A backup also looks after all your settings so you can reinstate a device following a calamity.
If you are comfortable not having this option, then don't worry about it. >>> If I sync my iPhone with the computer does it mean that photos get >>> removed from my computer if they're not on the iPhone? >>> No. The computer is the master, the iPhone the slave. Tim Sent from Tim's iPhone > On 4 Jan 2016, at 7:57 AM, Bill Parker <ren...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > > My question is - back-up what exactly? > > The only thing I have on my iPhone is a small collection of reference photos > which get copied ( that’s a verb I actually understand) to my MBP and deleted > off the phone. The rest is a series of partly finished crossword puzzles and > a partly read novel. > Bill > >> On 4 Jan 2016, at 00:14, Susan Hastings <shasti...@iinet.net.au> wrote: >> >> Hi Michael, I also found another article which takes you through all of it. >> >> >> https://deciphertools.com/blog/2015_01_27_itunes_sync_vs_backup_ensure_data/ >> >> >> It is a step by step guide similar to what Ronni would give you. >> >> If neither of these threads make sense to you its possible to just do your >> own Google search. >> >> cheers, Susan. >> >>> On 3 Jan 2016, at 4:57 PM, Michael Hawkins >>> <michael.hawk...@mjhawkins.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> I'm a tad confused about the advantages and differences between backing up >>> my iPhone and syncing my iPhone. >>> >>> I avoid technological clouds of any description as much as I can, and so I >>> assume if I backup my iPhone I plug it in to my computer and save the >>> entire contents into iTunes. >>> >>> I also assume that if I lose or destroy or break my iPhone somehow, I can >>> download to the replacement iPhone the content saved on my MacBook Pro, >>> including photos and videos. >>> >>> I think that if I sync my iPhone to my computer, all I do is transfer from >>> the computer to the iPhone photos that aren't on the iPhone and content in >>> iTunes from he computer to the iPhone that isn't in the IPhone, and >>> vice-versa. >>> >>> Syncing: What happens to music I've got on my computer, that I didn't buy >>> through iTunes? By law I'm allowed to copy a cd I have bought. Does it get >>> transferred to my iPhone when I sync the phone with he computer or, if it's >>> music get is not on the iPhone, does syncing mean that it gets removed from >>> the computer? >>> >>> And how do photos fare? I've got hundreds of photos on the computer they >>> aren't on the iPhone, and dozens on the iPhone that aren't in the computer. >>> If I sync my iPhone with the computer does it mean that photos get >>> removed from my computer if they're not on the iPhone? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Michael >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > > Dr Bill Parker > ren...@westnet.com.au > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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