Syncing new iphone w/ existing account

I had an ipod touch with an account. I just got an iphone I would like to add. The first question is asking me "set up as new iphone, or restore from the backup of ipod touch", which should I choose?

Can someone help here?

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Syncing new iphone with old account without reciving old data

I got a new iPhone. my old one crashed and was replaced. I'm using my old apple id. I want to sync my new iPhone to iTunes but I don't want to sync all the data already stored on iTunes from the previous iPhone. so actually, I want to sync my iPhone like it's it first syncing to iTunes. I want iTunes to receive contacts, apps etc from the iPhone and not the other way around. problem is that the apple id I'm using was already synced with the previous iPhone. could that be done?
thank you

Can someone help here?

HT1386 Syncing new iphone 5 with a mac with itunes 10.6.3. Error message says iphone cannot be used because requires itunes 10.7 or later. Unable to download Itunes 10.7 mac. What do I have to do to import songs from Mac to new Iphone 5 ?

Syncing new iphone 5 with a Mac with itunes 10.6.3. Error message says iphone cannot be used because requires itunes 10.7 or later. Unable to download Itunes 10.7 to Mac. What do I have to do to import songs from Mac to new Iphone 5 ?

iOS 6 (which runs on the iPhone 5) requires iTunes 10.7, which requires OS X 10.6.8 or higher.
Upgrade OS X on your Mac.

HT1296 Just updated to iphone 5 and cant Sync with Mac. Asking for OS 10.6 and cant find it. Current Mac OS X Version is 10.5.8. Is there any more downloads I need to do in order to sync new iphone 5? Thanks

Just updated to iphone 5 and cant Sync with Mac. Asking for OS 10.6 and cant find it. Current Mac OS X Version is 10.5.8. Is there any more downloads I need to do in order to sync new iphone 5? Thanks

http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html
Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:
Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later
PC: Windows 7; Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 3 or later
iTunes 10.7 or later (free download from www.itunes.com/download)
Also included on the retail sales box.

Trying to sync new iPhone 6 plus with Itunes on PC

trying to sync new iPhone 6 plus with Itunes on PC

Good. I hope it's going well!
If not, you should know you need a recent copy of iTunes on your computer.
You should also check out the iPhone Manual:
iPhone User Guide for iOS 8.1
Otherwise, if you are looking for help, it would be good if you told us exactly what your issues are. What do you see? What happens (or does not happen)?

Can i sync 2 iphones in one account

can i sync 2 iphones in one account with out losing songs ive aready got. Erasing & syncing replaces the contents of this iphone with the contents of this iTunes library? Should I go ahead to erase & sync?

Read this iOS 5 & iCloud Tips: Sharing an Apple ID With Your Family

Accidentally Sync'd iPhone to existing iPad

When connecting my new iPhone 4s to my macbook for the very first time I accidentally chose to back up from existing device (my iPad) rather than 'set up new device' - now whenever I connect the phone is sync's to my iPad settings.
How do I rectify this and set up the phone with it's own account and settings, do I need to restore to the original settings and start over?
Thanks, D.

Welcome to Apple Communities
You can restore in Settings > General > Restore > Erase All Content and Settings, or you can change your account in Settings > Store and Settings > iCloud

How do i fix the fact that my daughter synced her iphone to my account now I have all of her conacts and most of mine on my phone. my contacts are a mess along with favorites

my daughter synced her 3g in my account accidentally now since ive synced my iphone 4, her contacts and mine are combined and my contacts are a mess . example, my favorites have a few names and numbers but some are gone completely, and in contacts some are gone completely too. VERY Frustrated please help if you can. I use windows xp

I updated to iOS 5.0.1 days ago and didn't receive that notification until just now...
This time I synced new photos I took yesterday, and it gave me the:
"iTunes Sync: 54 items could not be synced. See iTunes for more information"
Perhaps it kicks off when new items get synced.
I've decided to rent a movie yesterday. Once it gets deleted, I'm curious to see if it jumps to 55 items.

