Using iPhone with two computers

simply copy the following two files under the iTunes folder from your primary computer onto your secondary computer:

iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml

This did the trick for me.

I've the same problem! 😟 now I'm in my office and i can't playing music stored in my iphone!

simply copy the following two files under the iTunes folder from your primary computer onto your secondary computer:

iTunes Library.itl
iTunes Music Library.xml

This did the trick for me.

I think if i had known about this little drawback, I may have considered getting a free phone and then purchasing an iPod. This is a big drawback because at work I am allowed to listen to music on the speakers on my computer. I guess I'll have to continue to bring CD's from home, instead of being able to carry 10G of music around in the palm of my hand.

Why are you blaming Apple for license restrictions placed on the music by the record labels? They are the ones insisting that the music can only be synced from one computer and if you try and sync from another, the current music will be erased. Learn who to place the blame on please.

You could probably plug your ipod into the speakers for your computer (disconnecting them from your computer)...sort of a compromise, but no CD's to tote back and forth.

Actually I believe we can blame apple for this. Current generation iPods allow me to add music from multiple machines. There's no reason why the iPod functionality of the iPhone should be any different.

I can't even plug the iPhone into my second computer and use itunes to listen to music that's already on there. Or even arrange that music into a playlist. It doesn't make sense.

i can understand apple only allowing us to copy songs onto the iPhone from the home computer. But not allowing us to play songs on any computer is wrong.

You can already do this with iPods, so why not iPhones?

Copying the library xml file is a good workaround (by the way all you really need to do actually is change your work computer's presistent library ID in the XML file), but this causes some other issues (your podcasts get overwritten).

Someone said it is a deal breaker. It is very close to a deal breaker for me as well. Everytime someone asks me how I like my iPhone, i tell them about this issue

anyone know if exist a valid alternative to iTunes for listening music with iPhone 3G?

google: TouchCopy

i'm thinking of buying it, but i'm hoping apple will fix iTunes

TouchCopy works! I can listen my purchased music with my office's computer!

Same deal here. All I want to do is play the music in my iPhone (synced from my home computer) through itunes on my work computer. It's all grayed out and unplayable. I don't even want to copy it. I just want to use my work computer as a boom box, basically. I should be able to do this via itunes.

I'm also experiencing this issue since getting my iPhone 3G last week and find it rather annoying. I can somewhat understand the issue of not allowing one to add music from multiple computers (even though I have no problem doing that from my Nano 3G) for purposes of copyright protection. That having been said though, it seems a bit ridiculous to not even allow the PLAYING of the music from multiple computers.

Off to download TouchCopy ....

The real kicker for me in all of this is that Apple allows me to purchase music from the iStore on my 2nd computer however once it is downloaded, it cannot be added to my iPhone. I have to burn it onto a disc, bring it home, copy it onto my home computer and then drag it onto my iPhone. Tell me how that makes any sense.

I really wish Apple would let me control my music, (not to mention my iPhone -- but that is another matter for another thread). Records, tapes, cds...all of these mediums allowed you to take your music anywhere you pleased and play it and share it with whomever you wished. Suddenly here we are in the 21st century, in the age of information and i can't plug my portable music player (ie my iphone) into my office computer and listen to music from it or load it with purchased tunes? there is something very wrong with this situation.

Why are we even downloading mp3's in this day and age? Why can't I just buy the permission rather than the download? The song stays in the iTunes music store and I have access to it wherever i go by simply typing in my password. That seems to make far more sense than the current Draconian system that Apple has implemented. I find myself giving up on iTunes and either going back to illegal downloads or seeking out legit alternative music sources. Does Apple not get this?

Download simplify media, and you can listen to your music library on any computer attached to the web