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my daughter downloaded a song using my account, on a different computer. When I try to synch my new songs onto my ipod, it says my ipod is synched to another library (likely my daughters) and asked if I want to erase my ipod and resynch. No I don't want

I don't want to lose my library. Is there a way to avoid having to erase everything and reload it.

iPod classic

Posted on Nov 16, 2012 5:41 AM

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Nov 16, 2012 5:56 AM in response to judy4158

Your iPod is designed to sync with only one iTunes library at a time. It will recognize the iTunes library on the PC as a new library. If you sync the iPod with this new library, all content will be erased from the iPod and replaced with what is in the new library. So what you will want to do is copy everything from the iPod to your new iTunes library on your PC first.


See this excellent user tip from another forum member turingtest2 outlining the different methods and software available to help you copy content from your iPod back to your PC and into iTunes.

Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device


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my daughter downloaded a song using my account, on a different computer. When I try to synch my new songs onto my ipod, it says my ipod is synched to another library (likely my daughters) and asked if I want to erase my ipod and resynch. No I don't want

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