HT3951 Will all info be wiped from my iPhone if I sync it with a new computer?

Will all info be wiped from my iPhone if I sync it with a new computer?

Yes, the dialog box that will appear gives you several options, one of which is "erase and sync". It will do what it says, in that order. If the iTunes Library on the new computer is empty, after you sync your iPhone it will also be empty.
The way to transfer your iTunes Library and everything on it is from the old computer to the new computer. Read about it here:
iTunes: How to move your music from one computer to another:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527

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Original Computer I started syncing my iphone to has crashed. How do I go about syncing up with my new computer without losing all of my stuff. Everytime I have tried it tells me it needs to erase my iphone and replace it with the current library.

The original computer that I began syncing my iphone to has crashed and I now have a new computer. I need to know if anyone can help me? How do I sync my phone to the new computer and tell it that it's now going to be my primary computer instead of the old one? There has to be a way, viruses effect computers all the time and they crash so I know I can't be the only one.
Than you

You should be able to recover the media with the tips in this post from forum regular Zevoneer but I'm not sure what the implications are for your application settings. You can probably transfer your purchases into a newly authorised library, backup the device, recover any other media using third party tools, then restore the device from the backup. That might switch the assocation of the device to the new machine but I couldn't say for sure.
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Why are random calendar events being deleted from my iphone when I sync it with ical?

My settings are such that events entered on both devices should push to both devices when I sync. The events being deleted from my iphone are not consistent (ie. older than a certain date), they are random.

This happens to me INCESSANTLY. I'm looking at my calendar events one second, and POOF!, the next second all of the events I've entered into the calendar- with the exception of birthdays that are on the actual contact information for a person- are GONE. My calendar settings are set to sync all events- no timeframe- and always have been. This happened to me nonstop on my old iPhone 3GS, and I was sure it was the phone causing this issue. Now, I have my new iPhone 5 in my hands and same ol' , different equipment. I have done EVERYTHING I can think of to prevent this from happening or to restore the data- including rebooting, holding home button and on/off at same time, etc.- and NOTHING works to restore the data. And then, just as magically as the data disappeared, POOF!- the data is back randomly sometime later. That "later" may be 5 mins, a day, several days. This is an absurd and EXASPERATING glitch that APPLE NEEDS TO FIX IMMEDIATELY!!! I'm starting to hate the iPhone and Apple in general when I continuously experience HUGE glitches like this that have a profound impact on what you're trying to accomplish within a feature that you DEPEND on... yet Apple has "never heard of that problem before". You suck, Apple. Don't send your problems out into the real world, to users who just gave you $800 for another glitchy piece of equipment that never solves your software issues.

Will I also get virus on my iPhone if I sync it with a computer with virus

I am disinclined to test the sync application of my iPhone and iTunes for the reason that I knew my laptop contains viruses. If I sync my iPhone to my laptop for the first time will my iPhone also can be affected with virus? Thanks in advance for those who can help me. =) May I request that at least you can share thoughts that has less technical terms. =P Thank you very much!

It's not very likely. Viruses have to be designed for specific operating systems. Your computer's operating system is Windows (I'm assuming) and your phone runs on iOS, a completely different system, so anything that affects windows will not be able to transfer to iOS.
Now if the music files you ahve on your computer are corrupted in some way they may not transfer or play properly on the iphone, but even if that has some effect other than making the songs not play, that shouldn't do any damage that taking the music off the phone won't fix.

All data is wiped from my iphone after internet was serverely hacked, hence transfered to my iphone and everyone elses iphones in the house

