Trouble syncing and backing up

When I plug my phone into iTunes, it shows up under devices so iTunes recognizes it, but it will not sync or back up. The button for syncing is grayed out and cannot be clicked and when I try to back up it clicks but doesn't do anything. Also, the bar at the bottom that tells you how your memory is being used says all my memory is orange for "other", whereas before this problem started it was normal with the different colors for the different categories. I have windows 8, an updated iphone 5s, and the latest version of iTunes. Can anyone help me?

I cant access my itunes store anymore for some reason on my windows 7 laptop.
Can't connect to the iTunes Store
Since you can't sync your iPhone or connect to the iTunes Store on your computer, could be your security software or the Firewall.
iTunes for Windows: Troubleshooting security software issues

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I just got my new i phone 5 s and did all the syncing and backing up for my old iphone 4s and set my 5 up and synced it on itunes. It synced evrything but the contacts and other minor things. those were the only things that really transfered. My apps and all my music did not. Tthe thing is when i just went to go manually start dowmloading a few of the songs that i knew i already bought , itunes is making me pay forthem again. Its not saying instal like it usuall does when you go download something aleady purchased on your itunes account. I think or thought it might have something to do with the fact that i just changed my apple id name right before i got my new phine but my apps all re-downloaded (manually-no syncing) without making me pay for them again. i dont want to have to purchase allllll my songs again. Can someone please help me!! Itried going back to my old id or signing out of this id and signing in as my old apple id but now it wot even get on that oneits likjeit doesnt exist anymore.. And when i plug my old phone it shows in the itunes everything thats supposed to be there but all that doesnt stay in the itunes when i actually un plug it so when i plug my 5 in to my computer none of the stuff is in the store for me to actually transfer it I am so good with technology and this has me stumped please help

No it's not stealing. They have an allowance that you can share with so many computers/devices. You'll have to authorize her computer to play/use anything bought on your acct. You can do this under the Store menu at top when iTunes is open on her computer.
As far as getting it all on her computer....I think but I am not sure (because I don't use the feature) but I think if you turn on Home Sharing in iTunes it may copy the music to her computer. I don't know maybe it just streams it. If nothing else you can sign into your acct on her computer and download it all to her computer from the cloud. Not sure exactly how to go about that, I haven't had to do that yet. I wonder if once you authorize her computer and then set it up for automatic downloads (under Edit>Preferences>Store) if everything would download. Sorry I'm not much help on that.

I recently updated my iPhone to IOS 8 and it said I need the latest version of iTunes to sync and back up however my computer won't allow it what do I do !?? Anything helps!!!

I recently updated my iPhone to IOS 8 and it said I need the latest version of iTunes to sync and back up however my computer won't allow it what do I do !?? Anything helps!!!

If it's in recovery mode, the data is already gone. Why did you never back up your important data?

I have subscribed to I Tunes Match on my computer where I've been syncing and backing up my I Phone. Can I access my music before all the artwork is uploaded from my computer?

I have subscribed to I Tunes Match on my computer where I've been syncing and backing up my I Phone. Can I access my music before all the artwork is uploaded from my computer?

Hi,
You will no longer be able to sync manually with match. I would suggest that you wait until match has competed its process on your computer and that you are told how many tracks are in the cloud.
If you activate match on your iOS device too soon, you may find that all your tracks are not there. Ps it is not just artwork that is being uploaded, it's music as well.
Jim

Iv'e synced and backed up my ipod onto my old laptop which has now broken, how can i sync and back it up on a new computer without everything being lost?

Ive synced and backed up my iPod onto my old laptop which has now broken, how can i sync and bakc it up onto a new computer without everything being wiped?

you will have to plug it into your new computer and connect it to itunes, then hit the backup button it should start backing up. THERE YOU GO! HOPE IT HELPED! please hit the "this solved my question" button

