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Confused iPhone wi-fi syncing to two iTunes libraries

My iPhone is confused. It is syncing to two different computers. I have always had it synced to my home MacBook, and only charge it via USB during work on a Windows7 computer. Never a problem in three years. Now with ios5 and iTunes 10.5, after setting up automatic wi-fi syncing with the Macbook at home, I now see that it is also set-up to auto-sync with my work windows computer. On the iPhone, both computers are individually listed in the Settings/General/iTunes Wi-Fi Sync, and I can sync to both and get no warnings, etc. Funny, the windows computer does not have wi-fi capabilities, but when I do connect it via cable to charge, i can initiate and complete a wi-fi sync. There are no apps at all on that iTunes. What is it syncing?

Also, I never had music on my phone before, and I tried to add a few albums from my home iTunes library yesterday. When I pressed sync, iTunes said the phone was synced to another iTunes library. To continue, it would erase my iPhone completely and load everything from that computer. But, that's where all of the content came from in the first place!

How do I remove the windows work computer from the Settings/General/iTunes Wi-Fi Sync page so only my home MacBook is listed, and clear up all the confusion my iPhone is having?

Thanks!

iPhone 4, iOS 5

Posted on Oct 28, 2011 10:52 AM

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RHSTools

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Sep 29, 2012 8:04 PM in response to Migdad

Excellent. I had tried everything else that others were suggesting but this truly worked on the first try.

Good job and many thanks!

Jan 27, 2013 11:19 PM in response to D.A. Bosklopper

Hi D.A. Bosklopper，

Can you elaborate more details about the solution that can remove the itune library in itune wifi sync? Many thanks!~

AxeBox360

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Nov 18, 2013 9:38 PM in response to Cypher Xu

D.A. Bosklopper - I'd like to know, too.

m1k313

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Dec 23, 2013 2:17 PM in response to Migdad

worked like a charm! thanks!

fayeav

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Jan 6, 2014 2:42 AM in response to Migdad

Hi, i had the same issue after changing from a Windows PC to a Mac!! Your solution worked perfectly even thought i had to redo all the settings! Thanks a lot!

Jan 27, 2014 9:56 AM in response to MGA321

You should see something like this:

Old Computer

Apps, Books

New Computer

Movies, Music

This means the phone is still syncing some categories to the old computer. To fix, find what you need to re-sync. In the above case, go into Books and choose "Sync" at the top and tell it to replace what's on the phone. For Apps, it is not as intuitive. Go to the bottom and choose "Automatically install new apps." Repeat for all other categories and it should delete the old computer.

Timmsy

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Feb 18, 2016 7:48 PM in response to Saint Mac

@Saint Mac you have given me the simplest solution to the most annoying problem that has been bugging me for months!!! I have searched that many forums trying to get my devices to a new mac it's been driving me crazy!!! It's worked on four devices now, thank you!!!

Bob321

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Aug 11, 2016 2:01 PM in response to MGA321

In iOS Version 12.3.4. Go to the device (iPhone) when connected vis USB in iTunes and click on the Apps icon just below the Summary for the iPhone. Scroll down part way until you see a Check Box for "Automatically install new apps" and check the box. When I did this the second Library on my iPhone ( which had apps only listed) disappeared. I don't know the significance of this item's check box but it solved the second Library problem.

Sep 21, 2016 9:30 AM in response to Bob321

Just came across this post and found that Checking the Box for "Automatically install new apps" has corrected my issue.

Confused iPhone wi-fi syncing to two iTunes libraries