Mobile accounts: Only sync with specific computers?

Is it possible to have a mobile account sync with the local computers only on selected machines?
Most of my users have a computer in their own offices, and I want those to be synched (and it works well with mobile accounts).
But when they go the labs, I don't want all their data (possibly a lot) to be copied, and if they could then behave as network accounts it would perfect.
Is it possible?

if you configure mobile prefs to popup a dialog to confirm creating a mobile account on new machines, train them to choose "no," and they'll login with network homes on other machines.

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HT1386 I bought a new computer and I cannot transfer my library to this new one. The message says that I'm not allowed to sync with two computers??? How can I delete the previous from my account???

I bought a new computer and I cannot transfer my library to this new one. The message says that I'm not allowed to sync with two computers??? How can I delete the previous one from my account???

You cannot transfer from the iPhone to the computer.
You must move the contents of your old computer to the new one directly.
Use an external hard drive perhaps or restore your old computer backup to your new computer.
The iPhone is not the source of your data, that is the computer, the iPhone is only a slave device to iTunes.

Sync with 2 computers with 2 groups but only 1 shared.

Hi all,
I know we can sync with 2 computers but I don't know if I can do the following:
Computer 1 (iMAC): Family contacts
Computer 2 (windows): Family contacts + Business contacts.
Iphones : both family and business
I created 2 groups but as soon as I desactivate the business group on Computer 1, all contacts are deleted from iphone when I do the sync with itunes.
Any way to keep business totally separated from computer 1 ?
Tks,
Xavier

For contacts, calendars, etc., data can be merged. For iTunes media (music, videos, etc.), you can _only sync with one computer_. You can check the box to Manually manage... on the non-primary computer, and the iTunes media won't be deleted, an you can sync the other info, but you still won't be able to add media from the non-primary computer.

How to sync with two computers not at the same time, I'm registerd with one computer

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Where do I find my Sync Key ? so I can install manually if it works ?

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Sync with two computers doesn't work anymore?

Hi there
I used to sync with my iPOD with both computers that I use. Work and Home. that's because I mostly buy music with this work computer cause it has MUCH faster connection than I have @ home.
About a week ago I purchased John Lennon songs. Before that I had to update to iTunes plus (7.0.3) so I did so. Then I though that I just sync with iPod so I can get those songs to home computer as well. This has worked to this day without any problems. It syncs only purchased music, videos and games but nothing else and that is fine for me.
This time it was different. When I connected my iPOD to my work computer it sayd that if I want to sync this iPOD with my work computer, it must be fully erased first. Well that's not a bad idea so I did it. Then I got home and updated my iTunes and tried to sync it with that too to get Lennon inside it but no... It said that I now how to erase my iPod in order to use it with my home computer. and transfer john Lennon songs into it. I was like what the ****... this was working fine before this new iTunes.
So. Am I now totally slaved to use only one computer with iPOD?
If this is a standard way to do it today, then I just have to use 3rd party software to do it or just burn them to CD... But this is not why I get this device... I wanted this to be easy as ****.. Not a prison.

You cannot "sync" with multiple computers, you need to use the iPod manually.
See this.
How to use an iPod with more than one computer.
Or are you trying to transfer iTunes purchases from iPod to iTunes?
You do this by using the file/transfer purchases menu in iTunes, but I think you'll still need the iPod set to manual.

TS2634 My iPod Touch only syncs with my photo albums. All the music is no longer on the device.

My iPod Touch only syncs with my photo albums. All the music is no longer on the device.

- Reboot the computer
- Reset the iOS device. Nothing will be lost
Reset iOS device: Hold down the On/Off button and the Home button at the same time for at
least ten seconds, until the Apple logo appears.
- Reset all settings
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
- Restore from backup. See:
iOS: How to back up
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device.
If still problem, make an appointment at the Genius Bar of an Apple store since it appears you have a hardware problem.
Apple Retail Store - Genius Bar

I got a new computer and now iTunes is telling me it can't sync with two computers

I got a new computer and now iTunes is telling me it can't sync with two computers, it's telling me it will erase what's on my iPad and re-sync. Will I lose my iPad data that's on it?

