Not being able to sync iphone to more than one mac!

I understand all the legal implications.... file sharing of music, videos,,,yada yada.... But, I have a G4 MDD at home and a G5 2X2.0 at the studio. I want to be able to sync my iphone to BOTH macs. I am a studio engineer, and when I am mixing I like to put my work in progress on my ipod/iphone to I can listen to it on the go. I dont want to lug around my old ipod just for this. I could sync my ipod to multiple macs, but not the iphone.
Does anyone know of a 3rd party app that will let me do this?

Try this : http://tinyfish.net/2008/07/18/how-to-sync-iphone-with-multiple-computers/
Works great for me
Cheers!
lex

Similar Messages

Syncing iPhone with more than one Mac

Up to now I've synced my iPhone with just one of my Macs, the main desktop machine that sits at home. However, when I'm away from home for more than a few days I miss the ability to sync podcasts, applications and do backups.
Is there a way of syncing the phone with a second (or third) Mac without having to have the full iTunes library on those computers? I would like to be able to backup the phone, sync apps and podcasts. Music and videos do not matter as long as the sync doesn't wipe existing copies from the phone. Incidentally, I use MobileMe for syncing calendars and contacts, so that isn't an issue. Any guidance would be appreciated.
Michael
<edited by host>

I think that without the steps in that 'minefield' the iPhone will detect a change of Mac and even if all the content is on the other Mac, it will all have to be re-loaded onto the phone. Probably not a good idea to keep the library remotely, I expect. But, copying the whole library may work - if you have the time, it's worth a try. Just sync the iPhone to your desktop machine first so the backup is updated, then copy over the library to the portable, then try syncing there. If it works, great. If not, you can Restore the iPhone from the desktop if you need to.

Sync iPhone on more than one mac and deleting app

Hello everyone,i have two mac, a laptop and a desktop that are in two different places and not connected to the same network, I would like my Iphone it synced automatically with the itunes of both and that my content was present equally in all 3 equipment: music and app. How can I do?
A second problem concerns the app: when I delete an app from the iphone is not deleted directly from the itunes mac and I must go among all the app hope to remember which one it is and delete it manually, is there a way to do that once deleted from iphone is also automatically delete on the mac itunes?
Thanks in advance

gummi111 wrote:
How can I do?
You can't. By design, iPhone syncs or manually manages with one computer at a time. Each time you change computers, all iTunes content gets erased from your phone.
A second problem concerns the app: when I delete an app from the iphone is not deleted directly from the itunes mac and I must go among all the app hope to remember which one it is and delete it manually, is there a way to do that once deleted from iphone is also automatically delete on the mac itunes?
Sorry, no way to do that either.

Syncing iphone using more than one computer

Does anyone know how to get iphone to sync to more than one computer? I activated my wife's iphone from my computer (after having logged into her itunes account) but when I try to sync from her computer (logged into her account) nothing happens.

You can, but you can only sync one type of information with each computer. Here are the instructions I followed to sync my two computers. Hope they help.
How to Sync with Two Computers
You can sync your iPhone with only ONE media library. However, it is possible to sync the media library with one computer (like your home computer), and the contacts/calendar information with another computer (like your work computer). I have this working on two PCs with Windows XP. I have read posts of folks doing it with two Macs, and with one Mac and one PC.
This is not sanctioned by Apple, so I dont know if these steps are "correct". I only know that these are the steps I followed and worked for me. Your mileage may vary.
1. Select "Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones" under Edit / Preferences / iPhone in the iTunes menu.
2. Uncheck "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected" in the Summary tab of iTunes.
3. Check "Only sync checked items" in the same tab.
4. On the computer you want to sync contacts and calendar, check the corresponding boxes in the Info tab. UNCHECK everything else in the MUSIC, PHOTOS, PODCASTS and VIDEO tabs.
5. Sync your iPhone with this computer FIRST.
6. On your other computer, follow the same steps above (1, 2 and 3). Then, UNCHECK everything in the INFO tab, and check everything else on the other tabs.
7. When you sync with this second computer, you may get a message that the iPhone has already been synced with another computer, and that the media library will be deleted. Fine. There should be NO media library on the iPhone since you unchecked all the media items on the first computer, right?
8. Sync. Then you can sync on both computers and each will sync what is checked and not overwrite the rest.

Syncing iphone on more than one computer (not at same time!)

