Can't sync iPhone 3G without wiping

Hi there,

I've got an iPhone 3G running OS 3.0.1. I have recently started from fresh using OS X 10.6 on my iMac, and now I can't sync my iPhone. Normally, on my iPod, I could select "Manage music and videos manually" and it'd do it no questions asked, but with my iPhone, it wants to erase and sync, even if I tell it to manually manage.

Is there any way around this?

Not that I know of, no.

After a lot of fiddling about, I sorted it.

I forgot I'd taken a Time Machine backup before I wiped the computer (I've only just recently started using Time Machine, so I forgot about it). I managed to pull out all my iTunes Library files from before I formatted, backed up the new iTunes library files, then overwrote them with the old. iTunes now starts correctly, still has all my media accessible and now lets me sync my iPhone

Ah, That makes sense. Good Job!