awesome, Vince! thanks so much for such a detailed effort - I'm passing this on (and keeping a copy for my own reference)!
K On Jul 27, 2010, at 11:18 PM, Vince LaMonica wrote: > Ok, thanks to Objectwerks and some fiddling on my end, I have a solution > for the OP. I had an already setup iMac that was syncing with my iPhone > just fine. Lots of apps, etc. I have a Touch that was set to sync with a > computer that I no longer sync with. I wanted to get the Touch's data > [mainly the apps] to the iMac. > > Note: with many of the apps listed before, you can grab off the > music/movies, etc. They don't let you grab the apps or more importantly, > the data that comes with those apps [the cities you want weather reported > for in your weather apps, levels finished in games, etc]. > > I did multiple steps, and seemed to go a few steps backwards sometimes. > Oh, and Photos can be grabbed on a Snow Leopard system via Image Capture, > but only photos stored on the Touch directly, not the synced ones; > PhoneView might support transfering albums, but worse case he can copy > them and e.mail them or upload them to a dropbox account from the Touch]. > > First I hooked up the Touch to the iMac. I did not allow iTunes to sync > [canceled when it asked if I wanted to sync and wipe the data on the Touch > with data in my iMac's iTunes]. Then, in the Devices section on the left > side of iTunes, I found the Touch, right clicked on it, and selected > ,"Backup" from the dropdown menu. This is different than the backup button > in the summary section. > > Then, after that was done, I right clicked again and select, "Transfer > Purchases", from the drop down. This copied all apps from the Touch > [including data] that I had downloaded from the AppStore, even if they > were free apps. > > After that was done, I went ahead and synced. By default, it filled up my > Touch with music and didn't do anything to the apps, because the "sync > apps" tab did not have "sync apps" checkmarked. After it was done, I went > ahead and changed my music sync prefs to only include 1 playlist from my > iMac. Your results will be different - using iRip by Little App Factory, > you can easily grab the Touch's music and put them right back into iTunes > which then syncs to the Touch. > > The big test at the end was clicking the "Sync Apps" section, and making > sure that "Automaticlaly sync new apps" was not checkmarked [since I have > a ton of apps in iTunes, but I don't keep many on my iDevices]. > > After clicking apply, the data was synced! The only problem I had was that > it rearranged all the icons. But I took screenshots of each screen on the > Touch, transfered them to the Mac via Image Capture and rearranged the > apps in iTunes and all apps matched up with the screenshots! > > Using the Touch, I went into some of the apps, and my data was all there - > game and weather prefs, etc. > > PhoneView seems to support multiple photo albums - worth testing that out > first. It does support videos as well. The only thing it doesn't support > is app transfer and iTunes seems to have that covered fairly well, via the > steps above! > > Let me know off list if you need more details and I can help you out some > tomorrow afternoon. > > HTH, > > /vjl/ The Red Fantasy: http://www.gspguitar.com/jsp2/cart.jsp?action=addCartItem&sku=DO695 The Fourth Stream: http://www.gspguitar.com/jsp2/cart.jsp?action=addCartItem&sku=DO696 Odair Assad CD: http://www.gharecords.com/ Three River Moments: http://www.henry-lemoine.com/en/catalogue/rechercheFiche.html?cotage=27461 Accessorizer: http://www.kevincallahan.org/software/accessorizer.html Homepage: http://www.kevincallahan.org/ http://www.xeniamara.com
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