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Sky is right you can restore the old backup and it will not affect the old iPad
To make sure do this:
1. If you have the old one then just turn off wi-fi and the iPad (that's just for your peace of mind)
2. Put new iPad on airplane mode (just for no interruptions )
3. Connect it (while it's on, don't shut it down)
4. Follow prompts and when it asks if you want to setup as new or restore CHOOSE: RESTORE
5. It will make its magic (just wait for it to sync, restarts, and finishes) it might ask you to update software if it does just accept
6. You can rename your new iPad like that you can have a fresh back up
7. ENJOY your new iPad
----------OR-----------
1. Do the above steps 1, 2, 3.
2. On step 4 you can choose to set up as new
3. Then you can choose what to sync on it (click on iPad on the left panel then the tabs on top you choose what you want on it (you can also do that if you restore)
4. Follow steps 5, 6, 7.
****If you don't have your old iPad you can remove it from your account ****
****Also when they sync it to a new computer it will setup as new unless they had an old one then they will restore it their old one****
****if you have it connected with your MobileMe or iCloud and you have the find my _____ you can also wipe it as soon as it comes online****
LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS
AGAIN ENJOY YOUR NEW IPAD!!!

Syncing and backing up takes forever? Overnight...

The last time I backed my iPhone 3G up it took literally overnight.
I am now syncing and backing up my phone to another laptop to see if there are any changes. It's been taking ages to back up, and I don't understand why. I still have not updated the new software to my phone, which is what I'm trying to do now. What should I do if it doesn't back up within a reasonable time? None of the information on my phone has been backed up to this computer, so I really have no other choice but to let it take the time to back up.

Thank you wjosten. Do you think there's a way to find a list of apps that are known to be corrupted? I'd rather not have to delete all of them, but if that is what it takes I'm willing to do it.
Backing up on this computer isn't taking too long in comparison, but it's not even a third of the way there. What's the average time it takes to back it up (keeping in mind this computer has never had my iPhone backed up to it)? I have an 8G with 2G or not even filled up...

I have bought a new laptop and I want sync and back-up my iPhone4 to the iTunes installed on my new laptop. How do I do it?

Hi all,
I have recently bought a new laptop.
My old desktop PC has been used to sync and back-up my iPhone4.
However, when I installed itunes on the new laptop and tried to sync the iphone I got the message
"iPhone can only be synced with one iTunes library"
How can designate my new laptop as the one wheer I can sync and back-up my iPhone?
Old PC: Windows XP
New PC: Windows 7
Can somebody please send me step by step guide as im a novice with PC/iTunes
Hope somebody can help.
Thanks in advance.
Bhav P

It will clear the phone. You need to restore the backup you made of your important files from the old computer (surely no one in the third millennium who uses a computer does not back it up regularly).
You can recover iTunes-purchased music, videos and apps from the phone, but not music from other sources. Connect the phone, do not sync, and choose "Transfer Purchases" from the File menu.
Photos in the Camera Roll can be transferred buy using the Camera Wizard on your computer.
Contacts and Calendar can be synced with apps on your computer; just make sure there is at least one entry in each app on the computer before syncing.
You are out of luck if you have photos in the Photo app on the phone; there are apps for your computer that can extract them, but they will be lower resolution than originals because they have been optimized for the iPhone's resolution.

My iphone is synced and backed up with another computer which is now broken... and i have synced it with a new one but when i want to do anything itunes says all data will be erased and replaced with the current itunes library?what do i do?

my iphone is synced and backed up with another computer which is now broken...i have synced it with my new computer but it hasnt transfered anything over to itunes and when i try to add anything to my iphone it says all data will be erased and replaced with the current itunes? i dont want to lose all my apps and music.... i dont know how to go around this problem? i want to back it all up and sync it properly to my new computer so that is now my main computer , so i can add ring tones and music etc with out it erasing everything ive got. any answers would be great and muchly appreciated. thanks, im not sure what operating system my iphone has either.....

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for just such an occasion.
Use your backup copy of your computer to put everything on the new one.
It sounds like you have failed to do this, which is not good at all.
You will have to transfer your itunes purchases from your iphone. Authorize your computer for your itunes account
About iTunes Store authorization and deauthorization
Open itunes, plug in iphone, do NOT sync, click File>Transfer Purchases
When you do sync you will lose your pics ( photo library - synced from your old computer), your itunes content ( music, apps, videos,etc) , your contacts and your calendars. So do NOT sync yet. This is why a backup copy is so important.
Enter one unique contact and calendar entry on your computer.
When you first sync, you should get the option to merger the data. Choose it.
If you want your pics, then you will need to e-mail them to yourself before you sync. They will not be of the original quality as they are reduced when synced to iphone.
When all is as goos as it can be, then backup your computer, and always maintain the backup.

