HT1386 iPad syncing and getting all of iPhones contacts, bookmarks, etc.?
I have an iPhone, my daughter has an iPad and we only have one desktop computer. How does she sync the iPad without getting all of my contacts, bookmarks, etc. We have only one iTunes acccount and prefer not to have more than one. Please advise. Thank you.
I had the same issue with my old iPhone and the 'long & short' of it was that you can't do what you want to do, unfortunately- because it's not a "storage device and because of the way that iTunes works.
BUT..... I found an application that I run on my MacBook Pro that did it FOR me. It's called: "Phone View" I suspect there's a similar app that will do it for you with your iPad. The hitch is, you CAN NOT sync your iPad to iTunes (at least NOT your contacts) until you can fish that info off your iPad first; because, otherwise, iTunes will "replace" the info on your iPad with the contact list on your computer- which, according to your description, is empty. The result would be erasing your contacts.
If I find a iPad version of something like "phone view" (for iPhone) I'll post it here.
Nick
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