Moving all my music from pc to MacBook

Stinky · 5 Oct 2011 at 11:43

So I have bought myself a MacBook and am now trying to use that for my iPhone iPad syncing

However it keeps telling me it's going to delete all my music and put on the stuff on the mac! I have recently bought loads straight onto my phone! So if that gets deleted it doesn't come back! How do I get this off? I've tried backing up the phone but it's not showing on my iTunes library

Jay794 · 5 Oct 2011 at 11:46

If it's backed up then just sync it with your Mac, then resync with your pc.

Or shift everything over to your mac, including the libraries and iTunes should recognise it as an old phone, not a new one

Skyboat · 5 Oct 2011 at 11:47

If you right-click on the phone in iTunes is there an option that says something like transfer purchases?

Stinky · 5 Oct 2011 at 11:55

Skyboat said:
If you right-click on the phone in iTunes is there an option that says something like transfer purchases?

That's the one!

However it's now telling me I can't auth this computer because I have 5 others already! I've been onto my old laptop and clicked de-authorise this computer which it says is done but still won't allow me on the mac!

Any ideas?

Blackhawk47 · 5 Oct 2011 at 13:03

Stinky said:
That's the one!

However it's now telling me I can't auth this computer because I have 5 others already! I've been onto my old laptop and clicked de-authorise this computer which it says is done but still won't allow me on the mac!

Any ideas?

Hmm...I am sure there used to be a setting where say, on your new mac, you could go and de-authorise all computers associated with this account. And then basically start from scratch and you have to re-authorize your music etc.

Try Apple Support and send them a message explaining whats happening and they should be able to give you extra authorisation things.