Switching computers i sync with..will i lose everything?
currently, my iphone 3gs is synced with a windows computer, and id like to switch to sync it with my mac. will i lose all my text messages, apps, ect?
i know i can save my contacts in google, but what about everything else? if i back it up on the mac, and then sync all new music, will the backup still keep all the texts and pictures?
In regards to iTunes content, an iPhone can be synced or manually managed with music and video with an iTunes library on a single computer only, and photos can be transferred from a single computer only. When transferring iTunes content and photos from another computer, all iTunes content and photos transferred from a different computer will be erased from the iPhone first. SMS/MMS are not iTunes content or photos transferred from your computer and are not included with the iTunes sync process except for being included with your iPhone's backup. SMS/MMS are not touched with syncing an iPhone with another computer as in this situation.
If you transfer your iTunes library from your PC to your Mac per the instructions included with this link, no iTunes content on your iPhone will be erased with the first sync with iTunes on your Mac. This assumes you have Sync Apps selected under the Apps tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes on your PC which means all apps on your iPhone are in your iTunes library on your PC where they should be.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1751
This will replace your iTunes library on your Mac with your iTunes library on your PC. If your Mac's iTunes library imcludes any content that you don't want to lose, you can have more than one iTunes library available on your Mac. Or you can transfer all iTunes content on your iPhone to your iTunes library on your Mac that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store. This assumes you used the same iTunes account on your PC as is used on your Mac. With your iPhone connected and without syncing, at the iTunes menu bar go to File and select Transfer Purchases From - the name of your iPhone. This will copy all iTunes content on your iPhone that was purchased/downloaded from the iTunes store only.
Photos/videos in your iPhone's Camera Roll can and should be imported by your computer as with any other digital camera. With a Mac, you can use iPhoto or the Image Capture application for this. The Camera Roll is not touched when syncing an iPhone with iTunes on another computer.
With a Mac, the iPhone supports syncing contacts with the Address Book application. If the Address Book is empty, it contains no contacts that you have entered or imported, before the first sync for this data enter one contact in the Address Book on your Mac. This will provide a merge prompt with the first sync for this data, which you want to select. The same if the Address Book already includes any contacts that you entered or imported. Syncing contacts with the Address Book is selected under the Info tab for your iPhone sync preferences with iTunes. The same applies before and with syncing calendar events with iCal on your Mac.
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and it works.
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I hope you can understand my bad english
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Will I lose everything on my iphone if I restore it
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It will erase everything.
If you have been using the iphone as designed, tehn everything will be on your computer, and you can sync it back.
You should be importing all pics taken with the iphone to your comptuer regularly as you would with any digital camera.
You should have been syncing your iphone contacts with your computer from day one.
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John is correct, there is no true "sharing" it's more like right of use, but she can still use all the stuff she has from your account on her device, it's just a little tricky. My daughter has had her own account for over a year but she had used my account before that. She has her own iPod, Macbook Pro, and now she just bought her own iPhone.
It had never been a big deal to her until she got her phone because she has to use only her account, my e-mail and stuff she does not need on her phone. So use Home Sharing on your computer with her login and her login on her device. The biggest question is are you using two computers or one? With just a single computer it may make it harder because you really have no way of home sharing (I may stand correctly by someone else though). With two computers you just setup home sharing, login to both iTunes accounts with her login, use her computer (or the second computer) and drag all the stuff over to that iTunes library, music, apps, etc. Then they will be on her computer. Then she just drags them on to her iOS device. They will copy and she can use them.
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