iPhone 3G multiple-location-syncing

iMnew · 04-18-2009, 12:46 PM

Hey, everyone.. Can one download music and/or videos from different iTunes sources without jeopardizing already dwnloaded stuff on iPhone?? I've been told "yes" & "no" depending on iTunes settings, but I'd prefer a definite answer b4 I inconvenience myself.

Quake97 · 04-21-2009, 09:44 AM

Yes, you can download to the iPhone from multiple sources, but not the other way around. Apple restricts it that way to prevent piracy.

Joe

iMnew · 04-21-2009, 10:29 AM

So, lemme make sure I understand correctly, Joe...

One could actually download music, videos, etc. ONTO one's own iPhone from multiple iTunes accounts without jeopardizing the loss of current iPhone data, but cannot upload accumulated data from iPhone INTO multiple accounts?

If that's accurate, are there any conditions (settings or what-have-you) to watch out for when downloading to, again, avoid jeopardizing any loss of original iPhone data?

know1uno · 04-21-2009, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Quake97

Yes, you can download to the iPhone from multiple sources, but not the other way around. Apple restricts it that way to prevent piracy.

Joe

I'm sorry, but I don't agree with this. I'm having the same problem. I've got multiple computers but for the life of me, the only computer that I can download from to my iPhone is my home computer and I'm not really happy about that.

Any thoughts/suggestions/solutions?

iMnew · 04-21-2009, 10:16 PM

God, could someone pleeez clear this up for me once'n for all?! I wanna knw if one could dwnload anythng from some other iTunes account WITHOUT losing originally downloaded music, videos, apps, etc on one's own iPhone? And if it IS do-able, would one lose newly dwnloaded data as soon as one's iPhone is sync'd up to one's personal iTunes account?

skipere · 04-21-2009, 10:52 PM

someone already asked, do a search on that subject or click on this link http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...tml#post416685
Good luck

know1uno · 04-22-2009, 08:30 AM

Originally Posted by skipere

someone already asked, do a search on that subject or click on this link http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum...tml#post416685
Good luck

The link you've provided does not answer this question.

The question is this, can you add to your iPhone from different Itunes accounts on different computers.

From my point of view and from what I too am experiencing, I'm thinking the answer is no and I cannot understand why.

know1uno · 04-25-2009, 11:06 PM

Okay, so I went to the Apple store today and had an appointment with a Genius there. I had to wait an extra 25 minutes past my scheduled appointment time because they were so slammed.

I told this Genius, who I've dealt with before and had great results, my problem. She immediately thought I was crazy that I couldn't communicate with my iPhone on my laptop since my iPhone was first matched up with my PC computer at home. I told her that I can add songs from any computer that has iTunes to my four different iPods that we own, in our family.

Sure enough, she puts in my iPhone into my Mac laptop, she sees the phone listed, and can't add any music to it, or anything. She was stumped. So, she then goes asks someone else about the problem.

They come back with the answer that when you "first" attach your iPhone to whatever computer you hook it up to, you need to tell the iTunes software that you want to "manually" manage your music. I remembered that when I first attached my iPhone to my home computer, which is a PC, iTunes automatically started syncing the iPhone without me being able to choose the manual mode. So the genius then tells me if I want to control the iPhone from more than one computer, I have to remove all the music from it and basically start over.

Well, I really didn't have that much music on this one, yet, about 180 songs, so I said, no problem.

I came home, backed up my phone numbers and contacts, etc......then I erased all the music and basically told iTunes I had a brand new iPhone and I wanted to "manually" manage the music. So with a "clean" phone, I added one song from my PC to the iPhone. I then ejected it and then attached it to my MacBook Pro.

Same story. I cannot control the iPhone, at all, from my Mac laptop, even though I wiped it clean and did everything she told me to do.

I truly think that the software on an iPhone is different than on an iPod in terms of the music control and I am either going to be stuck and have to use only my home PC to control my iPhone, as that is where my vast music collection in and just be resigned to the fact that I cannot add anything to my iPhone while I am out of town.

I don't like this news, at all.

Any thoughts, suggestions?

styfle · 04-25-2009, 11:24 PM

Yeah I was gonna say you can do it with an ipod (no need to erase anything). I have yet to see it done on the iphone. The ipod has a check box that says manually manage music where the iphone doesnt.
That doesn't mean you can't do it, just not with itunes yet.

know1uno · 04-26-2009, 09:50 AM

No, when I plug in the iPhone, there is an option for manually managing the music. I have "hit it" and I still can't upload from more than my "master" computer......

That is what I'm trying to tell you.

I think it is impossible to add music from more than one source to an iPhone, but you can do it with an iPod. I don't know why the iPhone software for the itunes portion of the phone would be different, but it is.