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I hear some of you in here complaining about your 5 minute iPhone sync, or how your backup takes 10 minutes alone. Well... my backup, alone, is going on 4 hours as I write this, AND ITS ONLY HALF WAY!
I have some apps I just purcahsed from the app store from my computer and need them synced over. I backed-up my iPhone last night (around an 8 hour process I guess...) and when I go plugging it in now, it has to have another 8 hour back-up?
*This is a pathetic excuse Apple... I think I'd rather NOT have a back-up if its going to take 8 hours.* On the other hand, I have yet to find a way to skip it, and just sync the few, new apps I've downloaded.
I have to leave in about 3 hours... out of town, and I won't be able to sync my iPhone, and I really need the apps I paid for!
Please, please, please, please, please!! I spend all this money on my iPhone that acts like its got 64K of RAM on it...? I need help, shorting my 8-hour back-up, so I can sync my few apps over!
I am no expert, but none of my syncing/backup has ever taken longer than 10 minutes. Before I bought my 3G, I learned about the 3G by reading this forum. This is probably why I have yet to select Automatically Sync when phone is connected, or ever selected Sync Only Checked Songs and Videos. I was (and still am) nervous about long sync times.
So far, I only select Manually Manage Music and Videos. (I also have MobileMe which auto syncs my calendar, address book, and bookmarks--which by the way is terrific--for me). The capacity of my iphone is 14.64 GB, Audio is at 3.29 GB, Video at 5.34 GB, Photos at 37.5 MB, Other is 224.1 MB, and Free Space is at 5.76 GB. So far I have 5 free apps on my Iphone. All of the music I synch are in Playlists and all of the podcasts I synch are in Playlists. Last night I wanted to add to my Iphone a movie I created in Imovie and had published to Itunes and wanted to add a new app I had downloaded to Itunes. I had checked Manually sync on the first screen. It seems that my Iphone prefers if I sync Music first (that does the Playlists of music and podcasts), sync Videos second, which syncs my selected TV shows and Movies (and seems to also synch my photos). I never sync podcasts (because they are in Music playlists, and don't have any checks in this category). Last I sync apps.
When I select sync Music I get msg "All existing content on the Iphone will be removed and replaced with songs and playlists from your ITunes library." (My tv shows disappeared from my Iphone.) When I select sync Video, I get msg "All existing songs, movies and TV shows on the Iphone will be removed and replaced with TV shows from your Itunes library. (TV shows were put back on my Iphone, and all my playlists of songs and podcasts were still there. Also, received my iMovie). Last I synced Apps and the new app came onto my Iphone. It took less than 10 minutes.
If I am doing something incorrectly, or short changing myself with above process, please let me know. I do only have 5 apps so far and I don't know how many apps you have.
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50 Election generation number for the current or next election
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