Itunes confusion...sync....icloud

My son created an itunes on my computer. when i got an ipad, it synced his on my ipad too. Now since i can't get icloud to work, i am afraid to sync cause it might lose his stuff....but my computer crashed and i lost outlook, contacts, emails, personal folders and the calendar. did it get synced to him?

One thing you could do is create a playlist with just 'x' amount of songs in it and then only sync that playlist to your phone. You could also have iTunes create a 128 kbps versions of the songs to have on your phone, which will allow you to add twice as many songs in the same amount of space or give you that much more free space with the same amount of songs.
I think you may have to go to the 'Music' tab to manage how music is controled on the phone (not sure as I'm not at a computer with iTunes).
I often wondered what the 'Other' was. Probably the OS.
I have a question for you. When you turned on iTunes Match on your iPhone, what happened? The bottom line for me is the same as you. I have much more music in iTunes than I can fit on my iPhone. I keep a few hundred songs on my phone and thats the way I want to keep it. If I turn on iTunes Match on my iPhone I get a warning "iTunes Match will replace the music library on this device" It doesn't say what it will replace it with. Will it try to add all 3,000 songs from iTunes? Will it just replace the songs currently on my iPhone with the iTunes match versions?

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iOS: Syncing with iTunes
iCloud backup saves the settings and documents from your apps to the cloud instead of your own computer. It seems you either backup to your computer or to iCloud, but not both, at least not on a regular basis. You may still be able to trigger a local backup manually when using iCloud for backup.
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tt2

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Hello Rsd841979,
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
It's not very clear to me what you're trying to accomplish with iCloud, but if you want to start backing up to iCloud, then you can follow the directions in the article below. If this is not what you are trying to do, then please let me know what you're wanting to use iCloud with.
iCloud: Back up your iOS device to iCloud
Take care,
Alex H.

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Hey jousley33,
I see that you wish to have your music stored remotely and be able to access it via streaming on your iPad. This is a feature of the service called iTunes Match:
Apple - iTunes - iTunes Match
https://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
You may also be able to access the music that you have purchased through the iTunes Store remotely:
iCloud: What is “content everywhere”?
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2587
Thanks for coming to the Apple Support Communities!
Regards,
Braden

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Recovering your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device: Apple Support Communities
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iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
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Hi,
Why are you trying to add a book as music? It will not match as this only applies to music files. It will be uploaded if the bit rate is 96 Kbps or greater.
You should change media type to audiobook and you will be able to sync by wifi or USB.
Jim

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Hi
I have been syncing my IPad to my mac using iTunes. I would like to start using the cloud to sync my
Contacts, calendar and a small amount of documents. I'm not so concerned with my pictures, video's or
music. they not as time sensitive and can stay with iTunes.
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I don't want to get a duplicate contact list or calendar. Which are the two main things I need to keep more
Current.
        Would I be better off staying with iTunes? I'm on the same wifi network most of the time. My
reasoning behind changing sync methods is the fact that iTunes only syncs when I charge my IPad
and I need A more current sync than once every day or so. (Especially for my calendar.)
   I'm sure the info is buried out here somewhere but I have vision problems which make combing
through the vast amount of info out here a little difficult for me.
     Any thoughts, advise or input would be appreciated.
   Ron

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User error.

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Hello slenz1969,
It sounds like you are trying to access iTunes in the Cloud. You can stream or download your past purchases from iTunes in the Cloud, and if you have an iTunes Match subscription, you can also see items not purchased through the iTunes Store.
I found some information about this that I think will help clarify how it works:
With iTunes in the Cloud, many of your new iTunes Store purchases are instantly available on all your computers and iOS devices, not just the one you used to make the purchase. Many of your previous purchases are also available.
Here’s how it works: The iTunes Store automatically stores your purchases in iCloud. iCloud immediately downloads your new purchases to any or all of your computers and devices. You can also add items to any of your computers and devices any time you’re connected to the Internet, without having to sync or use Home Sharing.
If you subscribe to iTunes Match, you can store your entire iTunes music library in iCloud—including songs you imported from CDs and songs that weren’t purchased in the iTunes Store—and play those songs on any of your computers or devices whenever you want.
With iTunes in the Cloud, your iTunes Store purchases and iTunes music library can always be available on all your computers and devices—wirelessly and without syncing.
You can find the full article here:
iTunes 10 for Windows: iTunes in the Cloud overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH2567
I also recommend this video
iTunes 10: iTunes in the Cloud
http://support.apple.com/kb/VI292
If you have some previous iTunes purchases that you would like to download, you can use the steps in this article:
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519
You can also learn more about iTunes Match here:
iTunes Match
http://www.apple.com/itunes/itunes-match/
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Sheila M.

