How & What Advantage to Bluetooth Sync to MBP?

I've seen a few posts on this, and I was wondering why you would want to sync your iPhone to your MB or MBP via Bluetooth.
What does it bring you and if there is some reason, how is it done?
Thanks

Here's how it works and why it is so great for me.
I work in a small family business and we use RAZR V3ms (sorry, no AT&T here, so no iPhones). When I need to update the contacts and calendars on our phones, I simply fire up iSync on my PowerBook and hit the sync button. All the phones within reach of my PowerBook's Bluetooth get updated at once, whether they are hooked up to my Mac or not, in someone's pocket, forgotten on a desk somewhere, etc. No cables, no muss, no fuss. Heck, they can even be on a phone call!

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the old version of itunes had a drop down box listing songs that did not sync newer version does not how can i see what songs did not sync, The box message on the screen says 19 items did not sync to your ipad, see itunes for more information. Where do I look??

Hello Tonchee
If you are seeing an Apple ID that is not yours, then you have purchased content on your iPad that is tied to that Apple ID. You would need to know that password or remove the content that is associated with that Apple ID.
Using your Apple ID for Apple services
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4895
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
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-Norm G.

Ive Had 32gb IPOD Touch n now just got an 8gb IPHONE 4S. My question is how am I supposed to sync my iphone without it syncing my current library that is well over 32gb of info? In other words, can i pick and choose what I want to put on just iphone?

Ive Had 32gb IPOD Touch n now just got an 8gb IPHONE 4S. My question is how am I supposed to sync my iphone without it syncing my current library that is well over 32gb of info? In other words, can i pick and choose what I want to put on just iphone?

thanks but if Im using iCloud For my Iphone and backing my ipod touch to my computer is that ok or would I have to back both up to ICloud. As u can telll, I want to kep the 2 devices seperate as much as possible, only putting on my phone what i choose to download, buy, or take from my current itunes library most importantly.

When i sync my iPhone 6 with iTunes i get a message that one item could not sync. how do i find out what item would not sync?

When I sync my iPhone 6 with iTunes I get a message on my phone that "One item could not sync. See iTunes for more information." How do I find out what item would not sync?

Hello lenmin,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
To help resolve this issue where you're repeatedly prompted to authorize with your Apple ID in iTunes when syncing, please follow the directions in the article below.
iTunes: Missing folder or incorrect permissions may prevent authorization - Apple Support
Have a great weekend,
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When I plug my Ipad2 to my Imac, it does not sync all my photos from my Itunes library. It also splits events and picks what it wants to sync. How do I get all my photos to sync with Ipad2?

When I sync my Ipad2 with my Imac, it does not sync all the photos. It seems to pick & choose what it wants to sync and also splits events. How can I set it to sync all photos so both libraries are the same?

Can't help you with the sync problem but the splitting of events was supposedly fixed with the iPhoto 9.1.3 updater.
This is from the download page:
This update fixes a problem that could cause some events merged in iPhoto to be split back into multiple events on iOS devices after being synced.
So update iPhoto to 9.1.3 and re-sync. If you already have updated to that version then I'm at a loss.

HT1212 What if we never synced the iPad on a computer? How can we unlock iPad if my daughter cannot remember her password?

My daughter changed her password and can't remember it. Suggestions online say to go back to the computer we synced it on. What if we never synced the iPad on a computer? Any help?

You can restore the iPad using recovery mode (most likely needed) on any computer. She will lose everything on the iPad though. Purchased content can be downloaded again as long as you use the same Apple ID that you bought it with.
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TS3697 I've this problem and don't know what to do , i'n trying to follow these steps so i'm asking how to turn off photo syncing and to sync my device

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As the article you attached says, "Within iTunes, select the device, then select the Photos pane and turn off syncing."
In other words, once you click on the device in iTunes on your computer (with the iPhone attached), you then click "Photos" near the top and uncheck the "sync photos" box.
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How can I bluetooth sync without using iCal

