Synch. iPhone with 2 computers

I would like to snych my iPhone with my business Windows XP based notebook (Outlook synchronization of contacts and calendar) and with my private MacBook Pro which contains all music, videos, podcasts, ebooks and pictures.
I assume that this senario is most common and should be best practice. So allow that I address this synch issue to the apple development team to elaborate a solution for this request soon.
Thank you very much. Wolfgang

Answering andy76sz's question, yes my behavior is the same as yours. Each time I try to resync my phone with the my other computer (no matter if it's my iMac at home or my work PC) all the syncing options are cleared and I have to recheck the ones I want. As sisterblue said, Apple probably intended this behavior to prevent inadvertent syncing to occur.
So it seems this is just the way it is for now. I hope 2.0 of the iPhone firmware will address this common usage scenario (i.e., full synchronization of contacts and appointments between the iphone and 2 different computers). This has been a feature of Windows Mobile for a while now and many of us have come to depend on having our phones (formerly PDAs) provide a way synchronizing our busy schedules and dynmically changing contacts and their info between work and home. I agree with andy76sz's assessment that Apple probably didn't initially provide this capability because they were worried about people copying music/videos between different computers using the iPhone as a bridge. I don't even use my iPhone to listen to music or watch videos.
I do have an idea though, that might work until Apple provides this capability... I have a couple of old Windows Mobile phone lying around gathering dust (T-Mobile SDA, SMT5600). What if I were to go back to using Missing Sync on my iMac and use these old phones as bridging device for syncing my calendar and contacts between my home iMac and my work PC. Would be a pain in the butt, but I think it may work. Any body tried this?

Similar Messages

  • Is there an option of synching Iphone with two itunes on different mac books ?

    is there an option of synching Iphone with two itunes on different mac books ?

    You can't sync it to two computers.
    But you can plug it into a second computer and add things or take things out of apps (under the app tab, scroll down).
    Also you can take photos off on a second computer.
    There are a few things you can do on a second computer.
    But not a sync.

  • I have itunes set up on a PC with all my music, apps, etc. I want to stop using PC and move my iTunes and files to a Mac I bought and synch my iPhone with the Mac. Can I just synch iPhone with Mac iTunes and will it copy all my stuff onto Mac, or will I h

    I have itunes set up on a PC with all my music, apps, etc. I want to stop using PC and move my iTunes and files to a Mac I bought and synch my iPhone with the Mac. Can I just synch iPhone with Mac iTunes and will it copy all my stuff onto Mac, or will I have to copy files from PC onto Mac?

    Here are some of the links to get you started.
    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3727530?start=0&tstart=0
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
    http://www.macworld.com/article/1146958/move_itunes_windows_mac.html

  • Synching iPhone with external hard drive

    I recently got a new MacBook Pro. For some time, I've been storing all my iTunes music on an external hard drive with no issues.
    I was having trouble synching my iPhone with the new MacBook at first. It was telling me it would need to erase the current music from my phone. Finally I realized I needed to copy the iTunes folder from the user Library on my old Mac. Then I was able to synch my phone.
    BUT then I realized that, rather than accessing the music on my external hard drive, iTunes had copied all my music to the new Mac's hard drive. So I looked it up and got it to recognize the external drive -- ended up having to copy all the music from the Mac BACK to the external drive, where it already existed.
    But now the phone won't synch again! Those files are still in the Library folder. Why is the Mac treating my iPhone like a stranger again?

    But, as I said, by copying those files from the /user/Library/iTunes folder, I had solved the problem temporarily on the new computer. Now that it's looking for the music on the external hard drive, something is messed up again.
    And, by the way, the music is still all on the internal hard drive, too. But I did do the "consolidate library" and I've verified that iTunes is finding the music on the external hard drive, not the internal one.

  • Duplicate contacts after synching iPhone with Outlook

    After I synched my new iPhone with my Outlook contacts there are many I do not need/want on my phone. Is there an easy way to edit all these on-line somewhere...rather than going thru each contact on my iPhone?

    Hi,
    Office 365 is a Microsoft product. Please try:
        http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_365hp-outlook/how-do-i-sync-outlook-365-peopl...
    Regards.
    BH
    **Click the KUDOS thumb up on the left to say 'Thanks'**
    Make it easier for other people to find solutions by marking a Reply 'Accept as Solution' if it solves your problem.

  • Can't synch iPhone with iPhoto

    I've been trying to sync the pictures on my iPhone with iPhoto but I keep getting a pop-up message that says:m"Photos are being imported to the photo library. Please wait while import is complete. " Unfortunately nothing else happens....I can't update my iPhone to the new iOS because I don't have enough memory (the file takes up too much space anyway) and...Help!

    Launch iTunes. Menu. iTunes>Preferences>Devices. Check the box at the bottom. Then connect the iPhone, get the photos and after you disconnect uncheck that box.

  • Synching iPhone with .Mac

    Can the iPhone be synched with .Mac? The main feature I am concerned about is the calendar so that I can keep all of my calendars updated. This is one of my final concerns before getting out of my current wireless contract and getting an iPhone.