ITunes Match Sync Erases ID3 Tags

I have had no problems with the iTunes Match syncing between the iTunes that was on my PC (version, I don't know, but it was older than 11.4) and my iPhone and iPad.
But today I upgraded iTunes to the latest and greatest version (11.4), and now everything is MESSED UP. When I connect this new iTunes to my iTunes Match account, now all of a sudden all of the playlists on both my iPhone and iPad got messed up and came out of the Playlist Folders they were in and are now top-tier playlists. When I try to move them back into their appropriate folders in iTunes and re-sync, the re-sync effectively erases from iTunes the changes I just made. For example, it puts the playlist right back to where I moved it FROM. If I try to create new playlists, the sync erases them from iTunes. Even if I try to update an individual song's ID3 tag (like, for example, if I add some text to the "Grouping" field of a single song) and re-sync, the updated text disappears and reverts back to what it was before I synced. I don't even have my iPhone or iPad connected by cable to the computer, so it's not like iTunes is getting confused between whether to sync via cord or via iTunes Match.
I don't know what to do. Is my iTunes update corrupted? It seems to be functioning fine otherwise. No alerts. No bad DLLs. Nothing weird other than the iTunes Match syncing problem.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Sean

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The software on iphone has expired + Itunes cannot sync apps to the iphone because the apps installed on the iphone could not be determined + Can't restore = Help!

Hello guys, I'm begging for your help, I've read so many threads, nothing works for me. I hope you will try to help me
First message I get when I connect the iphone is
"The software on iphone has expired and must be updated to a newer version"
Then it tries to backup but I get
"Itunes cannot sync apps to the iphone because the apps installed on the iphone could not be determined"
When I click check for updates it says I have the latest version (5.0)
When I try to restore I always get "iTunes could not backup the iphone because a session could not be started with the iphone. Please disconnect and reconnect the iphone, then try again"
Tried that MANY times but no luck.
This iphone was on a developper account but it is not anymore (removed from developper account).
I'm the administrator on my PC. When I'm on the summary of my iphone it shows N/A as my phone number.
Back up to icloud doesn't work because I didn't set it up before it stopped working
When I try to activate it directly from the iphone I always get "Could not activate iphone. Your iphone could not be activated because the activation server is temporarely unavailable..." (for the past 3 weeks :s)
I can access my music and everything from itunes.
I even tried to restore it from the ispw file (using shift + restore) but I got an error message (sorry I don't remember which one) but it didn't work.
I also tried device manager, select PC, scan hardware for changes (read it worked for some) but not for me after that I don't get the
"The software on iphone has expired and must be updated to a newer version" and "Itunes cannot sync apps to the iphone because the apps installed on the iphone could not be determined" ...I just get "Itunes could not back up iphone because a session could not be started with the iphone" + "itunes could not sync because a connection could not be established with the iphone"
Please help me make it work again! I'd go to an apple store but I'm in south-east asia at the moment and there is nothing like it in 700km +
This little machine would be perfect to travel with, it's a shame it just stopped working like 3 weeks ago, just said I needed to activate it again ...
Thanks a million times!

I can't access it on the iphone as I said
On itunes in summary I have "Software version: 5.0"
Yes I tried to restore it
"When I try to restore I always get "iTunes could not backup the iphone because a session could not be started with the iphone. Please disconnect and reconnect the iphone, then try again" ...did that many times but always the same error message
"I even tried to restore it from the ispw file (using shift + restore) but I got an error message (sorry I don't remember which one) but it didn't work."

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