How to transfer SMS and Contacts from iPhone to Mac?

I want to transfer my all important SMS and Contacts to computer on Mac because the box is full for a few days.So i am looking for the effective program to help me back up my stuffs. Having said that, any suggestions for a good iPhone manager/iPhone transfer software,which is better to be free without payment.
I'm desperate any help would be appreciated...

Google "PhoneView" or "iPhone Explorer" but you should be syncing your contacts with your Mac's Address Book anyway via iTunes or MobileMe. That's the way it is designed to be used.

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Ive Googled a few site that have free programs but all charge to transfer files. ive tried "iMacsoft iPhone to Mac Transfer" and that failed. Is there an easy way???

You can take screen shots of the messages on the iPhone, and then transfer the Camera Roll screen shots to your Mac.

Helping to Regain SMS and Contacts from iPhone/iPad/iPod

Do you know how to recover sms and contacts from iPhone/iPad/iPod?Whether have you any method to restore lost SMS and Contacts from iPhone/iPad/iPod?I hope get your helps!thanks!!!

If you want to Regain SMS and Contacts from iPhone/iPad/iPod,It is not difficult to do it,There are Two solutions to recover iPhone text messages:
Method one: Directly scan and recover lost text messages from iPhone
1: Downpoad,install and run the iStonsoft iPad/iPod/iPhone Data Recovery for Mac program and connect iPhone and Mac computer via usb data cable
2: Download a plug-in separately for your iPhone,iPad or iPod
3: Enter the device's scanning mode and scan it
4: Preview and regain lost iPhone text message
5.Wait a while,you will success recover lost text messages from iPhone
Method two: How to restore and extract iTunes backup files to recover iPhone text messages
1: Choose iTunes backup and scan it
2: Click "Extract" to start extracting lost text message from iPhone backup files
3. Restore lost text message from iPhone backup
Tips: After recover text message and save these text message on your computer, you can transfer the restored text message from iPhone to Computer with iStonsoft iPhone to Computer Transfer.
Recover lost or deleted SMS, contacts, photos, videos, notes and more for your iPhone with ease.
Key Features:
1.Directly Recover from Your iOS Database
2.Retrieve Vital Data from iTunes Backup Files
3.Recover up to 12 Files on Your iOS Devices
4.Find the Deleted Files You're Looking for Easily
5.User Friendly: Preview and Selective Recovery
There are two ways to retrieve and extract lost contacts from iPhone/iPod/iPad
Part 1. Directly scan and retrieve deleted contacts from iPhone backup files
a) Connect your iPhone/iPod/iPad to the computer
b) Enter DFU mode and scan iPhone
c) Preview and recover iPhone lost contacts
Part 2. Scan and extract iTunes backup to recover iPhone/iPod/iPad
a) Scan your iTunes backup for iPhone/iPod/iPad
b) Preview and recover iPhone/iPod/iPad contacts
c) Do backup well
Key Features:
1 Extract data from iTunes Backup on computer
2 Recover Message, contact, note, calendar, call history, voice memo, photo, video, voicemail App Data etc
3 Restore SMS, Contact, calendar, note, bookmark etc to iPhone, iPod, iPad directly
4 Retrieve data from encrypted iTunes Backup
5 Work perfectly for all iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch
6 Print iPhone text message
This is my experience with summary, in the hope that useful to you

HT1420 how to transfer music and pictures from iphone to computer

how to transfer music and pictures from iphone to computer

If the music was purchased from iTunes then you should be able to copy them over to your computer's iTunes via File > Transfer Purchases (File > Devices > Transfer Purchases if you have iTunes 11 on your computer). If the music came from other sources and you don't have a copy of them anywhere else, then there are some programs listed half-way down this page which might be able to copy them back : https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-3991
For photos taken with the phone then on a PC you can use the windows camera wizard, and on a Mac you can use Image Capture, iPhoto or Aperture : copying photos. To copy photos that were originally synced from a computer you will need a third-party app such as Simple Transfer which can copy them off via your wifi network. But as photos are 'optimised' when they are synced to a device, any that you then copy back to a computer may not be exactly the same as they originally were on your computer.

How to transfer videos, files, photos from iPhone to mac

how to transfer videos, files, photos from iPhone to mac, how can the bluetooth transfer be done

dssheorey wrote:
how can the bluetooth transfer be done
You don't. File transfer, by Bluetooth, has never been supported on any iPhone. To import pics/videos in your camera roll, read here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4083

How To: Synch Notes,SMS and Whatever from iPhone to Mac

When I saw that Mark/Space was planning to release a version of Missing Sync for iPhone my first reaction was: what for? But as it happens I think they've hit upon some needed features that are actually missing from the out-of-the-box iPhone experience. First is a Migration Assistant for moving contacts, calendar entries, and photos from a Palm, Windows Mobile, or Blackberry device onto your Mac and thence to the iPhone. It also syncs your SMS messages and call log to your Mac so you don't lose information when you hit the storage limits on the iPhone. Best of all, perhaps, is Notes syncing, which will allow you to view iPhone notes in Yojimbo, Entourage, or Mark/Space's Notebook application. Unfortunately, however, it appears that it's only one-way, from the iPhone to the Mac, and not vice versa. This lack two-way Notes syncing remains a puzzling lacuna as far as I'm concerned, and I'm looking forward to somebody, whether it be Apple or Mark/Space, filling this obvious hole in the iPhone feature set.
Missing Sync for iPhone won't be available until the 4th quarter and will sell for Mark/Space's normal price of $39.95, but crossgrades will be offered from other Missing Sync products.
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Restore the device from your iTunes or iCloud backup.

