 45 songs of the 1700 or so I had.  There is no up to date back up of my computer - trust me I've learnt a lesson there.
    Since then iTunes doesn't recognise my devices as being synced to that computer, but there is no other computer for them to be synced to so I don't understand how this happened or how to fix it.  I understand that my devices aren't back ups, but it seems stupid to lose the 1700 songs I have on my iPhone.  I have transferred the purchases, but the majority of them are songs I've loaded from CDs & obviously it would be a very time consuming process to try to reload all of them - obviously something I would like to avoid if possible.

  • Whem i'm doing the backup it automaticaly saves contacts.....because i've synced with another computer anf it deleted all my contacts...and i really need them!!!!!

    Whem i'm doing the backup it automaticaly saves contacts.....because i've synced with another computer and it deleted all my contacts...and i really need them!!!!!

    If you haven't been using your phone as recommended, then you've lost all your contacts.  Contacts should be synched to your computer (Address Book, Outlook) or a cloud service (MobileMe, Google) for safekeeping.  The iPhone was never intended to be a storage device.
    If you haven't been using your phone as recommended and synching your contacts as above, frankly, you've no one to blame for your loss of data but yourself. 
    On that topic, are you making regular backups of your computer's data as well?  Hard drives WILL fail.

  • I'm trying to sync a playlist onto my phone through the computer and it says my device is already synced with another computer with my iTunes account. It only lets me cancel or it gives me the option to erase my contents and sync. Help.

    I'm trying to sync a playlist onto my phone through the computer and it says my device is already synced with another computer with my iTunes account. It only lets me cancel or it gives me the option to erase my contents and sync. Wondering how to get my device from the other computer especially since I don't even know what computer it's connected to.

    At some stage is is likely to have been connected to another computer's iTunes.  It is now linked to that computer's library and iPhones can only be associated to one library at a time.  Linking to a different one requires wiping the phone.
    If you used the phone with another computer you owned you can transfer the iTunes library from that computer to this one and the phone will still be syncing with the same library it was before.
    If all there is on the phone are items which can be backed up to iTunes and purchases which can be transferred you could do that, then wipe the phone and sync them back.

  • Itunes runs slowly-  thinks my ipod is sync with another computer

    So I made the major mistake of upgrading to Itunes 7.6. What did i get - an unusable media player and messages if I wish to erase all my music (4 gig) from my ipod since it is sync with another computer. Well -Apple it is not -it is the same computer - same music - same everything. Oh, did i tell you it erased all my playlists, podcasts and now - if i can ever get it to work- I have to recreate everything. On top of it - I can't do that even if I wanted to since whenever itunes loads it stops -uses 100% of my system resources - and i have no choice but to manually stop it. I was buying the Apple kool-aid and was thinking of buying an apple laptop but if this is an example of their product and software development I will pass.
    So sorry for the rant but does anyone have any ideas - I would just toss it the piece of junk but it has my daughter's name engraved.
    Any help would be appreciated

    Try holding down the Shift key in Windows when launching iTunes 7. In the resulting dialogue you will get the option to create a new library or navigate to an existing one. The default location for your iTunes library is in \Documents and Settings\Username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\. Look in there and see if you have more than one library file (they have the extension .itl) If you have more than one try opening them in turn, you may find your original library is still intact: How to open an alternate iTunes Library file
    You could also have a look at this troubleshooting page, it may be of some help: No content shows up in iTunes after updating

  • I am trying to sync an old ipod nano (2nd generation) to my itunes on a windows pc but the itunes doesn't recognize the nano and says that it is synced with another computer. Unfortunately, I don't have the old computer now. How do I sync this nano to itu

    I am trying to sync an old ipod nano (2nd generation) to my itunes on a windows pc but the itunes doesn't recognize the nano and says that it is synced with another  computer. Unfortunately, I don't have the old computer now. How do I sync this nano to itunes ?

    See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
    tt2

  • I've recently purchased a macbook but my iphone 4 is synced with another computer. How can I sync with my new computer and keep my information?

    I've recently purchased a macbook but my iphone 4 is synced with another computer. How can I sync with my new computer and keep my information?

    Sync the iTunes content from the iPhone to the new computer.
    iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer
    And... launch iTunes on the new computer. From the menu bar click Store / Authorize This Computer.

  • HT1386 I tried syncing my iPad to my computer but it says it's synced with another computer. This is not true and I verified in iTunes preferences that my ipad's name appears in the devises list. Can anyone help?

    I tried synI tried syncing my iPad to my computer but it says it's synced with another computer. This is not true and I verified in iTunes preferences that my ipad's name appears in the devises list. Can anyone help?cing

    See if this is what you are experiencing ad try the solution in this article if you are.
    http://itsmichaelw.com/tutorials/this-computer-has-been-previously-synced-with-a n-iphone-or-another-ios-device/

  • Itunes synced with another computer after updating iTunes

    iphone 4.
    ios6
    8Gb
    I was previously running ios5 onthe above phone but downloaded the new version of itunes (accidently - if it's not broke dont fix it) when I connected my new iPod shuffle.
    Since then I have been unable to add or remove music from my phone with the required button to do so missing. In an effort to resolve I installed ios6 (groan - why?) but still have the same problem.
    The message I get when I select the tick box to manually manage music is that this library is already synced with another computer. It's NOT! I've just updated the software apple provide to make my user experience that much more pleasant - Oh the irony.
    Any takers to help out please?

    Hi there,
    Thanks for that, explains a little. I have changed my operating system to Windows 8 and I am now accessing my library from my back up drive when it was previously accessed on my main drive.
    I imagine itunes is seeing another hard drive as in your reply above. If this is the case how can it be resolved? copy my entire library into the itunes music folde as is the default setting?

  • What do you do when you try and sync your phone and it says you are synced with another computer and u are not?

    I am having trouble syncing ringtones and movies

    If it says you are synced with another computer, you are synced with another computer. The only alternative is you have wiped and reloaded the computer that you normally sync with, essentially making it a new computer.
    Use the search function, this question is asked on a daily basis.

  • Iphone synced with another computer after reinstalling win7

    After reinstalling windows 7, itunes states my iphone 4 is synced with another computer and wants to erase all my music and content.

    Hi there,
    Thanks for that, explains a little. I have changed my operating system to Windows 8 and I am now accessing my library from my back up drive when it was previously accessed on my main drive.
    I imagine itunes is seeing another hard drive as in your reply above. If this is the case how can it be resolved? copy my entire library into the itunes music folde as is the default setting?

Maybe you are looking for