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How can I copy MP3s from PC to iPhone (which isn't currently synced with the PC)?
I have an iPhone 4 (with iOS 6.x on it) that is not synced with any computer.
How can I copy MP3s from a PC to my iPhone? iTunes is not synced with the phone so I cannot put the MP3s into the library ...
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Sync photos via iTunes on multiple Macs / Manually manage photos
My intention is to sync photos to a iOS device using multiple Macs/PCs.
But every time I connect my device to a new computer, iTunes wants to delete all of my synced photos.
I would prefer using ...
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iPad can't be backed to iTunes 11 in Mountain Lion
Since updating to iOS 6.1.3 I am no longer able to copy files onto iPad and can't back up to my main Mac Pro with Mountain Lion and iTunes 11.0.2. I
first thought it was the iPad, but now it's ...
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Can you sync only a group of contacts from a Mac to an iPhone?
I'm running iOS 6 on an iPhone 3GS. I see that all my contacts from my computer have appeared in the Contacts app on my phone. Now my contacts database on my computer is, to say the least, messy. It ...
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iPhone5 (iOS 6.0.1) not syncing with iTunes 11.0.2(26)
In itunes under apps tab, it list all the app which i have in my itunes account. When I click on Install button of the app, button name gets changed to will install & also on the right side it ...
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How to determine which apps iTunes will copy from iOS, to stop a deleted app being resurrected?
I don't sync my iPad often, but when I do I almost always get the following question from iTunes: ' iTunes has found purchased items on the iPad [or iPhone] "[device name]" that are not present in ...
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Wireless both way sync of photos on iPhone
iTunes allows you to "sync" pictures however this only copies files from Mac to iPhone, forcing me to do it manually over the USB cable if I want to copy my photos from iPhone to my Mac.
I'm running ...
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Is there an iPad text editor that supports c and Objective C and has an elegant dropbox sync solution?
I've been using Textastic and the Obj-C support is great but the Dropbox connection is kind of like firing blind — there's not really a way to tell whether the server or the iPad has the latest ...
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Sync problem from calendar on iPhone to calendar on iMac
When I add an event to the calendar on the iMac it appears after sync on the calendar on the iPhone - but not the reverse. How do I get the sync to work both ways?
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One-Way Sync with Outlook
I want to sync my calenders from Outlook 2007 to my iPhone 5, but only in this way. My calenders on my iPhone and changes should not be synced to my Outlook.
Can I achiev this without Jailbreak and ...
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Music on iPhone disappeared after Wi-Fi Sync
I'd some music and movies/TV shows on my iPhone 5 running iOS 6.0.2. After a usual Wi-Fi sync, all of those music and movies/TV shows got deleted. Although my books, apps and other stuff are intact.
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iPhone 4S intermittently disconnects/reconnects when plugged into computer, but not into wall
This is a really bizarre problem. I'm using a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion and an iPhone 4S, both with the latest updates. I'm using the bundled Apple cord. When I plug it into the wall charger, ...
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itunes software upgrade not syncing music
I made the mistake of upgrading itunes software and when I plugged in my iphone 4 it erased all of my music. I have since tried to resync but it is stuck on the 2nd song copy and I cant seem to figure ...
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Why didn't all my photos transfer on photo stream
I have the original iPad and just got the iPad mini. Some of my pictures from photo stream synced with my Mini but some didn't . Why?
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Can't get TV show name to display
I imported a set of .mov files as a TV show, or at least I tried to.
I imported them into iTunes, set them to the same "Show" name, numbered them as season 1, episodes 1-6. I also named them "Episode ...
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Email and calendars no longer reliably syncing from Google
Recently, my email and calendars stopped being updated regularly on my iPhone 4S. I use Google for email and calendars, and I'm accessing Google as a Microsoft Exchange server as described on the Set ...
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sync all contacts between devices
Ok, I got an iPhone & iPad, only I use two different libraries on iTunes.
I got Google installed on both devices (plus desktop).