How to transfer messages and photos from iPhone 4 to iPhone 5?

Bought an iPhone 5. Never had good explanation of moving messages and photos from old iPhone 4. How can this be done?

Hi, there are 2 useful methods you can try:
Solution 1. Restore your iPhone 5 with the backup file of your iPhone 4. The brief simple steps are:
        1.Connect your iPhone 4 with your computer via a USB cable and launch iTunes;
        2. Click on your iPhone in iTunes. In Summary window, choose 'This computer' and click Back Up Now in the backup area to backup your iPhone 4.
        3. Reject your iPhone 4.
        4. Connect your iPhone 5 to your computer through the USB cable. Click it in iTunes.
        5. Click 'Restore iPhone'. Follow the prompts and do what it tells you to do.
        6. When the prompt ask you to set your iPhone, choose the backup you've made in step 2 to restore your iPhone 5.
Note: Messages will surely be restored to your iPhone 5. As for photos, only these one you've captured with your iPhone (saved in Camera Roll) will be restored to your iPhone 5.
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How to recover photos and contacts from iPhone?

Is there any possibilities to recover data from iPhone runnig any version of ios

Use third party software to extract from your Device backup folder:
iPhone Backup Extractor, you can download a free version with limited capability or a paid Registered version:
http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/
Location of your backup folder
Win7 - C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Mobile Sync\Backup

How to transfer Address book entires from iPhone to Mac?

I lost all my data on my Mac and the only place I have my 400+ contacts is my iPhone. How do I transfer back all this data into my Mac's Address Book please?
Thank you!

First, Be sure you have at least one contact in your Mac's address book (even a fake one).
Then, connect your phone to iTunes, select the contacts in the Info tab, and sync. It will offer to merge the address book and iphone data.

How to transfer photos and videos from pc to mac

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Does anyone know how to get photos from a windows computer into the i life of a mac? and vice versa?
Someone said i could change my computer settings to make it more compatible with a pc but i have no idea how...
Also i have a file of great photos and videos from friends with pcs, but I can't access these in the i life package.

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Transfer calendar and contacts from iPhone to iMac and Mobileme

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I know this question is touched upon regularly, but I am overwhelmed by the richness of the information!
The address book and calendar on my iPhone are complete and up to date. I want to transfer them to my new iMac and and to my MobileMe account, replacing (or adding to) the incomplete subsets on these. Can some kind person explain in noddy terms what I do? I am confused whether my starting point should be iTunes, settings on the iPhone or preferences on MobileMe.
Once all three places have the same information, I hope to keep the three in sync - if I can work out how.
thanks in advance

Hi
After much struggling the problem has been solved. Although the solution did not come from this list, I thought I would tell you what I did, in case it helps someone else in the same situation.
I think the two things which helped were:
- deleting all entries from the Mac and MobileMe
- creating a new MobileMe account on the iPhone settings (it was exactly the same as the old one, but, who knows...)

How to transfer photos and videos from iPhone 4 to PC

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I've recently bought an iPhone 4, and i can't find how to download photos to my PC. First of all to say that i'm not posting this "blind" - i've done a lot of Googling to try and find answers to this, but none seem to work for me.
I don't have iPhoto, i'm running XP Home SP3. When i connect my iPhone to my PC it doesn't show up in My Computer, so i can't copy and paste the photos using Windows Explorer. One page suggested i restart the Bonjour service, but that didn't help.
The Scanner and Camera Wizard doesn't recognise my iPhone, and when i try to add it as a new device, there is no Apple option.
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For some reason, the Camera & Scanner Wizard has started to detect the phone now. Maybe it will stop again in the future, but for now it's OK.
I do have iTunes installed, and the iPhone's still not appearing in Windows Explorer. I might reinstall if the problem recurs.
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How to transfer pic and video from iPhone to other iPhone/iPad in batch?

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You will most likely be able to do that kind of stuff with the upcoming iOS 5, releasing october 12th.
put your photos / videos on the cloud, access them on your other devices..
You can also backup your phone.
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How can I transfer contacts from IPHone to Mac?,

First of all, thanks to everyone who will help me.
I syncronised many times my Iphone 3GS with Mac and everything was OK (apart that I found all the contacts twice or 3 times in Iphone).
I backuped Iphone sometimes on the Mac and others on ICloud.
Last time, I found that the adress book in Mac was almost completely empty (only 10 or so contacts, all the groups empty) but I have everything in the IPhone.
How can I now get to transfer all the contacts from IPhone to Mac?
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Anna

Deleted the contacts from where? The device? the computer? both?
Use the backup of the computer to put them back if they have been deleted off the computer. Once that is done, they can be synced to the iPhone.