I am travelling and had to replace my iphone.
The laptop I am travelling with has the same itunes account (and thus library) as my main computer at home.
Instead of manually downloading the purchased music I have in the icloud (which is not the complete library), am I able to sync my iphone to my laptop now, and then later resync it to my main computer when I return home?

copracer288 wrote:
Sorry if this is a noob question.
I have iTunes on my desktop. I want to install iTunes on my laptop.
If I install it on my laptop and then plug in the iPhone will the phone sync everything in it to my laptop?
No. The iPhone doesn't "sync" back iTunes library content (music, videos, podcasts) to your computer.
Can I than use either the desktop or the laptop for syncing?
You can, however, keep in mind that the iPhone only syncs with ONE iTunes library at a time. So if you have music from your laptop on your iPhone, when you sync with your desktop, those songs will be erased and replaced with what's on your desktop.
If you plan to do a lot of syncing between the 2 computers, you should copy your iTunes library from your desktop to your laptop so that the libraries are the same.
Thanks.

Sync iPhone with more than one computer

Hi,
When I bought my iPhone, I sync it at with my friend's computer. Is there any way that I can sync it with my computer without losing all data??
Thanks.

No.

Can I sync music from more than one mac?

With all my previous ipods, I had disabled all autosync options and I think turned on disk usage.
I could then plug into any of my macs and manually copy 1 song or a bunch of songs to my ipod.
I can't seem to do this with my iphone, I'm told "this iphone is synced to another itunes playlist, do you wish to erase this iphone and sync with this itunes library"
Is this pretty basic functionality possible with iphone?

Not possible at the moment
You can request features here:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Help! I restored my iphone recently and put all my music back onto my phone that day and it was fine but last night i was putting someother music on got an error music on. I got an error message about not being able to sync and now ALL my music has GONE.

ahh! .I restored my iphone recently and put all my music back onto my phone that day and it was fine but last night i was putting someother music on got an error music on. I got an error message about not being able to sync and now ALL my music has GONE. deos anyone know why this would have happened?

Click: Restoring your iTunes Library backup (from an external drive) here > iTunes: Back up your iTunes library by copying to an external hard drive
BTW, if you are a resident of the U.S, have iTunes 10.3 or later, and iOS 4.3.3, you can re download your iTunes purchases for free.
Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store

Will syncing my iphone 3GS more than one time daily wear out the battery?

Will syncing my iPhone 3GS more than one time daily with Outlook 2007 wear out the battery? An Apple Care advisor said I should only sync it one time per week, but I need to do it daily as I use the calendars and notes for work.

CindiS wrote:
Will syncing my iPhone 3GS more than one time daily with Outlook 2007 wear out the battery?
No.
An Apple Care advisor said I should only sync it one time per week
Whoever you talked to has no idea what they are talking about. Ignore their advise.

HT1296 Can I sync my iPhone with more than one computer. I have an MacBook Pro that I want to use to sync my iPhone on the road. My phone is synced to my iMac at home. When I try to sync the iPhone to the computer it says it will erase all my apps.

How do I sync my iPhone to more than one computer, I have a iMac and a MacBook. Can I sync my phone to both computers?

Iphone will sync with one computer at a time.
Syncing to another will erase the curretn content.

How can i use my iphone with more than one itunes

how can i use my iphone with more than one itunes

Sync iPod/iPad/iPhone with two computers
Although it isn't possible to sync an Apple device with two different libraries it is possible to sync with the same logical library from multiple computers. Each library has an internal ID and when iTunes connects to your iPod/iPad/iPhone it compares the local ID with the one the device normally syncs with. If they are the same you can go ahead and sync...
I have my library cloned to a small 1Tb USB drive which I can take between home & work. At either location I use SyncToy 2.1 to update the local copy with the external drive. Mac users should be able to find similar tools. I can open either of the local libraries or the one on the external drive and update the media content of my iPhone. The slight exception is Photos which normally connects to a specific folder on a specific machine, although that can easily be remapped to the current library if you create a "Photos" folder inside the iTunes Media folder so that syncing the iTunes folders keeps this up to date as well. I periodically sweep my library for new files & orphans with iTunes Folder Watch just in case I make changes at one location but then overwrite the library with a newer copy from the other. Again Mac users should be able to find similar tools.
As long as your media is organised within an iTunes Music or Tunes Media folder, in turn held inside the main iTunes folder that has your library files (whether or not you let iTunes keep the media folder organised) each library can access items at the same relative path from the library folder so the library can be at different drives/paths on different machines. This solution ensures I always have adequate backups of my library and I can update my devices whenever I can connect to the same build of iTunes.
When working with an iPhone earlier builds of iTunes would remove any file not physically present in the local library, even if there was an entry for it, making manual management practically redundant on the iPhone. This behaviour has been changed but it will still only permit manual management with a library that has the correct internal ID. If you don't want to sync your library between machines on a regular basis just copy the iTunes Library.itl file from the current "home" machine to any other you want to use, then clean out the library entries and import the local content you have on that box.
tt2

Can I register my daughters iphone to more than one icloud account?