    It can sync with your mail because it uses IMAP, but as far as syncing with calendars I don't think it can.. At least I haven't found a way..
    Only way to sync to a calendar is with iCal.. (if you're using a mac, outlook if pc)..But shouldn't your .mac be synced with your ical anyway?.. I know mine is.

  • "do not have enough access privilege" error message when trying to synch iPhone with iTunes

    Primary computer crashed and got this error message when trying to synch my iPhone to iTunes with another computer I have on my Home Share.

    Same problem with my iphone too
    is ur problem resolved?

  • Synching iPhone with newly-installed iTunes

    I plugged in my iPhone to newly-installed iTunes on a new laptop (to synch it) and a message popped up telling me iTunes would take my iPhone back to its factory settings and that I would lose my media etc. Will I get it back? And how?
    Thanks

    Howdy Paddy275,
    I would recommend copying your library from the other computer to this one. This article will help with that:
    iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
    The content WILL be wiped when you sync the phone. But if you have the library that has all your media in it copied over and you can see it all in iTunes, then you will need to select what to sync back over. Use this to assist with that if needed.
    iOS: Syncing with iTunes
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386
    If you cannot copy the original library to your new computer, then you can always redownload your past purchases free of charge from the iTunes store.
    Downloading past purchases from the App Store, iBookstore, and iTunes Store
    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht2519
    All the very best,
    Sterling

  • Cannot synch iPhone with iTunes

    Recently switched from an iPhone 4S to an iPhone 5S. All of my music was on the 4S, and synced with iTunes. My son then tried to set up my new 5S and the only music that transferred over was the music that I had actually purchased on iTunes. All of the music on CDs that I had copied and placed on the 4S did not transfer over to the 5S. In addition, now iTunes only list the purchased music as well. The complete music library still resides on the 4S though. However, now I can't synch either the 4S or the 5S to iTunes.

    Appointments are set almost every day, so likely that some were set about same time this occured.  All appointments have a reminder set so that is likely also. Not many are recurring without an end date. 
    One thought is that there is likely some setting that is not correct.  Have searced out all settings on phone, in Outlook and iTunes that appear to be connected to synch and to calendar but could have missed something.  Need to check to see if Notes and Contacts are synching also.
    thanks for your responses. 

  • Synch iphone with icloud and mac?

    I am having problems with trying to find instruction on how to achieve synch for my contacts using  iCloud, iphone and Mac.
    Is there any information available on this?
    If so, where??
    Appreciate your help and advice.

    This user tip might help you understand how accounts work with Contacts (Address Book).
    First check that all your settings are correct, that contact syncing is checked on all devices (system preferences > iCloud on a mac and settings > iCloud on a iPhone, iPad or iPod).
    Make sure the contacts you are adding are added to your 'iCloud' group and not an 'On My Mac', 'On My Phone' or other non iCloud group (you can do this by checking in groups), non iCloud contacts will not sync.
    If you are sure that everything is set up correctly and your contacts are in the iCloud group, you might try unchecking contact syncing in the iCloud settings, restarting your device and then re-enabling contact syncing.

  • Synching iphone with outlook calendar

    I have just set up a new icloud account and attempted to synch with my outlook calendar and contacts. The outlook was synching with previous icloud account but it is not synching with the new icloud account. Help Please

    No I meant icloud. The previous account was not old I just needed to separate business and personal accounts. Have subsequently solved the problem by going to icloud control panel and signing out, and then signing back in, deleting from computer and then signing back in with the same details.
    Dont ask me why but it worked. If anyone does this make sure you click save a copy when that option comes up before you delete from computer so that you can retrieve contacts calendar etc - I key stroked too fast, missed it and lost my contacts and calendar

  • Problem synching iPhone with Yahoo address book contacts

    Basically what is happening is when I sync most of the yahoo contacts transfer to the iPhone just fine but then I get a message telling me that all of the contacts could not be copied, try again later. I look and it stops after the letter "T". Ive tried several times even after a reboot. I also noticed that when I created a new contact on the iPhone it doesnt get synched over to my yahoo contacts. Any help is appreciated.
    thanks
    Angelo

    What advanced settings are you referring to on the iPhone? The only advanced I have is under my yahoo email account. Update since I last posted, I tried deleting the few entries after the letter "T" that were not synching to the iPhone and recreated them and they now are synching fine but the sync is only working one way, if I create a new contact on the iPhone it shows up in my yahoo address book but if I create a new entry in my yahoo address book and do a sync, it does not sync over to the iPhone.

  • Synch iphone with itunes on Windows vista

    I just purchased new iphone (verizon)...and when i connect to my computer - the itunes doesnt recognize the device???  My computer recognizes the device.  I have had an ipod for sometime and the computer recognizes the ipods. 
    Hence i cannot synch
    pls advise
    thank you

    Read here.
    http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538

  • How can I synch iphone with itunes?

    Have tried the troubleshooting on the website, no joy. Itunes is on my imac, but my iphone does not seem to appear when I plug it into the computer?

    If you want to use your phone with your computer, you need to update it to OS X 10.6.8, and iTunes to 11.1. Snow Leopard is US $20 at Apple's online store.
    That is, if your Mac meets the requirements for Snow Leopard.

Maybe you are looking for