{"id":997,"date":"2020-10-15T18:26:15","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T23:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zewwy.ca\/?p=997"},"modified":"2020-10-15T18:26:15","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T23:26:15","slug":"manage-iphone4-music-library-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zewwy.ca\/index.php\/2020\/10\/15\/manage-iphone4-music-library-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Manage iPhone4 Music Library in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What a pain&#8230; tried linux could easily see the photos, but then again I could also see that in Windows, so stuck with using Windows. Since it an older phone figured older OS would work just fine, I tried an older copy I had of CopyTrans manager but would constantly not show the phone in the app when connected.<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to see if iTunes could see it, the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-ca\/HT210384\">latest download<\/a> says to go to the Microsoft Store (gross), so you have to find an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apple.com\/itunes\/download\/win64\">alternative download<\/a> for 12.5 or something to grab an actual executable installer.<\/p>\n<p>I was getting this weird error installing it about the service not starting and I read <a href=\"https:\/\/support.apple.com\/en-us\/HT203188\">all these posts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copytrans.net\/support\/apple-mobile-device-service-failed-to-start-how-to-fix\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/6813705\">here<\/a> all full of advise that was useless, you check the service it shows up, do all the things shows up fine at boot but complains with iTunes. and I&#8217;d always get this annoying pop up<\/p>\n<p id=\"content-post-title\" class=\"title question-title\" data-action=\"content-post-title\"><span data-action=\"content-post-title-text\">&#8220;This iPod cannot be used because the required software is not installed.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Well what kind of rubbish lies is this, everything was installed just fine and for the proper version (x64), like what the heck gives. Then I stumble upon <a href=\"https:\/\/discussions.apple.com\/thread\/2275503\">this random post<\/a> from over 11 years ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I got it. I just first uninstalled iTunes then this:<br \/>\n1.Open up the Command Prompt as an Administrator (Go to All Programs &gt; Accessories and Right Click on Command Prompt and then choose Run as administrator)<br \/>\n2.Type cd C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64<br \/>\n3.Type regsvr32 vbscript.dll (This registers VB Script with your computer.)<br \/>\n4.Now install iTunes as you normally would by double clicking on the install program and wait for iTunes to finish installing.<br \/>\n5.Type regsvr32 \/u vbscript.dll (This unregisters VB Script with your computer.)&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I followed the same steps and low and behold I saw my iPhone 4 in iTunes. I was like Woah&#8230; but also like&#8230; I don&#8217;t want this I wanted simple drag n drop with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.copytrans.net\/copytransmanager\/\">CopyTrans Manager<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If you grab the latest copy of it.. it&#8217;s now shareware with limited use, when running it.. I couldn&#8217;t even get a delete context menu when (this version even wanted to install drivers even though itunes was installed, and wanted to uninstall itunes in the process&#8230;. well don&#8217;t let me stop you). But still now the phone shows up in the app but I couldn&#8217;t delete. I managed to find an older copy I think version 1.2 or something. Will have to double check which I ran standalone after the most recent version install, and I was able to get the add and delete buttons to show up. And then updated my playlist and finally updated the phone and it worked!<\/p>\n<p>I now created a backup of this VM for future use as is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a pain&#8230; tried linux could easily see the photos, but then again I could also see that in Windows, so stuck with using Windows. 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