How to sync music/video from 1 computer and contacts/calendar from another?

I have set iTune's iPhone preferences on both computers to "Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones".
On my laptop, I have only checked synchronization for contacts (address book) and calendar. On my Mac Pro, I have only checked music and video.
In spite of these settings, when I sync to the laptop, all my music and video is deleted from the iPhone! The settings are still set correctly: music and videos are completely unchecked on the laptap iTunes synchronization settings.
The only workaround is to re-sync to the Mac Pro to pick up the music/video, after syncing my contacts/calendar on the laptap. But this takes forever because all the music has to be reloaded. Not only that, but I cannot sync iPhone to laptop while on the road without giving up all of my music and video.
Does anybody out there know if this is a bug? Is there a workaround? Or is there some other hidden setting I am not aware of to control this?
Thanks!

IIn my original post above, I said "I cannot sync iPhone to laptop while on the road without giving up all of my music and video". So while your suggestion for the opposite sync works, that doesn't solve my problem.
When I am not at home, especially on a trip, I have my laptop with me and my iPhone. All my contacts are in the laptop but while out and about I am entering contacts and syncing them later to the laptop, but that ends up deleting the music, including MY MUSIC which is the point of the trip: being able to share my compositions with anyone, anywhere and capturing contacts as I go.
Yes, syncing on my laptop for contacts only and then on the tower for music works but that simply is a useless type of sync for me, because while on the road, I would have to choose between backing up my new contacts and wiping out all music OR not syncing contacts while on the road and hoping the iPhone doesn't get messed (which has happened twice now so this is a reasonable fear) in order to keep my music.
I do appreciate your suggestion and those instructions could be useful for someone else who needs the opposite of the sync I need.
Now I understand why some people say it works and others say it doesn't: it depends on which computer gets sync'd first!
At this point, I can only write a letter to Apple and request that they fix this problem in the next release!
Thanks everyone!
Jesse

Similar Messages

How to sync music/videos from iphone to computer - lost ext hard drive

I recently lost my external hard drive where I was storing all my music, videos and photos. Long story, but the backup was not occurring. I have precious video and music on my iphone (some original, not purchased) that I don't have the data for, but the iTunes libraries are still intact. But the libraries are pointing to a drive that doesn't exist. I have purchased a new hard drive that has the same drive letter as the original one. Will iTunes create a new folder and sync my music and videos to the same place, or do I need to recreate exactly the same path? Also, if something like this will work, will it sync, bringing the files from the iPhone to the new external hard drive? Please, can anyone help?

Thanks for your reply, KiltedTim! After reading on some additional resource sites and evaluating suggestions and reviews, I did try a 3rd party software which worked beautifully! The software allows the user to store the data into different folders by content type, including subfolders, too. I completely understand Apple's theology to make the sync a one way deal for copyrighted content, but when the unthinkable happens, it sure is nice to at least have an option to preserve anything personal and legal that you have on your iPhone that you lost on your hard drive, mainly music, videos, voice memos, text messages and notes. I am completely respectul of the protection of copyrighted music...I am just very glad that the people that created the software "had my back" this time for my precious family memories and the time saved trying to reimport all my music CD's!

How to sync Music & Videos from PC to iPad/iPhone?

The music and videos in my iTunes in PC cannot sync to my iPhone and iPad.
The iTunes in my iPhone and iPad is empty. My iPhone and iPad sync everything successfully back to my PC.
It is weird. Any idea how it works?

The iTunes in my iPhone and iPad is empty.
You are tapping the Music icon in the Dock to access your iTunes purchases correct?
The iTunes in my iPhone and iPad is empty. My iPhone and iPad sync everything successfully back to my PC.
It can't be empty if you can sync from the devices to the PC.

Don't know how to sync music on mac with iphone and ipod

don't know how to sync music on mac with iphone and ipod
need to also know how to recover original library of ipod as it seems as though
it has now sync'ed with iphone & lost all my music

Start HERE

How to add music/video from my macbook to iPhone music?

Hello,
Hope you are doing well.
I have bought my new iPhone 4 and can't add any music. I also dont know how to add music. Before that, I used to use Android. It was so easy to do. But here I cant find anything? Could you please tell me how can I add music/video from my macbook to iPhone music/ video?
I searched online about this matter but everywhere I found that, I have to add music to itunes at first. I even dont know how to do it. Please help me with the whole process.
*another thing, is there any way to add music to 'iPhone Music' from my whatsapp ?
Thanks for your help.
I wish you good luck and have a great day...

You'll have to use iTunes on your computer or buy music using the iTunes app on your phone.
Check these articles for more info:
iOS: Syncing with iTunes
iTunes: Syncing media content to iOS devices and iPod
iTunes on your MacBook can import music files or your CD's into the iTunes library. After that you can sync the content of the iTunes library on your Mac to your phone.

How can i take photoshop off one computer and put it on another

How can I take photoshop off one couputer and put it on another?

Hi Beth, welcome to the discussions!
Might be a good idea to also post over in the iPhoto forum if you haven't tried this yet as this is a common topic on their boards.
You may be able to get your iPhoto library back by rebuilding it. I've done it, but's it's been a long time, so don't want to mislead you on anything. The guys over in the iPhoto forum are real experts and should have some fixes for you.