Our internet was hacked really bad, whatever virus/ trojan it was, my two housemates & I didnt realise straight away, by then we had synced our iphones to itunes on our computers, it wasnt long before we noticed our iphones acting strange, they would freeze up, bombing out, our computers were worse, it got through the anti-viruses, activated our web cams & mics. Then one of my housemates got a settings message window pop up on his iphone screen saying "I will put it all back if you give me what I want", we freaked, we had no idea what it meant. The other iphones were telling us to sync to itunes.. We sync to itunes again, then about half an hr apart of each other- each of our phones turned themselves off, we turn them on again.... and discovered all data, apps, messages, photo's, everything completely wiped clean- gone. Most of the programs on our computers had been changed, all data on itunes was gone, we just couldnt believe what had happened.
I never did a back up- I trusted the iphones, I didnt think that i needed to. I had tried again to sync to Itunes after I uninstalled Itunes & reinstalled it again on my main computer but nothing. I thought that I better not try syncing it to my laptop then.
I have uninstalled most programs in my laptop & tried to clear out any dodgey data i could find. I have left what iphone files that I could find in there, but I cant tell which iphone/ apple data is what nor can I read any of it.
I have seen on other sites there are programs or tools to try and retrieve data, but I dont trust the internet, I'm not risking being hacked again by downloading from sites I dont know.
Can someone please PLEASE advise me some kind of instructions as to how to retrieve my iphone data out of my laptop??
**I'm wondering if this Apple site will publish this, because I have never found anything on the net where people have had a hack as bad as ours, so it makes me wonder if there are people out there who do talk about bad hacks- if they're story ever gets published or is our hack "1 in a million!".

Syncing your phone will restore the iTunes content to your phone. I suspect the content has not actually been deleted from your phone, just not visible due to a glitch(it's happened before). Re-syncing will fix things.

My iphone is synced and backed up with another computer which is now broken... and i have synced it with a new one but when i want to do anything itunes says all data will be erased and replaced with the current itunes library?what do i do?

my iphone is synced and backed up with another computer which is now broken...i have synced it with my new computer but it hasnt transfered anything over to itunes and when i try to add anything to my iphone it says all data will be erased and replaced with the current itunes? i dont want to lose all my apps and music.... i dont know how to go around this problem? i want to back it all up and sync it properly to my new computer so that is now my main computer , so i can add ring tones and music etc with out it erasing everything ive got. any answers would be great and muchly appreciated. thanks, im not sure what operating system my iphone has either.....

It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer for just such an occasion.
Use your backup copy of your computer to put everything on the new one.
It sounds like you have failed to do this, which is not good at all.
You will have to transfer your itunes purchases from your iphone. Authorize your computer for your itunes account
About iTunes Store authorization and deauthorization
Open itunes, plug in iphone, do NOT sync, click File>Transfer Purchases
When you do sync you will lose your pics ( photo library - synced from your old computer), your itunes content ( music, apps, videos,etc) , your contacts and your calendars. So do NOT sync yet. This is why a backup copy is so important.
Enter one unique contact and calendar entry on your computer.
When you first sync, you should get the option to merger the data. Choose it.
If you want your pics, then you will need to e-mail them to yourself before you sync. They will not be of the original quality as they are reduced when synced to iphone.
When all is as goos as it can be, then backup your computer, and always maintain the backup.

If I disable my Apple ID, will I lose my contacts from my iPhone?

Hello. I might disable my Apple ID in order to create a new one. If I disable the Apple ID and have not updated my iPhone recently, will I lose all my contacts from my iPhone when I sign in with the NEW Apple ID? Thanks a bunch!

Yes. And you will lose the game as well as all other software connected to your old Apple ID, and they cannot be transferred.

I have an iPod Nano and I have a new computer. I want to sync my iPod with my new computer. It tells me all of my current music will be erased from my iPod. How do I prevent that from happening?

I have an iPod Nano and I have a new computer. I want to sync my iPod with my new computer. It tells me all of my current music will be erased from my iPod. How do I prevent that from happening?

How to use your iPod to move your music to a new computer

I just synced my iPhone and lost all the info in notes from my phone. It was replaced with whT was on my iMac how do you make the sync go from phone to desktop and not the other way around

I Just synced my iPhone and lost all the info in notes I had on the phone. How do you have the info sync from phone to desktop and not the other way around as I usually make contact changes etc on my phone. I would then like to be able to sync that info from desktop to ipad thanks

It does make sense. The iPhone is a one-person device and just syncs to one computer.
The way it should work is as follows:
Old computer content ---> New computer
New computer <---> syncs to iPhone
But the way you are trying to operate sounds like:
Old computer content ---> iPhone
... and ...
New computer content <---> iPhone
So simply move your old stuff (either directly from iTunes, or from a computer backup) to the new computer, have it all there, then sync your iPhone to the new machine.

