New phone and itunes settings
We have 2 iphones and a touch, each with different apps, playlists, etc. When I get the new iphone, how do I easily have my current settings saved so when I sync it, only the apps I want and my playlists will go onto the new phone?
Thanks!
Connect the new phone then select *Restore from backup*.
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I just set up mine and my wife's iphone 4 on new ios5 and icloud settings. I have both phones on one account and actually she purchases apps/music with my sign in and password on her phone.
Now that we are set up on icloud settings, her phone is receiving my calendars, contacts, etc. she does not want and does not need any of these items on her phone. How can I separate the two now? is there a way to have a different login and password for her phone so that it sets up on its own icloud settings?
ThanksShe should create her own Apple ID and start using it for everything, including purchasing.
It starts on the computer in iTunes. There are 2 elements we are dealing with;
purchasing items from iTunes (apps, music) and playing items in iTunes.
Only one Apple ID can be signed in at a time for purchasing. But you can "authorize" multiple Apple IDs for playing. As long as iTunes is "authorized" with both your Apple IDs, items purchased with these different accounts can coexhist in one iTunes Library.
Why this is important, it has to do with back up and being able to transfer purchased items to the computer.
Once your wife sets up her own account, she will want to connect the iPhone to the computer to back it up and transfer any new purchases, iTunes will need to be authorized for that to happen.
With that said, a new feature of iColud is back up. It will back up everything to the cloud. You need to turn it on, it's at the bottom of the iCloud settings on the iPhone. It is limited to 5GB for free, you can buy more. I used all 5GB my first back up, but I have a lot of crap, and there's a lot of things on the iPhone that get backed up that don't count against the 5GB, so it might be plenty of space for you.
When it comes to the iCloud and contacts/calendars, again your wife needs her own account. (ASAP) Does she have a computer in her life that has a list of her contacts and calendars. I hope so, because it sounds like her contacts on her iPhone are now mixed with yours. Or I hope there is still an untouched list of contacts on the iPhone that iCloud didn't mix. Either way Delete your iCloud account from her iPhone. Remove the data, as long as it isn't hers. This will delete all info being synced to the cloud. If she still has a list of her old contacts on the iPhone, great. If not, I hope she has them somewhere else, like her own computer.
Create her an iCloud account. Enter the account info where ever there is a list of contacts/calendars and get the info onto the cloud, then add the iCloud settings to any other devices.
Any new apps/music purchased with her account will back up to the cloud. I don't think apps purchased with your account will. She will also need to enter your password for updating these apps, because they were purchased with your account.
I hope this helped and didn't make thing more confusing. Good luck! -
yesterday i plugged my new Iphone in to my laptop and connected it up with Itunes. Itunes then deleted all my pictures off my new phone and reset my new phone with all the settings of my old phone! how do i get my pictures back????? Before you say Icloud they are not on there
Sorry you can't. Looks like your phone restore to an older backup.
future reference import your pics to your PC, that way you can always sync it back using itunes
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4083 -
I purchased an audiobook from iTunes On my iPhone. I got a new phone and after the back up, the books I downloaded were not there. iTunes wants me to repurchase the books I downloaded. Is there a way for me to Redon load my already purchased books?
Hi..
On your new iPhone tap Settings > Store.
Make sure Books is turned ON.
You shouldn't need to re purchase the book > Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store -
When I tried downloading the new 4.2.8 software on my iphone, it froze the phone and itunes on my computer, how do I fix this???? I have tried resetting the phone and exiting itunes, and now my phone screen keeps telling me to connect to itunes( which it already is) and itunes says "waiting for iphone"!
If not this:
http://www.mcelhearn.com/deleting-the-itunes-album-artwork-cache-folder-may-reso lve-problems-with-album-art-displaying/
- 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.
- delete all music and resync
To delete all music go to Settings>General>Usage>Storage>Music>Tap edit in upper right and then tap the minus sign by All Music
- 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: Back up and restore your iOS device with iCloud or iTunes
- Restore to factory settings/new iOS device. -
I have an Itunes account already set up, when setting up my hubby's new phone to itunes, I have somehow merged the 2 itunes accounts together and now itunes is not responding to my phone and all of my info has synced onto my hubby's phone wiping all of his info and adding mine...Help!!
If her data was not backed up or synced to something, it's gone. Sorry.
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i have got a new phone and my old phone was wiped. I backed it up but where can i find all my contacts?
Unfortunately your other contacts may be lost. Contacts are not saved in iTunes; they are only synced with iTunes to a supported program such as Outlook or mac Address Book. If you don't have these, there are other options for backing up your contacts such as syncing them with iCloud or another service such as Google. Syncing only partially saves contacts in the backup in order to preserve your favorites and recent call lists; it can't be relied on for backing up your entire contact list.
