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Steps to Sync iPhone With Multiple Computers(Windows)

Submitted by Alvin on Oct 19, 2009. Filed in Guides to sync iPhone. 2,795 Hits
Summary: For Windows user on how to sync iPhone with two or more....

The tutorial is divided into two parts. The first part will instruct you on how to obtain the iTunes Library ID from your main computer. The second part will then modify your secondary computer to use the same iTunes Library ID, thus allowing for sync on both.

PART ONE (WINDOWS):
If your main computer is a Windows PC start here...

Step One
Press the Windows (Start) button at the bottom left of the screen and select Music from the menu.
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Step Two
Double click the iTunes folder.
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Step Three
Double click the file named iTunes Music Library.xml to open it in Notepad
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Step Four
Write down the value of the Library Persistent ID key. Take care not to modify the file before closing. It should look something like 20F830293962CBA4
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Part two

Step One
Press the Windows (Start) button at the bottom left of the screen and select Music from the menu.
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Step Two
Double click the iTunes folder.

Step Three
First we will create a backup of iTunes Music Library.xml and iTunes Library.itl. Select both files and press Control+c then Control+v on your keyboard. This will make a backup copy of the files.
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Step Four
Double click to open iTunes Music Library.xml.

Step Five
Make note of the current Library Persistent ID then change the Library Persistent ID key to the one we wrote down from Part One and save the file.

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Step Six
Now we will need to open iTunes Library.itl using a HexEditor. You can download HexEdit from here
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Step Seven
Once you have opened iTunes Library.itl use HexEdit to search for the old Library Persistent ID we replaced in Step Five. Do this by clicking Find from the Menubar. Make sure to select Hex as your search type.

Step Eight
Once found replace the old Library Persistent ID with the one from Part One and save the file.

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Step Nine
You can now launch iTunes and connect your iPhone to the new computer for syncing. Select your iPhone from the list of devices on the left. Notice if now select Manually manage music and videos from the Summary Tab you will no longer be prompted to erase your data, nor will the files on your iPhone be grayed out.
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THANKS***: This tutorial is based on the discovery by Andrew Grant. He deserves credit for his work. You can check out his blog posting on the subject here




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