I wanna make you mine

August 13, 2009 8:52 AM

I have a hand-me-down iphone, which I'm using (for now) mostly as a music player. However, because I'm not the original user, I can't alter the music library, and I'm getting real tired of my mom's Dan Fogelberg and Gordon Lightfoot albums. How do I make the phone and my itunes realize that I am its owner?
posted by Jon_Evil to computers & internet (6 comments total)

Erase and reformat it from your own iTunes.
posted by rokusan at 8:53 AM on August 13

Is there a way to do that without erasing other content on the phone (e.g. pictures, apps?)
posted by Jon_Evil at 8:56 AM on August 13

yes. When you connect the phone to iTunes, if it asks you to sync with the library, tell it not to. Then select the phone in the Source List (the left hand column) and you will get the phone's details, and a number of tabs along the top. These control what content syncs, you can select and deselect as you like.
posted by fearnothing at 9:02 AM on August 13

Backup the phone. Erase and reformat. Now sync the phone, with the apps you backed up, the pics you backed up and the new music.
posted by fixedgear at 9:03 AM on August 13

sweet! thanks, frearnothing!
posted by Jon_Evil at 9:09 AM on August 13

Also, there are various apps (like Senuti, etc.) which should allow you to copy music off of the phone onto your computer prior to doing this, just in case there is music on there you want to hear but don't yet have in your library.

(Like Gordon Lightfoot. I love me some Lightfoot. Don't knock it. Although on repetition anything gets a little boring I suppose.)
posted by caution live frogs at 10:59 AM on August 13