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How to restore the iPhone without downloading the latest version of iOS?
I am trying to unlock my old iPhone using the guide from apple. On step 4 "Restore your iPhone with your Mac or PC" it says
Your computer downloads software for your iPhone and begins the ...
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Ipod 4 disabled for 24 milion of minutes? How can i retrieve data? [duplicate]
I am addressing the more "geeky" of the group. I have an old 4th generation iPod Touch that, after years, I decided to turn on again, to see photos and videos I had taken now more than 10 ...
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How to back up iPhone that shuts down every three minutes?
My Mom has an iPhone SE second generation with iOS 14.2. Last Thursday (4th July), the iPhone fell on the ground and since then it has shut down every three minutes. After looking at the panic log, ...
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Where does iTunes save iOS updates on Windows 11?
I searched the site and found this question about the location of iOS updates, but the most recent answer was for Windows 10. I am using Windows 11, and it seems the location is different for this OS. ...
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How to rename voice memos to their titles? (Mac)
I'm trying to get all my voice memo's, with their original name, onto a external hard drive.
(My filenames are all just the date of the recording).
(I was able to find this script for Windows, but not ...
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How to transfer voice memos with their titles? (External hard drive, Mac)
I'm trying to get all my voice memo's, with their original name, onto a external hard drive.
(My filenames are all just the date of the recording).
And it's my 3rd evening trying to figure this out ...
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Do iOS backups include Files' trash?
If I temporarily have large downloaded files on my phone, can I accelerate iOS (16) backups by simply moving them to the trash, thereby excluding them from iTunes backup altogether?
On macOS I know I ...
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Can iTunes on Mojave backup iOS 16.5, 16.6?
I'm using iTunes 12.9.5.5 on Mojave (fully updated, to my knowledge). For six months my iPhone 8 (then on iOS 16.5) has not been able to backup to it, neither using USB nor WiFi.
Sync seems to work ...
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How to set the output frequency of external DAC in iPhone?
How can I specifically set the output format (e.g., 24 bit 192 kHz) when I connect an external DAC to the iPhone?
In the Mac, you can easily adjust the output format using the Audio MIDI Setup. ...
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Mac OS 10.13.6 and newer mobile devices not working with iTunes 12.8.3.1 MobileDeviceUpdater.app not working [closed]
I bought an iPhone SE (Gen 2) and installed latest iOS 16 on it.
When connecting to a MacPro 5,1 with 'latest' iTunes 12.8.3.1 running on OS X 10.13.6 I repeatedly get an Update Software popup every ...
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Duplicate photos on iOS when changing aspect ratio
When I change the aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9 and I take a photo, iOS 16.4 will save two images in the mobile storage, one for 4:3 and another one for 16:9. I could visualize this "normal ...
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iTunes update locations on Win 10
Recently I needed to update the iOS to the newest 16.4 version. From what I've seen, hope I am not wrong, on iOS the downloads remains in the phone consuming system memory location.
An alternative is ...
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iTunes Device Backup not showing
I think I may have unintentionally done something wrong on my laptop.
I am using a Windows 10 laptop and had iTunes version 12.6.5.3 installed.
I was updating my old iPhone 6s from iOS 9 to iOS 15. I ...
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Which iPhones and iOS's are compatible with which Macs and MacOS's (and iTunes)?
Current equipment:
iPhone 6S with iOS 11.0.3
MacBookPro9,1 2012 (MD104) with MacOS 10.9.5, iTunes 12.6.2.20
Before you say anything, I still use the above laptop because of software for work that I ...
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iOS Backup inconsistent
Situation: I do have an iPhone which I like, but no computer at home. I use the computer at work to back my iPhone up to a hard drive via iTunes. I’m willing to contemplate jailbreak or third party ...
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iPhone SE Can't be updated to iOS 15.6 without factory reset - any risk?
I have an iPhone SE running iOS 11, I wanted to update it to 15.6.
At first I made a backup using itunes because I knew something can go wrong.
I then tried installing 15.6 but got an error
the iphone ...
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Can Safari tabs from an iOS device be recovered from an iTunes backup?
Before upgrading from an iPhone 12 Pro to an iPhone 13 Pro, I backed up my phone in iTunes.
