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downloaded music to my iphone and trying to add them to my mac if i sync it will it erase all my songs on my iphone and give me the one song on my macbook i already have

i purchased a macbook and want to know if i download my music from my iphone 4s to my macbook, my iphone isnt synced to this macbook and its telling me its been synced to another,

will it delete all songs of my iphone and be upgraded with the one song i have on the macbook.

iPhone 4S, iOS 6.1.4, syncing

Posted on Aug 23, 2013 12:28 AM

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Posted on Aug 23, 2013 12:34 AM

An iPhone is not a storage/backup device. The best method to get your personal data, including music, onto the new computer is to transfer it from the original computer. These Apple KB articles will help:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1408

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519


If you do nothing else copy the entire iTunes folder from the origional computer to the new Mac and place it at ~/Music/. Then when you sync your iPhone all your data will still be there.

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Aug 23, 2013 12:34 AM in response to zarnoss

An iPhone is not a storage/backup device. The best method to get your personal data, including music, onto the new computer is to transfer it from the original computer. These Apple KB articles will help:


http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4889

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1408

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519


If you do nothing else copy the entire iTunes folder from the origional computer to the new Mac and place it at ~/Music/. Then when you sync your iPhone all your data will still be there.

downloaded music to my iphone and trying to add them to my mac if i sync it will it erase all my songs on my iphone and give me the one song on my macbook i already have

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