Syncing iPhone to empty mac - apps and data and contact details
Will syncing my iPhone to a new empty mac wipe all my apps and their data and my contact book details?
My laptop died so I brought a new MacBook. I want to sync my iPhone with the new MacBook but i'm scared of losing my app data (e.g. game saves) and contact details on the iPhone.
I know that the music on the iPhone will be wiped but will my apps (and the data saved within them) and my contact details be uploaded to my mac or wiped from the iPhone?
Thanks
Syncing to a different computer will remove and replace all iTunes-managed media content - that includes music, videos, and apps. As a result, you will lose your app data that's currently on the iPhone. No real way around that, unfortunately.
For contacts/calendars, you need to create one 'dummy' contact in Address Book on the new Mac, and one 'dummy' calendar appoint. That will result in you getting prompted to Merge or Replace the data when you first sync - choose Merge and your contacts/calendars will be transferred from the iPhone to the Mac. If you try to sync with a completely empty Mac, that will erase the contacts/calendars from the iPhone, too.
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