how to save music of my iphone4

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how to save music of my iphone4

hi all

well i am a new user of apple products. i have got a iphone4. it was sync to my laptop with all the music files which were in my laptop. but unfortunatly my laptop crashed and i needed to format my laptop. now i have all my music in my iphone and want to save it in my phone and in my laptop too. as i have downloaded itunes again after the format i am afraid that all my music will be lost when it get sync to my new itunes because i dont have any music in my laptop now.
any kind of help will be appreciated. please friends let me know what to do about it how can i have my music in my phone and connect it to my new itunes.

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Posted on Feb 7, 2011 2:41 AM

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wjosten

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Feb 7, 2011 2:47 AM in response to ritzrulz

First, iTunes>Preferences>Devices...disable auto-sync(under the edit menu if using Windows). Connect the phone, DO NOT SYNC, Store>Authorize this Computer, then File>Transfer Purchases. That will get purchased content off your phone into your iTunes library. Music ripped on your own will require third-party software, as Apple makes no provision to do so. Here's one example:

http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php

Make sure you have one unique entry in whatever supported applications you use for contact & calendar syncing on your computer. This will insure you get a merge or replace prompt when you do sync. Select merge. You never want to sync to an empty application. Doing so will erase contacts/calendars from your phone.

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ritzrulz Author

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Feb 7, 2011 2:51 AM in response to wjosten

thanx alot mate.. i will try this and let you know. but the music in my phone is not purchased from itunes ... i got it dwonloded from net and merging my music with a friend. so most of the music is downloaded from internet... will that be saved too..

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wjosten

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Feb 7, 2011 2:52 AM in response to ritzrulz

Copied from my initial post:

Music ripped on your own will require third-party software, as Apple makes no provision to do so. Here's one example:

http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php