iPhone / iPod Sync with multiple computers?

[photon]

So I'm trying to add a few songs from my work computer to my iPhone through iTunes and its telling me that I have to erase what's there already to do it.

That seems very stupid, I have to put a few audio files I downloaded onto a USB key and take them home and then put them on the device???

Apple can be cool and so very annoying at the same time.

Any way around this?

[Swayze11]

There should be a check box that says something like manually manage music or something along those lines. check that off and drag the songs from your itunes library over to your ipod/iphone

[photon]

Yeah I check the manually manage and that's when it gives me the box that says if I click ok to confirm it will erase all my music.

[Winsor_Pilates]

Is you work computer a PC, and home Mac? or vice versa?

If they're both the same, and you manually manage transfers, it should be fine. I think you might be having a one off problem, rather then an apple being annoying by design problem.

[Russic]

Actually I get that same problem. My home mac is obviously my main itunes, so when I hook my iphone up to my work mac it tells me that I can only use one itunes at a time. It is frustrating.

[photon]

I did a google search (amazing, I posted before I googled, that's unusual for me!) and it seems this is a design feature! There's even a kludgy workaround.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread....3675&tstart=60

iPods work, but iPhones do not. Which makes me feel better because I was sure I was doing this before with my iPod Touch.



Another one: http://www.popularmechanics.com/blog...s/4219107.html

[Russic]

I'm happy we figured out the problem ... sad that the answer is that I'm screwed.

[kermitology]

It's things like this that make my pull my hair out about Apple.

There is a sharepod that works for iPhone/Touch now. I tried it once and it worked.. OK

[Flaming Choy]

found a work-around, using some hex editting. Maybe give this a try (i'll have to do this soon as well, but i haven't tested it yet)

[llama64]

Apple has to please the RIAA some how, and this is one way they do it. You can only manage your iPod/iPhone on one computer. It's on purpose to stop you criminals from sharing valuable music files!

I usually just shove the music I want to load on my iPod onto a flash drive and copy it to the computer that manages my iPod. It's a bit of a pain in the ass, but it's not something that pisses me off so much that I'm willing to use a cludgy folder driven player. I like my iTunes... mmm... Apple Kool-aid.

[Russic]

Nothing has contributed more to piracy than the good old RIAA.