it will only only upload music on one computer my laptop..but i have two.. i want it to work with my desktop it tells me i have to erase everything to put music on..,Why?
PowerMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8)
p.s. i manually manage my music..
it says only ipods not iphones...is there a workaround for this?
gary_owens wrote:
Why?
Because the iPhone is designed to sync or manually manage iTunes content with ONE computer at a time. Been this way since the first iPhone was released. Unlike other devices, and iPhone can sync or manually manage iTunes content with only one computer at a time. If you attempt to do so with a second computer, ALL iTunes content on your phone will first be erased. That's the way it is. There is no workaround.
As far as iTunes content alone, a network volume with
the iTunes folder on it. Then each computer is set up
to have their iTunes library loaded from it.
The one drawback, for the computers, is that only one computer
can access that library at a time.
The other drawback, with iPhones, is the issue of syncing
everything else if the two computers are not maintained to
sync to each other (contacts, calendars, etc.).
The computer access solution to iTunes itself works quite well.
I have my iTunes library, i.e. complete folder, on a hard drive
connected to my Airport Extreme Base Station. And my MBP,
my work Mac Mini Server, and the Mac Mini I use as an HTPC
all access their iTunes folder to the one I mentioned.
I do however, only sync my iPhone to the Mac Mini Server because
it is the only one that contains all the info I want to be sure to sync.
is there a way to plug your iphone into a couple of computers?
