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I am trying to get my music NOT purchased from itunes into a new itunes/computer (the music I purchased from iTunes is on the new computer). i authorized it but keep getting an error message that says "authorization is needed to access "insert song name here".

i tried previously posted settings to get the autofill there to see if that works, and when i hit "apply" i get a message saying "The iPhone “Denise's iPhone” is synced with another iTunes library. Do you want to erase this iPhone and sync with this iTunes library? An iPhone can be synced with only one iTunes library at a time. Erasing and syncing replaces the contents of this iPhone with the contents of this iTunes library."

I do not want to "Erase and sync". In fact I want just the opposite. how can i get this music off an older phone/computer, onto an new computer (not just shared), then on to my new iphone?

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Can't you copy the music files directly from computer 1 to computer 2 and import them into iTunes? – patrix♦ Dec 11 '12 at 19:48
exactly wat patrix said... – Creator Dec 11 '12 at 23:34
I tried to buy one of those cords to connect the computers and that didn't work. What is the easiest way to copy the files? There are so many it would take forever to do it with a USB, but could go that route if that would work? Sorry, I am pretty computer illiterate. – Denise Dec 12 '12 at 1:40

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