How to sync music video with XDCAM footage

Anybody have a recommendation of how to shoot a music video in 24p on the Sony EX1, and make sure the on-set playback matches the original music track for editing in a XDCAM EX 1080/24p timeline?
Is it like the crystal sync playback with film, or the 60hz playback with 60i video? Something else maybe? Slow it down in post?

Get your audio source and sample rate convert to 48K naming the export appropriately.
load that into an FCP sequence set up for what you're shooting, start your sequence at 59:00:00 first hit of audio at 01:00:00:00
you may want to make a countdown eg snare drum cross stick etc for it in soundtrack pro. make sure the countdown matches the tempo of the piece. You'll need this if the piece starts with sync audio of the musicians playing.
put a slug and a timecode generator filter on it. you'll have to fool with the offset to get it to match your sequence time.
note the Time codes for each of your setups and place a marker at each setup then back up a few seconds and place a start marker for each setup.
Playback off the FCP sequence starting a few seconds early. shoot the screen with the TC numbers and without going out of record shoot the next setup. Playback audio from this sequence. Obviously a laptop is the way to go here
this sequence you used is now your master. drop in your shots according to the TC burn-in you shot
turn tracks on and off to select what you want and cut the piece.

Does anyone know how to use music transfered from another phone to the iphone as ringtones?

Does anyone know how to use ringtones that I put on my iphone from my previous phone? It went in as music and now I cant use as ringtones and figure out how to put it as ringtones.

Two ways to do this:
Download an app, such as RMakerPro, which uses music on your phone to create ringtones.
Plug in to iTunes and find where your ringtones are listed. Drag them to your desktop, and then you will need to change the file type to .m4r, which can be done at www.freefileconvert.com.

How can i play video from another service?

i have 2 services, fe A and B, and i want to create a player in service A to play a video component. I have tried to put 2 video components in service A but nothing was played.
in this case the code used was:
mediaLocator = new MediaLocator("dvb://1.1.1.1");
player2 = Manager.createPlayer(mediaLocator);
I tryed it in another way, with "ServiceContextFactory.getInstance().getServiceContexts();"
but service context array length was 1 (and there's 2 services). I think the problem is that my service/app does'nt have permisions to catch te neighbour service context or video component.
some one can help me to do this?

well i found the way!!
first, i created a player instance from current service. i stopped it, and made a player.deallocate() to later make a player.setSource(). passing a media locator.
:)

How to transfer music/video to itunes from an external drive?

How to transfer music/videos from an external device?

Drag the file to an open iTunes window. It will add the file to the playlist and put a copy on the drive designated in your preferenecs at the drive on which to store media.

How to sync music and video from iPhone4 with iPad mini?

I have music and video on my iPhone4 and I just got my iPad mini yesterday. Does anyone know how to sync music and video between two devices?

Apple doesn't enable you to copy certain items from your iPhone to your computer e.g.
- songs that have not been bought in the iTunes store
- photos from photo album (only allows photos transferred from camera roll)
This is frustrating if you have lost these items on your computer - e.g. accidental deletion, hard disk failure.
Its not that its not possible - just that the functionality is not included in iTunes. Its an example of Apple prioritising revenues over customer experience - hey they can do what they want with their reputation but should take care not to frustrate customers too much.
However the Senuti (free) and PhoneView ($20) allows you to transfer items either way between computer and iPhone. Ive tried both and they work great. These are for OS X and there are many other applications available online for both Windows/Mac that allow you to treat the iPhone as just a plugged in disk too. You can try iPod Photo Liberator (Mac & Windows) iPodCopy (Mac and Windows Versions) Keith's iPod Photo Reader (Mac only).
Good luck

I bought a music video on my iphone and synced it to itunes, but now the music video is gone from my phone, how do i get it back?

I bought a music video on my iphone and synced it to itunes, but now the music video is gone from my phone, how do i get it back?

I've tried syncing it at least 3 times thanks for the answer though

How do I find out which computer I sync music, videos and photos on?

I am about to update my iPhone to iOS 4.2 but it tells me that to preserve my media, I should apply this update on "the computer where you sync music, videos and photos". How do I find out what that computer is?

You should be regularly backing up then you can just move your library to a new computer and sync there.
If you don't have one then you will have to transfer purchases (grab a 3rd party program for non-purchased content) and then sync to the new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1848
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1727

How do I load music videos from my computer to my iPad when I don't have import in my iTunes

How do I load music videos from my computer on to my iPad when I don't have "import" on my iTunes?

Could you explain more? WHat do you mean that you do not have "import" on iTunes? Are you trying to find an import command to add the videos to your iTunes media library? It is called Add to library and is found in the iTunes File menu.
But you can add files to the iTunes media library by just dropping the files onto the iTunes icon.

How do I sync music purchased from iTunes via my iPhone4 to my computer's iTunes library?

How do I sync music purchased from iTunes via my iPhone4 to my computer's iTunes library without the need of additional software?

Hi,
When you connected your phone on your computer, open up iTunes, then on the left hand side, Right-Click (secondary click) on your iPhone, and choose "Transfer Purchases."
cwdlin

How to sync music/video from 1 computer and contacts/calendar from another?

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for