I want to transfer photos, music, contacts, etc to a new iphone4...how?

How do I save the content currently on my iPhone4
(photos, music, books, videos, apps, contacts, calenders)
into my desktop iMac
and then install it into a new iPhone
(actually, the same phone, wiped and reset to factory settings)
Rather confusing post.
If this is just one iPhone and you erased all content before syncing then you're out of luck to resync that data.

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A client gave me he's mini Ipad wifi as a gift.It has all his information:photos, music, contacts, etc.I also took some photos that are in camera roll. I would like to erase everithing and make it totaly mine but don't want to loos my photos and his music

A client gave me he's mini Ipad wifi as a gift.
It has all his information:photos, music, contacts, etc. I also took some photos that are in camera roll. I would like to erase everithing and make it totaly mine but don't want to loose my photos and his music which is very good. How should I do???

Resetting the settings will reset things like the wallpaper to the default. It wont remove the apps or music.
As the previous poster said, the apps and music will be tied to the previous owners Apple ID, you'll need the password to update the apps and remain authorized to play the music.
I would suggest taking your stuff off (the camera pictures) then erasing all content and settings so the iPad is like new. For privacy reasons alone I would erase the device. I realise you want to keep the music, but since you haven't paid for it (it was purchased under someone elses ID) then it isn't yours to keep, you'll need to write down the tracks and purchase them under your ID.

I have a nano and want to transfer my music from it to my new iPad. Unfortunately upon the excitement of setting up my new iPad I created a new apple Id and now cannot sync. Can I do it another way. Step by step pls I'm technologically challenged!

I have a nano and want to transfer my music to my new iPad, in all the excitement of setting up my iPad I created a new apple Id and now I can't sync my music!
Can someone please advise if there is a way to transfer my music to my iPad manually? If so, please detail step by step, as I am technologically challenged! Thanks in anticipation.

You can search within your music folder on your pc, or within documents folder for a music folder.
In any case, you would need to sync with itunes
IOS: Syncing with iTunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386
Apple - Support - iPad - Syncing
http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/syncing/
If the music was purchased from the itunes store, you can also download it directly from there to the ipad.

I just purchased an iphone 5s and want to transfer my itunes from my mac to new phone.How do I accomplish this? I tried downloading itunes 11.1 but itunes wont recoginize the updated version and tells me version 10 is still operating? Please help. Thanks

Greetings this evening, I just purchased an iphone 5s and want to transfer some of my itunes from my mac running 10.6.7 to my new iphone 5s.I downloaded version 11.1 from the itunes website,restarted my computer but it wont recoginize the new 11.1 version which it tells me I need to sync songs from mac to 5S.Even though I downloaded version11.1 it still says I'm running version 10? How can I get my itunes from my mac onto my new phone and have them in itunes on the phone? Love my music! Thank You !

You have to update to 10.6.8 first.
Then, if your machine qualifies, this explains how to get Mavericks:
http://www.apple.com/osx/
This explains whether your machine is capable of Mavericks installation:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842

I have a mac book and I want to transfer my pics in iPhoto to my new iMac how do I do this without migration

Can someone please help me? I just purchased a new Imac and I need to transfer my iphot pics from my macbook to the Imac

All the Photos in your macbook are in iphoto Library. Navigate to PICTURES FOLDER then, right click "iPhoto Lib" then select SHOW Package Contents. your photos are in the MASTERS Folder.
Or you can copy the entire iphoto Library in the Pictures folder and place it in your new imac pictures folder.
you can use an external hard drive, SD Card or burn to CD.
Another option is to connect macbook to iMac and boot macbook in target disk mode so that you can access your laptop as an external drive.

TS4036 I have backed up my phone to icloud, photos, music, contacts, but now most of my contacts don't show up on my actual phone, and all I have on the text is a phone number instead of the person's name. What happened?

I am new to the icloud, and I have a question. I have backed my phone up to icloud, with photos, music, contacts, etc. but now most of my contacts have disappeared on my actual phone, and when someone sends me a text, just a phone number shows up instead of their names. What happened? How do I get all of my contacts back on my phone?

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Do you see all your contacts on a computer at...
iCloud.com

Hi, I have an old iphone 3 and for Xmas received an iphone 5. I have 2 apple ID accounts, one on each phone, for me to be able to transfer messages, fotos, contacts etc from the iphone 3 to 5 do I have to be using the same Apple ID account? Many thanks.

hi everyone, first time using this forum!
I have an old iphone 3 and for Xmas received an iphone 5. I have 2 apple ID accounts, one on each phone. For me to be able to transfer messages, fotos, contacts etc from the iphone 3 to 5 do I have to be using the same Apple ID account? Many thanks.

