iphone and itunes don't like each other. help!
June 6, 2010 4:05 AM Subscribe
iphone and itunes don't like each other. help!
I recently did a clean install of my mac and thought I had correctly backed up itunes but apparently didn't. now I have a new itunes library and my iphone is inaccessible - I can't add songs to it or pull them down. I would like to be able to access my iphone through itunes again but authorizing the computer has not helped.
is there a way to get this back to working condition without having to flatten the whole iphone and reinstalling all the apps, copying all the playlists, etc? (that's possible, it's just such a pain in the ass that I'm trying to avoid it.)
I recently did a clean install of my mac and thought I had correctly backed up itunes but apparently didn't. now I have a new itunes library and my iphone is inaccessible - I can't add songs to it or pull them down. I would like to be able to access my iphone through itunes again but authorizing the computer has not helped.
is there a way to get this back to working condition without having to flatten the whole iphone and reinstalling all the apps, copying all the playlists, etc? (that's possible, it's just such a pain in the ass that I'm trying to avoid it.)
Response by poster: no, it's set to manual. it won't allow me to drag songs or playlists either way.
posted by krautland at 4:53 AM on June 6, 2010
posted by krautland at 4:53 AM on June 6, 2010
[ex-Apple tech support] Unfortunately, if you have done a clean install and do not have a backup of the itunes library, there is no (official) way to restore playlists and other music data from an iPhone or iPod touch; only other data like contacts and photos will sync from phone to computer.
Whilst I was working there I became aware that there was an unofficial method for reverse-copying music and playlist data from other types of iPod, but I never encountered one that covered the iPhone/Touch. I suspect because of the iPhone OS's rigid control over what files are normally user accessible, it may not be possible to copy from an iPhone without jailbreaking it.
posted by fearnothing at 9:46 AM on June 6, 2010
Whilst I was working there I became aware that there was an unofficial method for reverse-copying music and playlist data from other types of iPod, but I never encountered one that covered the iPhone/Touch. I suspect because of the iPhone OS's rigid control over what files are normally user accessible, it may not be possible to copy from an iPhone without jailbreaking it.
posted by fearnothing at 9:46 AM on June 6, 2010
yes, you're going to have to run senuti or something similar to get the audio/playlists off the phone into your "new" itunes and then sync that way. unfortunately, you cannot manually add songs directly to the iphone like you could with the ipods when Hiker's suggested checkbox is ticked. so you're going to have to pull everything off first.
posted by brianwhitman at 4:47 PM on June 6, 2010
posted by brianwhitman at 4:47 PM on June 6, 2010
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posted by Hiker at 4:43 AM on June 6, 2010