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How to back up?

I'd like to know how to copy (not remove) songs from my iphone back to itunes. I just replace a new computer (not Mac) the itunes is new downloaded.

Thanks.

Posted on Jun 4, 2020 5:57 PM

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MartinR

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Posted on Jun 5, 2020 7:19 PM

iTunes is a one-way street - it only copies songs FROM your computer TO your iPhone. It cannot copy songs FROM your iPhone TO your computer.

If you want to copy songs FROM your iPhone you need to get a third-party utility such as iMazing or copytrans (this is not a recommendation, however, it's just two of a number of utilities that can copy data FROM your iPhone TO your computer).

If your old computer is still available, you could migrate your iTunes library from your old computer to your new computer - that would do what you want to accomplish.

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