Syncing existing iPhone to an iTunes library on a new windows computer.

I recently replaced an old Windows 11 computer with a new Windows 11 computer. I did a fresh install of iTunes and then created a new iTunes library on the new computer from all of the music files I moved from the old computer. I also imported all of my Playlists that were on the old computer. Everything is hunky dory on the PC!


I have an iPhone that has all of the music from the old computer's library and am trying to sync it to the new iTunes Library on the new computer. When I try to do so I get a message saying that I don't have enough space on my iPhone. Apparently, Windows iTunes isn't recognizing that the iPhone already has all of the music (except for two new songs) and is only looking at the free space on the device. I am guessing that I need to delete the existing music and the library on the iPhone that was created from the old computer and start all over again. What is the easiest way to go about this?


Thanks in advance, and don't hesitate to point me to any documentation on this.

Windows, Windows 10

Posted on May 30, 2025 01:30 PM

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May 31, 2025 01:13 AM in response to DogsInTraffic

I'm surprised that you see a message telling you that there isn't enough space on the phone. This is because you're trying to synchronise your phone with a different iTunes Library which should result in a message telling you that all the media on your phone will be deleted and replaced by what is in your replacement library.


Yes, it may well, be the same music on the new computer, but as far as iTunes is concerned, that iTunes has never seen that phone before, so in keeping with Apple's policy of only being able to Sync with one iTunes Library, it will ask you if you wish to delete all the media (music/videos/podcasts) on the phone in order to put media from its library onto the phone.

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