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How do I add music to my iPhone without deleting previous songs?

So my iPhone 5 has always been synced with my sister's computer and her music library. My itunes library on my PC only has very few songs that I now want to put on my phone. I have read tutroials that tell me to go under the 'Summary' tab and select 'manually manage music and videos', then 'apply'

But when I do a pop up warning come up saying

User uploaded file

Is there a way around erasing the current content?


Both iPhone and iTunes are up to date with software.

iPhone 5, iOS 6.1.3

Posted on Apr 8, 2013 5:19 PM

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How do I add music to my iPhone without deleting previous songs?

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