However, my safari tabs did not transfer over to the new phone and I lost them all (even though Safari was ...
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iTunes has reset my phone instead even though I chose update - is all data lost?
This is a nightmare, I have an iphone 11 pro, the storage was almost full (256gb), apps did not open, so I restarted it. it then got stuck on apple logo. hard reset did not help, so I followed Apple ...
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Lots of iOS apps apparently "corrupted", yet they work
This is on an Iphone 8, iOS 14.8.1.
As mentioned in this question, I haven't been able to back up my Iphone to my PC using iTunes for a while. Using iMazing, I managed to locate the error message it ...
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Does the Music app still exist for iphones?
I'm trying to get my iPhone 12 (running iOS 15) to play music (originally from CDs, not locked to any Apple account) that I synced using iTunes from an older mac. I've seen instructions referring to ...
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Restore iPhone without updating the iOS
So I have a older iPhone X running iOS 13.6.1. I changed the password and forget it today, I already have my data backed up. I was wondering if there was anyway I could erase the iPhone without ...
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how to add ordinary music files on Apple music in iphone?
I have a 14 in macbook pro running Monterey and an iphone 13. I also have a 500 MB 10-hour white noise m4a music file. I'm able to airdrop to iphone 13 and play the music in Files app on iphone, but ...
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How to find which iOS app corresponds to this hexadecimal string?
I haven't able to backup my iPhone to my PC for a while. iTunes always gives me the "An error occurred" message and says that it could not complete the backup. Today I had the idea of trying ...
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First setup of iPhone SE without WiFi and iTunes
Suppose the situation you bought iPhone SE in an area where is no WiFi (or you need to tell the iPhone's MAC address to the system administrator first) and you do not have a computer at all.
How to ...
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iOS Clean Install with Selective App Data Sync
I have been using the same cumulative backup over the years whenever I switch to a new phone, and most of my setting carry over. For some settings I do not even remember why they were setup that way. ...
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iOS update via iTunes to latest MINOR version?
I have iOS 14.7.1 and can't update to 14.8.1 directly in iPhone.
iTunes wants to update only to iOS 15.1:
How to update to 14.8.1 via iTunes?
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Is file sharing to iOS no longer available on iTunes for Windows? How can I transfer files from Windows to an app on an iOS device
I have some files stored on a Windows system that I'd like to transfer to an app on my iPad. Apple still has a page about using iTunes to copy files to an app on an iOS device. However, this option ...
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Will the apps share cloud saves and some in-game purchases from Android device to iPad?
I recently pre-ordered the iPad 9th Gen. , because I like using big screens for gaming and content consumption. I also have Samsmung S20 Ultra, which I am using (until the bad boy arrives), for ...
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iPhone 6s Plus does not offer iOS updates
I bought three used iPhone 6s Plusses for family members. With two of them I had no trouble updating to a recent iOS 14. I actually don't remember if they came with iOS 14 on them or I updated them or ...
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Your iPad could not be activated
I have my iPad Air 1st generation, and today I decided (because of some reasons) to make a factory reset, in order to do it I followed the next steps:
disable find my ipad
disconnected from the ...
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macOS Mojave (10.14.6) + iTunes 12.9 + iOS 13.4.1 - Cannot, at all, transfer ringtones to device
Yes, I tried dragging them into the Tones screen.
Yes, I tried copypasting them in there instead.
Yes, I tried removing them all and adding them back.
Yes, I tried deleting the .plist config file ...
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Can an iOS App check what Apple ID I'm using in present time?
I downloaded an app with my second apple ID from itunes and created an account using a phone number.
I noticed I can't use my Apple music since I'm considered signed in to the second apple ID, while I'...
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iTunes backup button greyed out
The backup button in the summary page of my iPhone on iTunes is greyed out. There's plenty of storage space in the laptop, and the backups work with other accounts. I'm working with an iPhone 8 ...
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As I plan to sell my iPhone, Will Reset > Delete Data and Settings, prevent recovering my Data?
In Windows I know that when you delete a file or even format your PC, then some data can still be recovered from the hard disk using some tools.
Now I have iPhone 11 and I am planning to sell it. So I ...
