How to manage an iPhone on a new iTunes library

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How to manage an iPhone on a new iTunes library

Hi all,

I have an iPhone 5S, on iOS 8.3, and I manually manage its contents on iTunes on my now old computer (Windows 7).

Today I got delivery of a Macbook Pro, running on OS X Yosemite (10.10.3), and I want to start managing my iPhone with it, rather than with my old computer, but the only thing I have found so far includes erasing the contents on my iPhone; something I don't much intend to do.

Is there a way of managing my iPhone with my new Mac, rather than with my old PC without erasing it?

I looked everywhere, and still haven't found a good enough solution.

PS. I still have access to my old computer if it's necessary to do something that involves it.

iPhone 5s, iOS 8.3

Posted on Apr 22, 2015 9:23 AM

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kb1951

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Apr 22, 2015 10:11 AM in response to KcSembos

At the top of the page, tap on user tips, scroll down to the bottom to the one titled 'syncing to a new computer or replacing a crashed hard drive'. That will get you started. I tried to copy and paste the link but i could not do it here.

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KcSembos Author

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Apr 22, 2015 10:34 AM in response to kb1951

At the top of which page do I find "user tips"?

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Chris CA

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Apr 22, 2015 10:36 AM in response to KcSembos

KcSembos wrote:

Is there a way of managing my iPhone with my new Mac, rather than with my old PC without erasing it?

I looked everywhere, and still haven't found a good enough solution.

PS. I still have access to my old computer if it's necessary to do something that involves it.

Copy the entire /Music/iTunes/ folder from old computer to /Music/ on new computer.

See this -> https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204318

Then the iPhone should sync without asking to erase it.

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KcSembos Author

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Apr 23, 2015 6:23 AM in response to Chris CA

Thanks a lot Chris. This did the trick

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