How do i sync iphone with computer for first time?

Need help to sync my iphone4S with my Mac

You should just be able to plug it in to your Mac once you setup your iPhone, iOS 5 has allowed phones to be setup without the need of a computer. You just sign in with your Apple ID and presto. For your apps/music/etc it's easiest to get it on the iPhone over a USB connection since most people have at least 1GB of each (which is a lot of data to wirelessly transfer via iCloud or even Wi-fi Sync). When you plugin your phone, your iPhone will show up on the left hand bar, that's where you go and modify most of your sync settings, etc.

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  • HT201253 How do I sync iPhone with a new computer without losing data?

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    In addition to an iTunes backup, did you also create a backup of photos that were stored on your old Mac along with contact information, calendar events, and bookmarks?
    Before syncing your iPhone, you need to transfer your iTunes library from your old Mac to your new. Then authorize your new Mac with iTunes with your iTunes account. Did you de-authorize your old Mac with iTunes? You can have up to 5 computers authorized with the same iTunes account.
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    If you use iPhoto for transferring photos from your computer to your iPhone, you need to transfer your iPhoto library from your old Mac to your new or any photos that were transferred from your old Mac to your iPhone will be lost when transferring photos to your iPhone from your new Mac.

  • How do i sync iphone with new computer when old computer is unavailable?

    I want my iphone content on itunes on a new computer.  My old computer crashed and is unavailable.

    No backup is a big mistake.
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  • How do i sync iphone with multiple macs? and few questions

    Hi
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    would like to use this feature if I were to be suddenly on a trip and a friend would like to share some of his files (audio, apps, photos..etc)
    2. is it possible to use internet tethering on multiple macs or example a "spontanious" mac? (ex. if I were suddenly to use internet through usb on a friends mac while we were on a trip but it were programmed on my mac at home)
    3. my internet tethering is only working on one mac which I usually use to sync everything... i tried just using tethering through usb on the other mac wihtout any sync but somehow it didnt work... usually i just plug and play and start using firefox... by automatic detection...
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    5. why cant i use iphone like the ipod as a disk use?
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    #1: As has been said, you can't get around it. An iPhone cannot be synched to more than one computer for any media content (it can be for contacts and calendar information, I believe).
    #4: You can transfer items purchased from the iTunes Store to another computer but only if you disallow synchronization and authorize that computer to your iTunes Store account. There are third-party utilities that can transfer non-iTunes Store content.
    #5: there is no disk mode in an iPhone and no way to enable one, at least not in the sense of disk mode in earlier iPods. There are third-party apps that allow some file transfer to and from an iPhone.
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  • How to sync iPad with apps for 1st time to iTunes?

    Hi -
    Can't find the answer to this question directly, hence posting it here.
    My nephew's iPad has many apps , and photos, and he has never synced it to iTunes. He want's me to help him. I'm reasonably familiar with both iPad and iTunes.
    However - I'm worried that when he connects to iTunes for the 1st time he will have the iPad wiped clean by the empty iTunes session.
    I have searched high and low but can't find a reassuring set of steps to follow.
    Hence I would be very grateful to anyone who can point to complete, thorough online instructions, or offer them yourself, on what _precisely_ I must do to get his iPad synced to a new iTunes session for the very first time, without loosing the iPad content.
    We need to upgrade the OS badly (its the OS released from the shop purchase).
    thanks, for what is probably a question asked with a thoursand variations.
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    Thank you both for your time and responses
    roaminggnome - my nephew was 10 when he got it and his family are not particularly computer savy. It didn't occur to them that syncing was such a priority. Thanks for the pointer to Apple feedback - I'll post my suggestion to them (I'm sure they've received it many times before!)
    Demo - that other thread looks absolutley excellent and your detailed instructions there look spot on - thank you.
    Thanks to you both again - genuinely appreciated.
    Cheers,
    Kevin.

  • No longer able to sync Iphone with computer?

    I recently bought a new Macbook Pro, and now itunes doesn't allow me to sync the music I have on my phone onto m computer. When I try to sync, iTunes wants to transfer things from computer to phone, instad of phone to computer. I never had this problem with older versions of iTunes on my old Macbook.

    This is correct.  As has been the case from the very first iphone, it will sync with one and only one computer at a time.  Syncing to another computer will erase the current content form the iphone and replace with content from the new computer.
    The sync is one way - computer to iphone.  The exception is itunes purchases. File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
    The iphone is not a storage/backup device.  It simply mirrors the selected content of your computer.
    Copy everything from your old computer, or your backup copy of your old computer, to your new one.

  • HT4236 iPhone was stolen. Is there a way to get Info from that iPhone to an iPad? I never synced iPhone with computer.

    iPhone was stolen. Is there a way to sync info to an iPad? iPhone was never synced to a computer. I lost all my photos, which have great sentimental value and not sure if it is possible to retrieve those photos. Thanks for any advice :)

    If you have failed to sync your device to your computer or cloud service, as the iphone is designed, then everything is gone.

  • I mindlessly deleted a video I shot with my iphone 4. I never made a backup of the 'deleted' video. Never synced iphone with computer after shooting video. Is my video gone? If not, how can I retrieve it? Please help. Thanks.

    I mindlessly deleted a video I shot with my iphone 4. I never synced my iphone to my computer after shooting the 'deleted' video. Is it gone forever? If not, how can I get it back? Please help. Thanks.

    If it wasn't backed up, it's gone.

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