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Note: if you encounter problems with iTunes trying to erase your iPhone from the new computer, read our Prevent iTunes from syncing iPhone instructions
Probably the biggest limitation with iTunes is the one-way transfer allowing to synchronize iPhone and Computer only from the PC to the iPhone
What if you want to transfer your iPhone the other way round: from iPhone to Computer / iTunes ?
The only way to Copy iPhone to Computer is to use a dedicated program
We describe the iPhone to PC procedure in our Sync iPhone to iTunes tutorial
Notes & possible issues
- This solution works for both Mac and PC
- In case you only want to copy your iPhone files to your Computer and not import them to iTunes, select the "Manual Mode" described in the "Notes & possible issues" section of the Sync iPhone to iTunes tutorial
Mike Johnson
Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
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Note: if you encounter problems with iTunes trying to erase your iPhone from one of the computers, read our Prevent iTunes from syncing iPhone instructions
As mentioned in a previous post, iTunes only allows one-way synchronizations from Computer to iPhone
Then, if you connect your iPhone to a Computer whose library is different from your iPhone's, you may end up with unwanted song deletions on your iPhone
To prevent this and be able to Synchronize your iPhone with several Computers, you need to transfer data from your iPhone to the Computers where this data is missing
Once all your Computers libraries are complete and synchronized, you can sync your iPhone with any of your Computers without risking to lose songs from your iPhone
Just follow these steps
- Start by synchronizing your iPod / iPhone with iTunes on your first Computer ( the one that is most complete )
- Unplug your iPod / iPhone from that first Computer
- Connect your iPod / iPhone to the second Computer and follow the procedure to Sync iPhone to iTunes and transfer iPhone contents to iTunes onto the second Computer
You are all set !
Now that you know how to synchronize an iPhone with two computers, feel free to do so with as many computers as you want
Notes & possible issues
- This solution works for both Mac and PC
- In case your songs are spread across several computers none of which contains your complete library, set your iPhone to Manual Mode. Then, transfer the songs from every library to your iPhone and finally follow this procedure to populate every Computer with your whole library based on your iPhone
Mike Johnson
Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
More about him on Google+
Note: if you want to Synchronize iPhone with several Computers click here
When you search over the Internet How to synchronize iPhone with multiple iTunes libraries, all you can find are solutions to Synchronize iPhone with several PC
We are looking for just the opposite: Manage several iTunes libraries on a single Computer
Indeed.
What if, within a household, every person wants to keep his / her iTunes library separated from the others'?
More simply, you may want to create an iTunes library for each of your iPod / iPhones and switch between them on the same Computer
The only application we found able to do this is this one
It will allow you to create multiple iTunes libraries on a single computer and keep them separated without any risk of accidental mix-up
Notes & possible issues
- This solution is compatible with all iPhone & iTunes versions
- Once set up, this program allows you to switch between as many iTunes libraries as you want. It's like having several iTunes on one Computer
- Once you created more than one iTunes library on a single Computer, you can Transfer Music from an iPhone to a dedicated iTunes library
Mike Johnson
Founder and Editor of sync-iphone.com has a sincere desire to provide readers with honest and useful solutions for their iPhone
More about him on Google+
