IPhone 4S will not sync to new rebooted hard drive on Macbook (13-inch, white). Please help.
I've recently had to purchase/install a new hard drive for my Macbook (white 13-inch). Everything on my original hard drive was lost. So once I tried to sync my iPhone 4S to it, iTunes does not give me the option to "sync iPhone." I have logged into my Apple account ID and did authorize my account on that iTunes, but it does not let me sync any of my music, contacts, iCal & photos onto my laptop. Could anyone please help me with this problem?
You need to restore the backup of your old hard drive to the new one. The iPhone is not a backup device, and syncing iTunes content is one way, from computer to iPhone. If you don't have a backup there is an alternative process that can get most of the data off of your iPhone, but it is complicated and cumbersome. See: Syncing to a "New" Computer or replacing a "crashed" Hard Drive
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