But for some reasons only part of my contacts are on the iPhone, ...
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iTunes Sync - Manually Control
How do I control iTunes Sync to control exactly what I would like to upload to my iPhone or iPad?
Note: I am running iOS 5 on the phone, and iOS 6 on the iPad.
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How can i get back information wiped off my Iphone by accidental restore?
I plugged in my iPhone to attempt to sync so that I could update my software. The sync was not working. I looked up problem on internet and they suggested that I restore the settings on the iPhone. ...
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How to update iPhone via iTunes without getting rid of apps that I purchased?
I want to update my iPhone on iTunes but it says that it will delete all of the apps and media on my iPhone that I purchased. I synced it but I don't know what to do next. It says it will only save ...
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Why is iTunes unable to recognize the content on my iPhone during sync?
When iTunes mounts my iPhone (this has also happened with my iPad), it's unable to recognize any of the content on the phone, so any changes to what it should sync are added on top of everything that ...
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Grocery/List app for iOS with decent web application
I am looking for a descent iOS application that will allow me to sync my grocery list between my wife and I. I would like a solution that has a web application that we can use to enter all of our ...
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I've got a new iPod Touch, do I need a new Apple ID for FaceTime and iMessage
We have a Mac, iPad2, 1 iPhone 4, 1 iPhone 4s and now have bought an iPod Touch for my son.
What is the best way for the iPod Touch to be able to sync previuosly download apps and music but enable ...
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Synchronising contacts between iCloud and iOS
I have a problem with my contacts synching between iPhone and iCloud. There is a number of contacts that appears with the tag iCloud in my phone, although they arent on the iCloud website or my ...
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can't sync Calendar events from Mac to iPhone
Mac running OS X 10.8.1, and iPhone 4 running 5.1.1. Since upgrading to OS X 10.8.1 from 10.7.4, I can't sync Calendar events from the Mac to the iPhone. The opposite direction works just fine. I am ...
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iCloud prompts me to create a free @me.com email address to turn on Notes sync
I'm very aware this question is probably about to become obsolete with the release of iOS 6 at some point soon, but thought I'd ask anyway.
I have an iCloud account set up on my phone with the email ...
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How do I organize my synced videos on my iPad into folders?
I have more than a hundred videos synced to my iPad, but they are all jumbled together, so I can never find what I want. I want to organize them into folders like 1080p, 720p, music videos, ...
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A more efficient way to manage photos/videos between computer and iPhone
How can I manage photos on my iPhone 4S such that I can sync the photos to my computer, leave them on my computer and yet selectively remove photos from and leave photos on my iPhone? Simply said, ...
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iTunes Wifi Sync frequently breaks with error 0xE800007F
I have WiFi Sync set up with my iPhone 3GS on iOS 5. It regularly works, but it will also complain virtually - usually when I go out of standby - with this error. It's annoying because I have to ...
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How can I sync my iPad/iPhone with iTunes except for the apps/iBooks?
There are several GB of data on my iPad which I do not need to have on my MacBook Pro. I want to sync my iPad with iTunes on my Mac except for...
iOS apps
iBooks
But whenever I try to sync, I am ...
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How to get all my iPhone apps onto my iPod touch?
I've been using an iPhone 4 for a while now and have a bunch of apps, each with its own data. I just got an iPod touch and I wanted to have the same apps/data on it as well. The iPhone 4 is synced and ...
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Email setup on iPhone 4S deleted contacts, reminders, and calendar dates
When I synced my phone to microsoft exchange account, all of my contacts, reminders, and calendar dates were erased.
This is what I did:
Settings
mail, contacts, calendars
add account
microsoft ...
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How can I force a Photo Stream sync on the iPhone?
The Settings page says that Photos will automatically by sent to Photo Stream when I am connected to Wi-Fi, however I've waited several minutes and don't see them in iPhoto. I believe they haven't ...
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Why is iCloud not syncing my calendars on my iOS devices?
