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   From: seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com   
      
   "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
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   > "Seth"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> "Obveeus"  wrote in message   
   >>> Serious question:  Other than maybe ring tones, you won't really lose   
   >>> much investment when swapping out a phone, but if you need to go buy a   
   >>> new iPod, will you lose all its contents?   
   >>   
   >> As long as you've been using iTunes you should be all set.  There are   
   >> other management/backup tools available as well.   
   >   
   > So how does iTunes differentiate between a person with a new iPod trying   
   > to re-'download' the stuff they already bought and that same person   
   > allowing someone else to also 'download' that stuff to a different iPod?   
      
   The iPod "marries" the instance of iTunes.  If you plug in an unknown iPod,   
   for it to d/l from that instance it will ask you if it's OK to delete the   
   current contents and resync.   
      
   An instance of iTunes allows like 5 or 6 iPods (and/or iPhones) to be   
   married to it.  So the playroom PC in my house is where both of my daughters   
   as well as my wife sync to (1 5th gen, 1 2nd gen Touch and 1 iPhone 3G).   
   They all can access the music library and applications. They can sync all,   
   or select what they want.  They all have individual backups of contents and   
   settings.   
      
   If a friend wanted to plug in and get "my music", they would lose their   
   music in the re-marrying process.  As soon as they went home to sync with   
   their original iTunes instance, they would lose what they got from me.   
      
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