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ITunes consistently thinks my iPhone is a new phone and wants to set up as new
I have had an iPhone 4S for 4 weeks and have had every other iPhone since 2007. I plug my phone in regularly to my computer and change the content that is synched to it. Something happened yesterday, however, that makes iTunes think it's a new phone every time I plug it in -- instead of the usual media selection tabs at the top, iTunes gives the "Set Up New Phone" dialog with the option to restore a backup. I have restored from my most recent backups, erased and restored, and today even got a replacement from the Apple Store, all to no avail. There is some file on the phone that makes it appear to iTunes as a new phone and it won't give up.
I have now restored from an October 14th backup and I get the options back, but obviously lose a good bit of stuff that I'd really like to have had. It has been escalated through AppleCare to engineers, but it could take a couple days to hear from them. Thoughts are welcomed and I'm not afraid to get messy with some files :-)Do you mean that you bought a new iPhone and are trying to sync it with iTunes, or that you restored your iPhone and are trying to set it up as a new phone? In either case, iTunes will recognize the phone as being new. If you actually bought a new iPhone, you can't change how iTunes recognizes the phone. There is no personal data on the phone because it's new, so it will need to be set up as a new phone with iTunes.
If you restored your iPhone and chose to set it up as a new iPhone, but no longer want to, you will probably be able to go back and choose to restore it from a backup with either iCloud, if you set it up, or iTunes. If not, you can try to do a restore from iTunes if it's available after the phone is set up, or while you're setting it up.
I hope that's not confusing. What exactly are you trying to achieve?
Hope this helps. -
I just got tOhe iPhone 4Gs today and had contacts and photos uploaded from another phone synced new phone with iTunes for music and accidentally restored it so all my old iPhone stuff is on the new one is there any way to fix this ?! Please help !!!!
Could you be more specific about what exactly do you want to fix now?
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I have moved from the UK to New Zealand and Itunes will not accept my new Zealand bank details, I am trying to change my details on the Iphone 4s
Do you have a new Apple ID to use in NZ? If not open iTunes Store. Log out of your old Apple ID, then try to login. Select Create Apple ID from the dialog that appears. Make a new Apple ID for NZ with a NZ email address. Once that is approved and verified, log into the iTunes Store with the new Apple ID. This should fix all other issues.
Change iTunes Store Country on an iDevice
1. Tap Settings;
2. Tap iTunes & App Stores;
3. Tap View Apple ID;
4. Enter your user name and password;
5. Tap Country/Region;
6. Tap Change Country/Region;
7. Select the region where you will be located;
8. Tap Done.
Also, see How to Change Your iTunes Store Account Location | eHow.com. -
I was attempting to backup my iphone 5 getting ready to update it to ios 7 and i accidentally restored it to the settings of my last phone which was an iphone 4s and it erased all my new pictures and info off my new phone and was wondering if anyone knows how i can get them back and restore it back like i has it? Thanks
That means you have not a backup before accidentally restore your new iPhone 5.
So you should recover your new pictures and info with a third recovery tool.
This blog has a useful tool to meet you.
http://easy-iphone-recovery.blogspot.com/2013/09/iphone-recovery-resource.html
In step 1, you should choose 'Recover from iOS Device' in the main interface and then following the steps to get your pictures and info back.
Good Luck. -
About two years ago I bought an Ipod (4), recently I bought an Iphone 4S. I just want to transfer some songs from my old ipod to my new phone and I am not being capable to find a way in Itunes!! Any help???
Just transfer them from iTunes.
If they are not in iTunes. connect the iPod, then File > Devices > Transfer purchases.
Then connect the iPhone and sync these songs. -
I just got got a new phone and want to put my music and pictures on it from my computer. My music is in in itunes and when I sync my phone the music does not come over. What's going on? I'm using itunes ver.11.0.5.5
Hi, gcmar.
I would double check to make sure that you have selected the options for syncing. Look over the article below to make sure you have the items that you want selected to sync over.
iTunes 11 for Windows: Syncing overview
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH12311
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Regards,
Jason H. -
I have a brand new i phone 4s and i have updated the soft ware to the 5.1 and tried to restore it to download my old contacts and apps etc. and my computer now wont recognise my phone and itunes will not do anything can any body help please???? i need this sorting asap xxxxxxx
see if this link helps http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538
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I have transferred my itunes to a new phone and all my apps are greyed out on itunes
i have transferred my itunes to a new phone and all my apps are greyed out on my itunes account,the apps still work fine on the phone
Nothing is stored on the sim card on an iPhone. If you backed up to your computer the backup will contain your calendar events. Otherwise, if your phone isn't functioning there is no way to back up or extract your calendar at this point.
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