When I create or update a calendar event on one device, it is not being propagated to my other devices via iCloud despite having iCloud enabled for calendars on all my devices and the Apple ID being ...
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Songs refuse to transfer to iPad
I'm copying an album of non-DRM songs from iTunes (where they all play just fine) to an iPad. Three of the songs on the album were downloaded through the Bandcamp purchase interface (let's call it ...
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iPhone iCloud contacts and over the air sync
As I understand, the "over the air sync" is different from iCloud sync (for the contacts). Is it the case?
Is the over the air sync just a sync with my Mac itself? So it is just an cordless version ...
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How can I tell if my iPad is syncing to my PC or iCloud?
My iPad "synced" to iTunes once so I could set some settings. My iPad (iPad 2 iOS 5.0.1) is set to sync to iCloud. However when I set off a backup, iTunes opens on my PC and it seems that iTunes is ...
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Do PDF documents in iBooks get backed up to iCloud?
Do PDF documents in iBooks get backed up to iCloud?
It is very strange that there is no answer to this on official Apple forums. Searching for this online often brings up Wifi iTunes sync or using ...
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iTunes sync error -50
I recently tried to sync my iOS device, but I got a message similar to this one:
I tried googling around, and people generally recommended to disable syncing photos to fix this, but in my case ...
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How to best manage 1 iTunes account with SEVERAL devices in our family.
We have 1 iTunes account for my family. We have 4 iPhones, 1 iPad, 2 MacBooks, 1 iMac, and several iPods.
I understand that each device can be configured to only sync certain playlists, so I do not ...
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iPad secretly syncing iTunes U slides to my books
Here's the setting: I am syncing my entire books library on my MacBook with my iPad. On my Mac, there are 122 books (both .epub and.pdf). I also use iTunes U on my MacBook, and some of the courses I ...
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Are there games that sync across devices through iCloud / Game Center?
With iOS 5 and iCloud i was hoping that games would get synced across devices. If I'm playing a game on my iPad and then later pick up the same game on my iPhone, then i would like to be able to start ...
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Podcasts that I have played or marked as played on my iPhone are not showing as played when I sync to iTunes and are not being removed
Recently (I'm not sure when it started) podcasts that are marked as played on my iPhone (4 hardware, 5.0.1 OS), when I plug into iTunes, the podcasts are still showing as unplayed on the iphone in ...
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Trouble syncing multiple Apple products between multiple computers
In our house we have two iPhones and an iPad. Each one has a separate iTunes account so we could have different versions of the games instead of sharing. We've upgraded our computer from a PC to a Mac ...
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Email Syncing problems
Why does my email not sync on my Mac if I have read it on my iPhone or iPad? I can read it in my iPhone or Mac, but it does not show as read on my Mac.
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Sync between an iPhone and iPad without Internet connection
Is it possible to sync between an iPhone and an iPad directly when there is no Internet connection (like a remote location or an outage at the Internet provider)?
Using a direct wireless connection ...
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Why do I have to “transfer purchases” from my iPad when syncing to iTunes?
I just started syncing my iPad to my desktop iTunes and it's taking a very long time to "transfer purchases" from the iPad. I was under the impression that iTunes remembered all my app downloads and ...
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After I delete an app on my iPhone, iTunes copies it over on next sync
On my iPhone, I go to the App Store. I download some app. It's crap, so I delete it, by clicking the 'x' when the icons start wobbling.
Some time later, I turn on my mac, and iTunes starts syncing ...
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iTunes asks to transfer purchased apps from iPhone even though app sync is off
A few weeks after iOS 5 came out, I disabled app syncing with my phone. I still sync my media with the computer.
Today when I synced my phone, it asked to transfer purchases from my phone to my ...
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iOS: Newly added contacts get hidden and don't sync to iCloud [closed]
I was facing the issue outlined on this Apple discussion thread, where I had duplicates of every contact on my iPhone -- one in iCloud, and one "Unknown". The thread presents a working solution on how ...