No - not at all. Look at that one app that I gave you the link for. That is supposed to transfer all of the iPad content to the new computer. I have no idea how much it costs, but it's worth a look. There are other out there as well. Google "apps to transfer iPad content to computer" or something to that effect. These apps claim to transfer everything.
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Plus any apps or music that you have bought can be downloaded again at no charge with the cloud feature in the latest iPad iOS.
EDIT - I see that you did transfer the purchases. Look at one of those apps that I described and they should be able to get you set up. You should also invest in an external hardrive for backing up all of your computer content ... don't want this to happen again!
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I have had to re-boot my laptop now itunes says I can only sync with one library, how do I retain everything on my phone?

I have had to re-boot my laptop now itunes says I can only sync with one library, how do I retain everything on my phone?

See Recover your iTunes library from your iPod or iOS device.
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Windows Mobile 6 not syncing with Exchange Server / Error Code: 0x80072F06

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The Security Certificate on the server is invalid, please contact Exchange Server Admin or ISP, to install valid certificate on the server.
Support / Error Code: 0x80072F06
That's the problem. My phone doesn't have a Data Link connection problem as I am able to go online with it, also the company's Exchange Server is good, a few days ago I used my Windows Mobile 5 to sync with it without a problem. (but then I lost the phone)
Can some one help? Thanks.

Can u help me here?
I have a windows 6 mobile devices (all) that are having an issue connecting to my exchange server. I am pretty useful with certs but this one is baffling me. I have a windows 2003 sbs server. I recently created a san cer on the server and since then my Windows devices cannot synch. I belive I have setup correctly, or not?? Ther error and the steps are below...
ERROR ON DEVICE:
The security certificate on the server is not valid.Contact your exchange server administrator or ISP to install a valid certificate on the server:
support code: 0x80072f06
STEPS I USED TO CREATE SAN:
1. Created certificate using article http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931351/en-us
I added the following as SN: MAIL.EXTERNAL.COM (my external dns record for mail server)
And added the following for SAN: SERVER01 (my mail server name )
SERVER01.INTERNAL.LOCAL (my mail server fqdn)
2. Exported Root CA cert and imported to my phone
3. configured active synch to connect to mail.external.com on 443
I believe these are the correct steps. I would liked to have been able to export the SAN cert from IIS with private key and install on phone but the webserver template doesnt allow you to export private keys. I also cannot create a dubplicate webserver template to allow the export of the private key as you need enterprise edition of windows 2003 to do this.
So I am at the end of line I tried exporting the cert without the privtate key and importing it but still keep getting samer error.
Why of Why does it not like my cert?
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TS1474 I changed my computer (old one is dead!) and now when I want to sync the contents of my iPod onto my new computer, it tells me I can only sync with one computer (i.e. the one that died!) How do I get around this??

I changed my computer (old Dell is dead!) and now when I want to sync the contents of my iPod onto my new computer (a Sony Vaio), it tells me I can only sync with one computer (i.e. the one that died!) How do I get around this??

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iTunes Store: Transferring purchases from your iOS device or iPod to a computer
- Transfer other music by using a third-party program like one of those discusssed here:
Copy music
- Connect the Ipd to the computer and make a backup by right clicking on the iPod under Devices in iTunes and select Back Up
- Restore the iPod from that backup
Note that the backup that iTunes makes does not contain synced media like apps and music.

HT1430 I changed the password on my gmail account and now I can't get the account to sync with my iPhone

I changed the password on my gmail account and I can't get the account to sync with my iPhone. What can I do?

