connecting iphone with 2 itunes

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connecting iphone with 2 itunes

Hello,

I have an iphone, iPad, iMac, PC and notebook.

I purchesed a new iPhone on holidays and connected it with the itunes on my notebook.

Now I am at home connected this iPhone to my Mac and got the information that this iphone is connected to an other itunes

and I can sync with the Mac. But that the iPhone will be deleted.

I do not want to delete anything there.

All iTunes are with the same Apple ID.

It is all mine. The pictures, music, apps.

How can I set it up that I can sync my iPhone and iPad with all my other devices ( Mac, PC, notebook)?

Best,

Tobias

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.2

Posted on Mar 15, 2013 2:52 PM

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wjosten

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Mar 15, 2013 2:55 PM in response to Toschma

iPhone, by design, will sync or manually manage iTunes content with one computer at a time. So, in regards to your iPhone, you need to pick one computer & stick with that computer.

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Toschma Author

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Mar 15, 2013 3:10 PM in response to wjosten

But this really makes no sense.

My Mac is at home with my private pictures and music from me and my wife.

My PC is at work with other pictures.

And my notebook, I often travel with, is with other pictures and music.

I choose all devices several times a week and also want to have a mixture of pictures and music on my iphone and ipad.

It's all legal and mine. It REALLY does not work to take parts from every device?

WHY ??????

What is the activation at itunes for when not for syncing from every devices?

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wjosten

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Mar 15, 2013 3:41 PM in response to Toschma

Doesn't matter whether it makes sense or not, it is what it is, and has always been this way with the iPhone. So, get the content you want on your iPhone, on the computer you choose to sync with, then stick with that computer.

You can tell Apple you don't like this, here:

http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Don't hold you breath waiting for things to change though, as I said, its always been this way with the iPhone.

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Toschma Author

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Mar 15, 2013 4:06 PM in response to wjosten

But is there no app for transfering music or pictures instead of using itunes so that I do not have remove these files when I connect to on of my other PCs/MACs?

Today I wanted to share some photos in a hotspot between my iphone and ipad.

Thougt it will work very easy. But it dosn't and than I found photosync to share photos.
Perhaps there is an app for music.

I really don't understand that way from apple. But you are right. If there is no way to sync at differentitunes I don't have to cry here.

Could copy the libary from my Mac to PC a way to sync from both devices?

Thanks for your answers 🙂

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MayEEOZ

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Mar 16, 2013 7:50 AM in response to Toschma

I have a similar question except I do not want it to be in 2 computer at once. I actually changed my laptop and the old laptop/ iTunes is no longer accessible. I have tried to plug into the new one, except it had a message saying that "this iPhone is already connect to another iTunes, and if I try to continue and it will wipe out my iPhone. I had some new document, photo, voice memo created to the iPhone since my last connection to my computer( the old one). Without connecting to the iTunes, I cannot access them eg the voice memo. I am afraid if I continue to sync to another iTunes it will wipe clean of my phone. What should I do? Thank you in advance.

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