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Yes all your files are in your Time Machine backup. If you never used Time Machine your files are probably gone for good. Especially if you can't get the system to boot up. It is very hard to retrieve files from a SSD.
Once a Mac reports No Hardware Installed for some piece of built in hardware, like the WiFi card, usually that is caused by the failure of that piece of hardware. The only way to fix that is to replace that piece of hardware.

Two separate iPhones syncing and backing up to one centralized iTunes library?

Hi all,
My wife and I have two iPhone 5s' and am wondering if we can sync and back these two separte iPhones to one iTunes library? The library is located on a NAS drive on a share just labeled Music.
Ideally I would like to keep the two backups and syncs separately but have the ability to load playlists and albums from the centralized iTunes and iPhoto library.
Can this be done?
Thanks in advance,
Ed

This article covers what you want to do: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1495
As long as the phones have different names you can set different sync settings for them in iTunes. However, if they have the same Apple ID for iCloud any iCloud content (mail, calendar, contacts, notes, reminders) will be duplicated. The way to deal with this is to have different iCloud accounts on each device, but use the same Apple ID for the iTunes & App Stores. This way you can share music and apps.

IPod syncing and backing up question!

I just recently had to re-do my operating system with the recovery disk of my Windows XP laptop and had to wipe out everything and start fresh on the hard drive.
I have everything on my iPod touch that has not been synced or backed up as all of that was gone like I said when I had to re-do my operating system on my Windows XP laptop which brought it back to day 1 and all of the previously synced and backed up data that was stored in iTunes on my laptop was wiped out as well.
I don't want to lose what all I have on my iPod touch because I know that if I try to sync and backup my iPod touch it will think it's another computer and lose and wipe out everything that I have on my iPod touch as this has happened to me before in the past and it was all gone for good at that point.
My question is this, how do I sync and backup my iPod touch on the same laptop that I used in the beginning when my iPod touch was brand new after I synced and backed up for the 1st time so that I won't lose everything on my iPod touch again so that it will recognize the same laptop I used in the beginning in iTunes?

OK, these are good steps to follow for the purchases.
What are the instructions for doing it for my Apps, Contacts, Websites I've saved on the iPod, Photos, Videos, Calendar, Notes, Messages, and Bookmarks so my laptop won't cause the iPod to delete any of these on me like the last time being that it thinks that it's a brand new iPod Touch and doesn't recognize it at all?
Bear in mind still that I had to re-do my operating system for my Windows XP laptop from the recovery disk which brought it all back to day 1 from scratch. When I did this in the past and plugged in my iPod Touch to the laptop, it deleted and wiped out everything from the iPod Touch and had to start over. I don't want this to happen again.

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I have iphone 4S and have aproblem, that my phone stuck on syncing and backing up
I unistall iTune twice and downloaded it again, restart the PC several times, i did as many wrote but NON of them helped
My iPhone still stuck on Syncing and Backing up (Step 2 of 4), or (Step 2 of 5) or even (Step 2 of 7), its been connected to pc for more than 5 hours. As well as removing the iphone the cycle sign from the iphone doesnt dissapere unless i restarted the iphone
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Need urgent help.
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Hi Ingo2711,
Thanks for the fast replaying, i have tried what you wrote, but still its not working.
I mainly want to back it up to update it to IOS 6 later, also when i tried to add songs to my music it force itself for back up and stuckl again.
I'm not sure what is the problem, but please try to help me.
Thanks

I'm trying to sync and back-up my iPad2. I keep getting an error message (1140) saying, "The iPad cannot be synced. An unknown error occured." What on earth is that all about?

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http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3274
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097
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Syncing and backing up iPhone to a new computer?

I no longer have the computer that my iPhone was synced to and my iPhone was backed up to, I now have another Mac. how can I sync to this new computer and back up my iPhone/

gail1955 wrote:
Wish I could but the computer crashed and still trying to get the info.
This is why it has always been very basic to always miantain a backup copy of your computer. Once it has crashed, it is too late. The point of a backup is that you maintain it regularly.
If you have failed to do this, then you can transfer itunes purchases from the iphone: File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
You can import camera roll pics as you would from any digital camera.
You can e-mail other pics to yourself.
You can enter a unique contact and calendar entry on your computer. You should get the option to merge when you first sync.

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