You should only use one Apple ID for both phones. All apps that you bought for your 3 are linked forever to the Apple ID used to buy them. If you set up your iPhone 5 as a new phone, rather than restoring from a backup of the 3, you will lose the messages, but you can sync to get the pix, contacts and music. It is safer to do it as a new phone, because sometimes restoring a backup from an earlier version of the phone can cause problems in the new phone (as told to me by an Apple store "genius" two days ago.)

I have an iPhone under my parents account. Now that I have my own, I would like to change the Apple id on the phone to my own (new) account. If I do so, will I lose all of my apps, music, contacts, etc?

I have an iPhone under my parents account. Now that I have my own, I would like to change the Apple id on the phone to my own (new) account. If I do so, will I lose all of my apps, music, contacts, etc?

SMinsk wrote:
Thank you, can I transfer them to my account
No.

HT1766 Recently i had to get a new computer due to my other one crashing. My question is, i was able to get itunes on the new computer, but it doesnt want to transfer my music library? How do i transfer the music from the phone to the computer?

Recently i had to get a new computer. I was able to get itunes on the new computer and itunes did reconize my phone. BUT, it doesnt want to transfer the music from my phone to the computer? Can someone help, Please??
Thanks

File>Transfer Purchases in iTunes will transfer items purchased from the iTunes store.
If you have items from other sources (ripped CD's, etc.) on the phone, you can't transfer those without purchasing 3rd party software.
Restore the backup of your old computer or just copy the data from the old computer to the new one.

I want to transfer select music from my Mac to my Iphone 5 manually Do not want to use synch

I want to transfer select music files FROM my Mac Air (OSX Ver 10.9.2) to my Iphone 5 and do not want to synch my devices. I really do not
want to utilize itunes. I'm a new apple user and I am finding very simple tasks on the Mac and Apple devices very ridged. I do
need help in the music area.
thank you very much for your help. It will be greatly appreciated.

You very well may be correct but I find it hard to believe that everything on my iphone is automatically copied to my Mac and vise versa. I know there are apps out there that allow specific files on the Iphone to be copies to the Mac or PC without going through itunes. (I have one on the Mac and Iphone for trsf of Photo's) This app is a quick 1,2,3 process, no itunes involvement and they drop where I want in the file that I chose.
I'm now in the process of finding the same type of app for music that by-passes the old antiquated itune platform.
Again you may be 100% correct, and I do appreciate your comment, but I am still hopeful someone is aware of another cleaner approach.
thankyou

I want to transfer my music from one computer to another, however a large majority of my songs are already on the new computer, is there a way to transfer only the ones not there? or to see what songs are only on the one computer

i want to transfer my music from one computer to another, however a large majority of my songs are already on the new computer, is there a way to transfer only the ones not there? or to see what songs are only on the one computer

Welcome to the Apple Community.
Homesharing gives you the option of seeing only the content in the shared library, that is not already in your own library.

I have an Ipod 4th generation and an Iphone 5s, now i want to transfer my music files from Ipod to Iphone via Bluetooth, can you tell me how to do this??

i have an I pod 4th generation and an I phone 5s, now i want to transfer my music files from I pod to I phone via Bluetooth, can you tell me how to do this??

Withour know what the error message said try:
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HT4527 My ipod died and my computer is old, so I bought a new one of each. I want to transfer my music from my old computer to the new one before I set up the new Ipod. how do I do this?

My ipod died and my computer is old, so I bought a new one of each. I want to transfer my music from my old computer to the new one before I set up the new Ipod. how do I do this?

Go back to the article you asked this question from and pick the option which is the best in your situation.
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I want to transfer my music to a new account, as of now my dad and i share an account, if i transfer my music to a new account id lose it all. How can i make a new account but yet still keep all my music?

I want to transfer my music to a new account, as of now my dad and i share an account, if i transfer my music to a new account id lose it all. How can i make a new account but yet still keep all my music?

"I want to transfer my music to a new account"
You cannot.
"How can i make a new account but yet still keep all my music?"
Authorize your computer for your Dads account as well as for yours. That's it
Put the music on your computer

HT1766 Now, I understand how the backup and restore the backup functions. However, if I don't want to transfer the music that I have on iTunes to my phone, how do I avoid it? How do I not transfer the music or take it out of my iPhone if it is already the

Now, I understand how the backup and restore the backup features function. However, if I don't want to transfer the music that I have on iTunes to my phone, how do I avoid it? How do I not transfer the music or take it out of my iPhone if it is already there? I really do not want any music on my iPhone because I have an iPod for that. Thanks. Hope someone can help.

When you connect your phone and start iTunes on the left side you will see your phone listed under devices.Click on te icon next to it that looks like a battery. Click on the music button at the top and uncheck the sync music box.

I want to transfer photos, music, contacts, etc to a new iphone4...how?

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