Things You'll Need:
- iPhone
- Two computers
- HEX Editor - Link at bottom of article
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Step 1
First you need to have your iPhone already synced with one of your computers. This will be Computer A for the rest of this article.
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Step 2
Now on Computer A, you will want to find the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file. For MAC users this file is found at "/Users/[your username]/Music" for Windows XP and older it may be found at "\Documents and Settings\[your username]\My Documents\My Music\" and for Vista users it will be found at "\Users\[your username]\Music\" Open it with notepad or some basic word processor.
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Step 3
Once you have opened this file in a word processor, look for the tag "string" after "Library Persistent ID," in between those tags is an alpha numeric code you need, it should be 16 characters long. Take this code and copy it somewhere or write it down so that you can use it again later on the other computer.
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Step 4
Now go to Computer B, the one you would like to sync your iPhone with as well, and make sure iTunes is closed.
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Step 5
Now locate the "iTunes Music Library.xml" file on Computer B as well. Refer to step 2 for assistance with this. Once you find the file, create a backup of it, one easy way to do this is to copy and paste it in the same folder. The computer will create a copy of the file with a slightly different name.
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Step 6
Now open this document with a word processor and repeat Step 3 by locating the code and copying it to a safe location as you will need it for step 8. Now replace the code with the one you copied from Computer A in Step 3. Go to File>Save then close the document.
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Step 7
Install a hex editor if you don't have one already, I recommend Tiny Hexer, which there is a link for at the bottom of this article.
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Step 8
Locate the file "iTunes Music Library.itl" with your hex editor. Once this is open, go to Edit>Find and Replace. In the find field, enter the code from COMPUTER B, you should have copied this code somewhere during Step 6. Hit FIND and it should come up with 1 result, now hit the REPLACE button and enter the code from COMPUTER A that you got in Step 3 then hit REPLACE again. Now go to File Save and close.
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Step 9
You are now down. It is best to setup each PC to sync something different, this setup is perfect for syncing music from one PC such as your home one and Email, calendar, contacts etc from your work PC. If you try to sync up music from both PCs then the music library must be the same on both PCs or your library on your iPhone will get changed every time you sync.
Comments
goodselfme said
on 8/29/2009 TX for the connecting ideas for iphone on 2 PCs. 5*