Hi, I have a Macbook Pro with Bluetooth, and a Palm Tungsten e2. I would really like to sync using bluetooth, but after I followed all the advice on the Mac support page (which configured my iSync), to my dismay I discovered I was syncing with iCal, not my Palm desktop. For several reasons I prefer Palm desktop to to iCal, so my question is:
Can I do a bluetooth sync, from my Palm to my Mac, and have it work with Palm desktop, rather than iCal and it's associated Address book?
BTW, I found all my disabled conduits and returned them to my original Palm folder, and I switched my prefs back to good ol' USB, and everything seems back to normal.
One day iCal might impress me enough to switch over, but I haven't seen the magic yet.
thanks, Shereen

Certainly. I presume that you are synchronizing now via USB to the Palm Desktop?
As long as you have already paired your organizer with your computer, you are ready to initiate Bluetooth synchronization, though you might want to double check the settings in the HotSync Manager on both the organizer and the computer to insure that the proper software 'mechanism' is enabled.
Be sure that the iSync Palm Conduit—which appears in the HotSync Manager as iSync Conduit and in the Finder as simply Apple—is not active.

How may I tell what version of bluetooth my ipad model has?

Hi, I have an iPad2 running on the latest version of iOS 8.
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How do I stop auto sync then sync only one item manually

I have 5 Macs. They are all set to sync using dot mac.
I hadn't used 2 of them lately, the others were being synced.
I noticed that mail had 2 of the exact smart folders (with several folders within them). And all of the criteria disappeared from the smart folders.
I wanted to get the smart mailbox criteria from the computers I had not synced lately as that was still ok.
So I thought I could turn off the syncing for mail rules, signatures and smart mailboxes by removing the check mark from that option. But immediately upon syncing, my smart mail box was replaced with 2 duplicates with no criteria available. So it seems that ignored the fact that the option was not checked when I synced.
Now I have 1 mac left. On that Mac I would like to sync bookmarks, calendars, contacts, keychains. But I would like to keep the smart mailboxes the way they are and send them to the other macs.
The problem is that my MacBook Pro is set for automatic syncing. And when I turn it on, it will connect wirelessly and automatically sync.
How do I get to it quick enough so the sync will not happen and I can put it in manual mode?
Then how do I sync just what I want to sync? And how do I then sync the smart mailboxes back to the other macs?
I don't want to turn on the MBP until I know exactly what to do.

This is actually a .Mac Sync issue, and has nothing to do with iSync. You'll find a forum for .Mac Sync users here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957
To correct the issue you outline, you will have to start your MacBook Pro and disable AirPort at the first opportunity to prevent network connection and a subsequent synchronization event initiation.
Then, launch the System Preferences application, press the Sync tab, and select Manually from the Synchronize with .Mac: menu. Once you've done that, turn AirPort on again.
Then press the Advanced tab and wait for your registered device list to be refreshed. Press the Reset Sync Data… button in the lower left corner of the dialog box. From the Replace: menu, choose the Mail Rules, Signatures and Smart Mailboxes data descriptor that identifies the information you want to transfer from your MacBook Pro to the rest of the synchronization pool.
Press the right-faccing arrow so that the animated orange arrow moves from left to right, and the label changes to read On .Mac with sync info from this computer. Then press the Replace button to propagate your smart mailbox structures to .Mac and your other sync clients.
Remember that Automatically means essentially whenever a change is made, and in any event, no less than once each hour. Any change, even an inadvertent one, will propagate through the synchronization pools when an event is triggered, so you will want to carefully consider your selection of that option.