Transfer mail and contact from an old account to a new one ?

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The employe from the company where I got my internship are currently using mail address that are like [email protected] and the company wants them to
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The problem is that they would like to keep their old mail and contact. I know you can do a manual archive but can you import it in a new account ? Will it also
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This step-by-step article describes how to copy or how to move your Personal Address Book (PAB) from one computer to another
computer.
On all installations, including those with no e-mail accounts, Microsoft Outlook creates a default Outlook Address Book. The Outlook
Address Book consolidates all your Outlook Contacts folders. The Outlook Address Book is a virtual address book instead of a physical address book because Outlook does not store the Outlook Address Book as a file that is separate from your data store. The
Outlook Address Book provides a view to your Contacts folders.
Unlike the Outlook Address Book, a personal address book (PAB) is a physical address book that Outlook stores on disk that is separate
from your data store. You can add one PAB to an e-mail profile, and use the PAB to store additional contact information.
You can use the PAB to store personal addresses or to store other contact information that you want to keep separate from your other
Outlook data. Additionally, you can use a PAB to share addresses with other users. The PAB uses a .pab file name extension, and Outlook creates the PAB file when you add the PAB to your e-mail profile.
How to identify the PAB file that your e-mail profile uses
Start Outlook.
On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
Under Directory, click View or change existing directories or address books, and then click Next.
Under You can choose a directory or address book below to change or remove it, click Personal Address Book, and then
click Change.
Note the path of your PAB file that is in the Path box. You will require this information to find the PAB file in step 3 in the "How to copy the PAB file to
a second computer" section of this article.
For example, C:\Exchange\Mailbox.pab indicates that a PAB named Mailbox.pab is located on a Microsoft Exchange folder on your drive C.
Click OK, and then click Finish to close all dialog boxes.
On the File menu, click Exit.
How to copy the PAB file to a second computer
Quit all e-mail programs.
Start Microsoft Windows Explorer.
In the Folders pane, expand the folders to locate the PAB file whose path you took note of in step 5 in the "How to identify the PAB File that your e-mail profile
uses" section of this article.
Copy the PAB file to a 3.5 inch disk, and then use that disk to copy the PAB file to the second computer. Note the path of the PAB file on the second computer.
For example, if you copy the PAB file named Mailbox.pab to a folder that is named Address Book on drive C, the path of the address book is as follows:
C:\Address Book\Mailbox.pab
Alternatively, if your two computers are on the same network, you can copy the PAB file from the source computer to a network share on the second computer.
For more information about how to perform this task in Microsoft Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or your online Help.
Note You can save the PAB file in any folder on the destination computer as long as you remember the location.
How to configure your second computer to use the new PAB file
If you do not have the Personal Address Book service in your e-mail profile on the second computer, you must add the service before
you can add the new PAB file to your profile. To add the Personal Address Book service for the new PAB file, follow these steps:
Start Outlook.
On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
Under Directory, click Add a new directory or address book, and then click Next.
Click Additional Address Books, and then click Next.
In the Additional Address Book Types box, click Personal Address Book, and then click Next.
In the Path box, type the path of the PAB file that you copied to the second computer in step 4 in the "How to copy the PAB file to a second computer" section
of this article. Alternatively, you can click Browse to locate the PAB file.
Click OK.
If you receive the The E-mail account you have just added will not be start until you choose Exit from the file menu, and then restart Outlook prompt, click OK.
On the File menu, click Exit, and then restart Outlook. Your new PAB is now available.
If you have the Personal Address Book service in your e-mail profile on the second computer, you can change the service to use the
new PAB file. To change an existing Personal Address Book service to use the new PAB file, follow these steps:
On the second computer, start Outlook.
On the Tools menu, click E-mail Accounts.
Under Directory, click View or change existing directories or Address Books, and then click Next.
In the Outlook processes e-mail for these accounts in the following order list, click Personal Address Book, and
then click Change.
On the Personal Address Book tab, type the path of the PAB file that you copied to the second computer in step 4 in the "How to copy the PAB file to a second
computer" section of this article. Alternatively, you can click Browse to locate the PAB file.
Click the PAB file, click OK, and then click Finish.
On the File menu, click Exit.
Quit and then restart Outlook. Your new PAB is now available.
Note There can be only one Personal Address Book service per e-mail profile. There is not a method for merging
one PAB file with another. You can use the Outlook Import and Export Wizard to merge the active PAB entries in your Contacts folder.
Additionally, you can add both recipients and distribution lists to contacts that are in the Personal Address Book interface in
Microsoft Office Outlook 2003.
For more information about the Outlook Import and Export Wizard, click Microsoft
Office Outlook Help on the Help menu,
type Outlook Import and Export Wizard in
the Search for box
in the Assistance pane, and then click Start searching to
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