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Filter my Library on Apple Music
My 'Library' in Apple Music is too cluttered for the following reason: whenever I add a song, the corresponding album and artist are also added. Similarly, whenever I add an album, all the individual ...
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Music on iPhone/iPad grouped bizarrely despite being fine on iTunes
I have some 'albums' in my iTunes library that look fine to me:
However, when I sync them to my phone and iPad, they become grouped in really weird ways:
If I play the album, all the songs are ...
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Can't restore iTunes backup
I've got a device (iPhone 7 Plus) with iOS 14.3 to which I did a backup about a month ago on a Windows 10 laptop with iTunes. I can't remember if it was on iOS 13.7 or iOS 14.3, as the same day I did ...
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The iPhone "xyz" could not be updated. An unknown error occurred (4000)
Using iTunes to update my iPhone, I got:
Das iPhone "xyz" konnte nicht aktualisiert werden. Ein unbekannter Fehler ist aufgetreten (4000)
English:
The iPhone “xyz” could not be updated. An ...
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Did I accidently sync my iPhone with a work computer? What have I shared?
So I have a work computer (a Dell laptop) and a personal iPhone. I’ve used this laptop to charge my iPhone and when doing so, I’ve allowed access when the prompt asks “Trust this computer?”.
Did I ...
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iPhone 4 won't restore
No matter what I try, it always goes into recovery mode (Connect to iTunes screen) after restoring the device. The progress bar under the Apple logo becomes full, the device reboots, then it goes back ...
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Is it possible to backup an iOS 7.1.2 device on OSX 10.12, 10.13, or 10.15?
I have an old iPhone 4 with iOS 7.1.2 that I want to backup and sync the photos off of. I have a macOS 10.12, 10.13 and 10.15 device that I was hoping to backup to (if I have to I can try to dig up ...
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iPhone is stuck in Recovery Mode with full storage
I was trying to update my iPhone X (GSM) from iOS 12.3.1 to iOS 14.0.1
The following steps was carried:
1- Downloading the latest firmware ipsw (size 4.61 GB) from
iPhone10,3,iPhone10,6_14.0....
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Is there any way to restore only whatsapp data from encrypted itune backup?
I have changed my iPhone from iPhone7 32Gb to iPhone7 128Gb. I backed up my old iPhone running iOS 13.5 using iTunes and try to restore that backup in new iPhone running iOS 14.0.1. the problem is ...
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Whited00r 7.1 on iPod 2G MB model iTunes error 6 when restoring
So I am trying to get Whited00r 7.1 on my iPod Touch 2G MB using iTunes on MacOS Mojave.I used the installation guide and used the included iREB for Mac to put it in pwned DFU mode.So I put it in ...
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Creating backups of iOS app IPAs on Mac
I am trying to copy individual apps from my iPhone over to my Mac so I can restore them after a wipe through Apple Configurator 2. These apps are no longer available on the App Store (Infinity Blade ...
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How can I copy all of my iPhone Voice Message on my MacBook?
I have many recordings of birds as Voice Memos on my iPhone 6 with iOS 12.4.5 and I am trying to synch to my new MacBook macOS 10.15.6 using iTunes (which is now called Music?)
If I connect my iPhone ...
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Is renting App Store to others for test purpose a good idea?
Recently someone on Upwork post a job for renting an App Store account to test a tour application. The post is like, they need to test an app with so many devices and they are running out of their ...
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How to detect that my iPhone has been backed up with iTunes?
I'm concern that someone with physical access to my iPhone as well as knowledge of my PIN could have done that.
By looking at my iPhone, is there a way to figure out if my iPhone has been imaged / ...
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iPhone: bulk move ALL voice memos + ALL pdfs generated from Safari page prints (pdf-exports using "Books") to pc
voice memos:
I have 100s of voice memos that I recorded using the Apple voice recorder standard app and I want to get them on my pc altogether in one go.
pdfs:
I often save mobile Safari pages as ...
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Encrypted iPhone Backup Over iTunes on Windows 10
I backed up my last iPhone a few months ago, before purchasing a new XR so I could move all of the info from my past phone on to the new one. At the Apple Store, I ended up just connecting the two ...