How do I stop auto sync then sync only one item

I have 5 Macs. They are all set to sync using dot mac.
I hadn't used 2 of them lately, the others were being synced.
I noticed that mail had 2 of the exact smart folders (with several folders within them). And all of the criteria disappeared from the smart folders.
I wanted to get the smart mailbox criteria from the computers I had not synced lately as that was still ok.
So I thought I could turn off the syncing for mail rules, signatures and smart mailboxes by removing the check mark from that option. But immediately upon syncing, my smart mail box was replaced with 2 duplicates with no criteria available. So it seems that ignored the fact that the option was not checked when I synced.
Now I have 1 mac left. On that Mac I would like to sync bookmarks, calendars, contacts, keychains. But I would like to keep the smart mailboxes the way they are and send them to the other macs.
The problem is that my MacBook Pro is set for automatic syncing. And when I turn it on, it will connect wirelessly and automatically sync.
How do I get to it quick enough so the sync will not happen and I can put it in manual mode?
Then how do I sync just what I want to sync? And how do I then sync the smart mailboxes back to the other macs?
I don't want to turn on the MBP until I know exactly what to do.

This is actually a .Mac Sync issue, and has nothing to do with iSync. You'll find a forum for .Mac Sync users here:
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957
To correct the issue you outline, you will have to start your MacBook Pro and disable AirPort at the first opportunity to prevent network connection and a subsequent synchronization event initiation.
Then, launch the System Preferences application, press the Sync tab, and select Manually from the Synchronize with .Mac: menu. Once you've done that, turn AirPort on again.
Then press the Advanced tab and wait for your registered device list to be refreshed. Press the Reset Sync Data… button in the lower left corner of the dialog box. From the Replace: menu, choose the Mail Rules, Signatures and Smart Mailboxes data descriptor that identifies the information you want to transfer from your MacBook Pro to the rest of the synchronization pool.
Press the right-faccing arrow so that the animated orange arrow moves from left to right, and the label changes to read On .Mac with sync info from this computer. Then press the Replace button to propagate your smart mailbox structures to .Mac and your other sync clients.
Remember that Automatically means essentially whenever a change is made, and in any event, no less than once each hour. Any change, even an inadvertent one, will propagate through the synchronization pools when an event is triggered, so you will want to carefully consider your selection of that option.

HT204053 how do I view, edit, sync documents with pages on iOS and mac

I can't seem to figure out how I can - find,edit,sync my documents that I have created on an iOS device or macbook, without going onto icloud.com/iwork?
Even if I download from the web onto my MBP edit content then how do I re-upload to icloud.
I have the documents and data checked in icloud preferences all apps and programs are up to date.
What I would like to do is like dropbox have a folder on my MBP that syncs with icloud which is connected to my iOS.
I have a dropbox account and can download a document to my iPad via pages review and edit but then cannot re-upload the newly edited version. This is frustrating and would be happy to use more icloud intergration but can't figure out how to get an iCloud folder in finder to sync with devices.
I hope that make sense
thanks for the help!
Stuart

Currently any documents created or edited on your Mac, need to be uploaded AND downloaded via iCloud.com before you can share them with your iOS devices.
This is a user to user community, Apple are unlikely to read your comments, if you have any suggestions that you think might enhance iCloud you can send Apple your feedback here.

Since reinstalling itunes i can no longer sync. Error message says already synced with another itunes library. I get a blank sync - no songs, photos ect as it comes up with this error whenever try to select what is to be synced. Help - lost everything

Since reinstalling itunes i can no longer sync. Error message says already synced with another itunes library. I get a blank sync - no songs, photos ect as it comes up with this error whenever try to select what is to be synced. Help - lost everything. Complete nightmare - Apple sort a fix NOW, but will take any help

Plawexki wrote:
... do you know if the contacts, photos, messages etc will be wiped?
Yes... Everything will be Wiped and Replaced with what is currently on Your Mac.
SYNCING with iTunes
See here > http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
From Here > http://www.apple.com/support/iphone/syncing/
You may find this information of interest...
Have a read here...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/18409815?ac_cid=ha
And See Here...
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How do I use Active Sync to view SharePoint Lists (Contacts and Calendars) on a Mobile Phone?

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You cannot use ActiveSync for that, but there are SharePoint clients for the iPhone. Windows Mobile 7 natively supports SharePoint with SharePoint Workspace Mobile, part of Microsoft Office Mobile. Android and BlackBerry might also have some apps.
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