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HT1296 I am facing a problem with my iPhone 4. I applied the first syncing with outlook 2007 by choosing the "merge" option. At the end of the process, some contacts are correctly sync, but most are only sync with the names. Numbers are lost. Any suggesti

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I would love to do this as well. All I need is my calendar appts from outlook. Right now I am using google calendar sync, but I would like to move to the cloud and away from google. I find it hard to believe there isn't an option to do this.

Photos uploaded through icloud control panel are only synced with iphone but not with ipad

Photos which are uploaded through icloud control panel are only synced with iPhone but not with iPad. Photos taken with iPhone or iPad are synced with all devices. So, why I do not get the uploaded photos from my pc to iPad? I alredy disabled photo stream on all devices - same failure

If only one device is not getting updated data, you need to troubleshoot that device and not photostream itself.
Verify that ipad is connected to wifi, charged over 20 percent, camera app is closed and take a photo of the screen (or anything else, but then close that camera app).
Open photostream folder on that ipad and see if picture shows up. If you network is good, should not take long.
Don't forget that while your phone can use wifi and cellular (even it suppose to use wifi for photostream, cellular networks got much better since original photostream was implemented) - you ipad is probably wifi only.
If picture shows up - you ipad and photostream have no problems and you can go to other devices one by one.

IPhone can only sync with one computer?

Well I'm not even really syncing my iPhone, I set it to manual so I could pull songs off of my cousins computer because I don't put many songs on mine. But I went over his house and said I had sync it thus I had to delete all the songs off my iPhone so I could get his... I didn't do it but I have to ask, is this suppose to happen? Or is there a way around it like I could do with my iPod?

gdgmacguy wrote:
The iPhone can only sync with ONE music (iTunes) library at a time. You can't "merge" songs from more than one iTunes library. This is different than with the iPod.
you can merge 2 itunes catalogs to 1 ipod? wow i didn't know that cool.

Mobile Phones can only Sync with one Library?

Sup all. My current mobile phone is Rokr E1 (the first phone with iTunes), hence I'm exposed to iTunes. The problem lies here. I had this library full of songs. However, recently I changed my com and accidentally lose everything(songs, pictures, videos,etc.). After getting my new com, I downloaded back iTunes and continued adding songs into my phone, but to no avail.
They tell me that a Mobile Phone can only be Sync-ed with one Library at a time, and that all my songs in my phone will be replaced by the songs in my new library (which there is none) if i adhered to it. In other words, I cant add new songs into my Phone without my old Library, but I lost my old Library. Any Ideas how to continue adding songs into my Phone? Thanks. Great Helps Appreciated. =)

Your iPod can only be synced with one computer at a time. If you try to sync it with a new computer/iTunes library, it will replace the contents of the iPod with whatever is in the new library. If all the content that is on your iPod is in iTunes, there shouldn't be a problem. Just go ahead and sync your iPod
Otherwise, you are probably wanting to copy everything from your iPod back to your PC first. If that is the case, you should probably disable the autosync functionality first by going to Edit -> Preferences, clicking the Devices tab, and enabilng the prevent iPods,iPhones, and iPads from automatically syncing option.
Before doing anything else, authorize the new computer with your iTunes Account. In iTunes, choose Store -> Authorize This Computer and enter in the correct credentials. Either copy a backup file from your old computer to your new one or create a new backup of your iPod in iTunes before letting it sync.
Then right->click on your iPod Touch from under the Devices section in the left hand pane of iTunes and choose Backup. You might also want to take a look at this article to see what it all included in the backup.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Now onto synced content such as music, videos, photos, etc. For iTunes purchases you can copy them back into iTunes by choosing File -> Transfer Purchases. For all other nonpurchased iTunes content, see this older post from another forum member Zevoneer covering different software availbable to assist you with this task.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2452022?start=0&tstart=0
Once the backup has been made and all other synced content such as music, videos, and photos are back in your iTunes library, restore your iPod from that backup you made earlier. Here is more on backing up and restoring your iPod.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1414
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