A few months ago when convincing a friend to use iTunes to backup and upgrade her iPhone 5 to iOS 7, she got burned when her phone had to be totally wiped and re-activated before the upgrade would complete. Also, since all the apps she had were obtained using her phone which had never been synced to her computer using iTunes, she lost all her apps and related data.
I've since learned that backing up your phone to your computer with iTunes only backs up the apps which have been synced to the computer with iTunes. I am now attempting to get totally familiar with iTunes and syncing so that I have no further surprises in the future. The first question I need help with is how to proceed when the phone being synced has much on it that the computer does not and the computer also has items on it that the phone does not. Specifically, the phone has all the apps and related data and the computer's iTunes has several custom ringtones not on the phone. How does one perform a sync without losing one of the differing data sources? I'm assuming the sync will prompt you to pick which device controls the sync the first time it's done, i.e., which device's data survives and controls the sync. What I want is the ability to keep all the data from both devices the first time the sync is completed. Does anyone have any recommendations on how to do this? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the viphone list. All new members to the this list are moderated by default. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. The archives for this list can be searched at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