Can I register my daughters iphone to more than one icloud account so if she can't find it either her dad or myself can use find your iphone without sharing our account information?

Not really. Each device can only work with one Apple ID at a time. If it were lost or stolen you could not change the Apple ID on it, so there would be little point.
iDevices are intended for use by one person with one Apple ID and one iTunes account, and synced to the users own computer or user account on a shared computer. They are not multi-user or multi-account devices. This protects the users security and privacy.

Why does iPhoto (9.0/11) not retain the Event name when exporting more than one event? (using File - Export - Album name with number).

Why does iPhoto (9.0/11) not retain the Event name when exporting more than one event? (using File -> Export -> Album name with number).
Exporting a single Event retains the Event name which is what I'd expect. But highlighting more than one event and exporting it renames the images to Events 001.JPG, Event 002.JPG etc.
I was recently on holidays and had all my events nicely split on Dad's computer but when I went to export it I couldn't retain any of this information. Now I have to replicate this all again on my computer.
It wasn't possible to export the entire library as the external drive was fat32 format an I didn't want all of it. It would be nice to export a bunch of events to someone and have it retain the name.
Does anyone have a work around or will this be fixed at some point by Apple?

Why does iPhoto (9.0/11) not retain the Event name when exporting more than one event? (using File -> Export -> Album name with number).
Exporting a single Event retains the Event name which is what I'd expect. But highlighting more than one event and exporting it renames the images to Events 001.JPG, Event 002.JPG etc.
I was recently on holidays and had all my events nicely split on Dad's computer but when I went to export it I couldn't retain any of this information. Now I have to replicate this all again on my computer.
It wasn't possible to export the entire library as the external drive was fat32 format an I didn't want all of it. It would be nice to export a bunch of events to someone and have it retain the name.
Does anyone have a work around or will this be fixed at some point by Apple?

IChat with NAT for more than one Mac?

I am a bit confused about firewall settings for iChat AV. I have a netgear FVS328 router. Obviously to have iChat working, I first open the firewall on my mac (Tiger) for the appropriate ports. Then I defined a service on the router and a rule to open those ports. It works... however, I have an issue.
In the router firewall setup I had to give an LAN IP Address to which packets for those specific iChat ports would be forwarded. Now, I understand this when a connexion is ignited from the Internet and (for example) you would want all HTTP trafic on port 80 to go to your web server. But here I have more than one mac behind my firewall. Moreover, they get there address by DHCP. I can't change the firewall setting each time I want to chat from a different computer!
I tried to have a look at port triggering, but it doens't seem to exist on the netgear. But even though, I would have to specify an IP address on my LAN.
Why is this needed since basically both iChat parties are already connected to .Mac so the connexion is made!
I am also wondering how they manage that kind of problem in Internet cafes where they certainly do not have a fixed Internet IP address for each PC or Mac available!

HI Alexander,
This page shows the set up for Port Forwarding for just the login/Text chatting port.
You may be able to repeat this for another IP address (depends on device if this is allowed).
You also have to repaet the process for the other 22 ports
These are all on UDP (5060, 5678, 16384-16403) The group of twenty ports at the end may have to be entered one at a time
Port Triggering is a method on some routers and modems that has data arriving on one port Trigger the opeing of other ports. I can not see that you have it from the Pics in the link. (newer Firmware if available may have it).
ANother option on some devices is UPnP where the ports are opened by the Application when they are needed.
Both UPnP and Port Triggering Allow for multiple computers to use the same ports.
Ralph
Ralph

Synching with more than one mac?

I want to synch my Touch with iCal and Address Book on more than one mac. Is there a way to do this? Can I somehow rename the iTunes on each mac the same name so it thinks all the macs are the same mac?
Thanks.

This is kind of annoying. Well, actually it is VERY annoying. I admit I don't quite understand this concept.
So if I go to my friend's house for a party and I want to play my tunes on his computer I, how does that work? I have to erase my iPod to be able to talk to his computer?
I know I could travel around with a cable with a mini plug at each end but sweet marie. My iPod Classic can speak to whichever computer I please.
If I had actually paid for my iPod I would take it back.
Am I over reacting?

Not being able to sync iphone to more than one mac!

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for