HT1766 I have an iphone 4.I upgraded it to 5.0.1 and so I have lost all the data from my iPhone,but i have a backup in my computer.How do I use the backup file ? i.e How will i get that backup file in my iPhone ?

I have an iphone 4.I upgraded it to 5.0.1 and so I have lost all the data from my iPhone,but i have a backup in my computer.How do I use the backup file ? i.e How will i get that backup file in my iPhone ?

Connect phone to computer.
Select Restore.
Tell iTunes which of the available backup files to use, let iTunes restore it.
Also, try reading the User's Guide as it answers questions like this.

I restored my mac and all my music wiped from my mac and is still on my phone. how do i get the music from my phone to my mac i really need it!

i restored my mac and all my music wiped from my mac and is still on my phone. how do i get the music from my phone to my mac i really need it!

Did you not have a Time Machine backup of your Macbook Pro or a clone backup on an external HD?
To copy music from the iPhone to your Mac -- except purchases from the Apple Store -- you need third-party software.
Check this thread: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5811515?searchText=music%20from%20iPhone%20 to%20mac

Will all my music transfer from the mac to my macbook air? I don't want it to because there is too much and the air will not hold it.

will all my music transfer from the mac to my macbook air? I don't want it to because there is too much and the air will not hold it.

Welcome to Apple Support Communities
First, when you are going to turn off or restart your Mac, you will see a box called "Reopen windows when logging back in" in the shutdown or restart window. Untick this box and see if the App Store opens automatically in the next startup.
If it starts, open System Preferences > Users and Groups > Login Items, and see if the App Store shows up. If so, remove it from this list

HT6154 im trying to get all my info from my old iphone 4 to my new iphone 5s how can i do this with my new computer it doesn't have i tunes on it

I'm trying to get my old info to my new phone but my computer doesn't have itunes and it won't download it when i plug my new phone in on it

Hi jim or viola,
If you are having issues tranfering your content from your old iPhone to your new iPhone, you may find the following article helpful:
Apple Support: Transfer content from an iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2109
As for iTunes, you may need to download it manually to your new computer first. You can find the most recent version at the following page:
Apple - iTunes - Download iTunes Now
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/
Regards,
- Brenden

How can I erase all phantom iCal data from my iPhone/Flat Panel Mac?

Tried many ideas and Apple Genius could not even help me. Here is the scoop...
I created an iCloud account then synched my iPhone to my Flat Panel. Suddenly my iPhone showed up to six duplicates of iCal events (often a week or two later than the actual event). My Flat Panel iCal showed no such events. I erased all data and settings from the iPhone, restarted it from scratch (both from a back-up and as a new iPhone). As soon as I synch it to the Flat Panel the multiple events reappear on the iPhone but still not on the Flat Panel. I checked the "replace all calendar info" box in iTunes before synching. I deleted my iCloud account. I tried synching my old 1st gen iPod to teh Flat Panel, and the iCal info there is correct. I erased the iPhone and started over by starting it up/synching with my Macbook Air. The iCal info is now correct on my iPhone. How can I go back to synching on my Flat Panel? Where is the phantom info hiding on the Flat Panel?
Thanks for helping me with this strange problem!
John

Ohnj,
I presume that you are no longer trying to use iCloud for syncing with the "Flat Panel." It will not work since you are using OS X 10.5.8.
Quit iCal, go to your Macintosh HD/Users/yourusername/Library/Calendars folder and remove any/all files with "Cache" as a part of the file name. Then log out/in or restart and see what happens.

I imported files from an external hard drive to Itunes on a new computer. they imported & play fine, but the ratings & playlists are gone & i am unable to update any info. I found a file name playlist on old drive & imported now most files are missing!

I imported files from an external hard drive to Itunes on a new computer. they imported & play fine, but the ratings & playlists are gone & i am unable to update any info. I found a file name playlist on old drive & imported now most files are missing! Help!

Can you locate the iTunes Library.itl file on the old drive? Ideally you would have simply copied over the entire iTunes folder structure from <User's Music> on the old computer into <User's Music> on the new one to transfer the library will all playlists, ratings, play counts etc. intact.
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