I bought a CD for the first time in years, I want to add it to my phone, however, I don't have the HDD I originally had with all my music on my phone, how can I put this album on my phone without deleting all my music... Seems like a dumb system, ngl.
iPhone 8, iOS 13
You can't.
You can only sync media with one iTunes library at a time. In order to sync any content from another iTunes library, all media on the device must be deleted. You can re-sync the music from your current iTunes library, assuming you transferred it from your old one.
You can't.
You can only sync media with one iTunes library at a time. In order to sync any content from another iTunes library, all media on the device must be deleted. You can re-sync the music from your current iTunes library, assuming you transferred it from your old one.
Had a harddrive failure... This is the only place with the music at the moment, been keeping it safe by backing uo my phone... Thought that might be the case. Any suggestions on working around this, or have Apple blocked my options? Thanks
Sorry... I'm a little unclear on where your music resides.
If it is on the 'failed' hard drive, then it effectively doesn't exist.
When you switch iTunes libraries, you have to set up a new sync relationship between the phone and iTunes. This will result in the music on the phone being deleted entirely. You will have to re-sync the music to the phone from your library.
That's the way it's been since the beginning.
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