Can't sync new iPhone 4 with iTunes without it locking up iTunes

Got my new iPhone 4 last Friday. They tell me I need to register it and sync it. Didn't get around to trying that until yesterday. Tried most of the day and night last night, using iTunes 9.whatever it was. Kept on locking up iTunes. Tried deleting iTunes, reinstalling it and trying again. Didn't work. Even trying to register the phone made iTunes lock up.
Downloaded iTunes 10 last night. Have the same situation, BUT, it finally did allow me to finally register my phone this afternoon. Thought the problem was solved. Still won't allow me to sync.
Sync starts up (took it off the auto-sync setting) and it says it is going to backup the device - Step 1. Sometimes the progress bar moves 1/4 inch, sometimes 1/2 inch. Sometimes it just has the moving pattern on it. Once or twice, it actually got to Step 2, whatever that is. It always locks up. I've left it running for hours... still won't work.
Was told to delete iTunes, restart, delete trash and reinstall it. Tried that SEVERAL times, still didn't work. Was told to delete some other files (the IT guy was standing beside me because I have NO clue as to what to do with these files) - at least 1 file from the Library and not certain where the others were. That didn't work either. It just keeps on locking up iTunes and quite often, when I check with Force Quit, it shows that iTunes isn't responding. I repaired disk permissions. Didn't work. I unchecked what to sync - just trying to sync Apps now, and it still doesn't work.
All software is up-to-date on both the phone as well as my MBP. I'm at a loss. Anyone have any ideas?
Just tried it again and just plugging in the iPhone caused the beach ball to start spinning. I've GOT to be doing something wrong, but I'm at a loss.
Thanks in advance for your help.

After purchasing a new iPhone 5S I had a problem syncing iTunes with the iPhone...At the Apple Store, the Service Rep backed up my iPhone to iCloud in order to transfer all data from the old phone to the new phone. At home when I tried to sync iTunes with my new iPhone 5S, iTunes would not recognize my new phone. I discovered iTunes was configured to back up data to my Mac hard drive and the iPhone was configured to back up data to iCloud. There was a conflict, subsequently causing iTunes to not recognize my new iPhone 5S. My solution was to delete iCloud from the iPhone. After doing this, iTunes synced with the iPhone with no problems. No data was lost and syncing occurred normally.
I recommend these as possible solutions:
1) The Apple store will back up your phone using iCloud. Make sure that iTunes is configured to back up to iCloud before you plug your new phone into iTunes for syncing/back-up. If your iTunes is configured to back up data to your hard drive, ensure that the Apple Store does not back up your phone data to iCloud. You will have to back up all iPhone data yourself at home on iTunes.
2) If they insist on backing up your phone data to iCloud from your old phone to your new phone then, be sure to delete the iCloud account off your new phone before you try to sync your new phone to iTunes.
I used the 2nd solution to solve my syncing issues. Everything works great now. iTunes recognized my new phone and can now sync/back-up data with out problems, error messages or loss of data.
Hope this helps everyone out! I intend to get drunk to relieve all the stress and hopefully restore my sanity as a result of having to solve this problem while having to act as my own Apple support staff!

Syncing new iphone 4 problem

I am computer illiterate. I have a new Iphone 4, which is recognised by itunes (an account created for use with my ipod touch). Whilst podcasts are synced I can't sync the complete music library, it seems only to sync a couple of albums purchased through itunes and "not find" about 20gb of music I have in the library. If UI had any hair I would have pulled it out by now. Can anyone help pleae in the simplest of terms? Many thanks

On the Summary Tab, put a check in the box labeled "Sync only Checked Songs & Videos", On the Music tab, put a check in the box labeled "Sync Music", & in the box labeled "All Songs & Playlists". Make sure you have a check in each box next to each song under "Library", "Music", in the far left pane. Hit "Apply" or "Sync". To conserve space on your phone, you can also check the box on the Summary Pane, Options, "Convert Higher Bit Rate...". This is done on the fly & does not affect the music in your library.

Syncing new iPhone

If I sync my new iphone to my itunes account that I've used for my old iphone will it completely erase all the content in my itunes from my old iphone? I don't want to loose it.

Prior to syncing your itunes to your new iphone you will want to connect the old iphone to your itunes select the device showing in your itunes program and right click on the device (if using a PC) and go to where it reads 'transfer purchases' once you've done this all purchases made on the device that are not showing up in your itunes library will then transfer to your itunes library. However, IF you have music on your device that was not purchased using itunes and the account you are currently using you will then want to transfer this music to a storage device prior to syncing your new device with your itunes. To answer your question, YES, once you have synced your new device with your itunes library anything that is on the device that is not part of the itunes library will be lost if precautions are not taken to collect the data on the older device.

HT201269 how to sync new phone to old account when phone is past setup

How do you sync new device that was setup to old iphone account?

Hello Ziggym,
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
For more information, take a look at:
iCloud: Restore your iOS device from iCloud
https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12521
Restore from an iCloud backup
On your iOS device, go to Settings > General > Software Update. If a newer version of iOS is available, follow the onscreen instructions to download and install it.You must update your device to the latest version of iOS to make sure you can restore from a recent backup of another device, such as a lost or broken device.
Make sure you have a recent backup to restore from.Go to Settings > iCloud > Storage & Backup, then look at the bottom of the screen for the message Last Backup, followed by the date of the latest backup.For information about backing up manually now, see Back up your iOS device to iCloud. If you don’t see a backup you expected to be there, see the Apple Support article iCloud: Troubleshooting restoring an iCloud backup.
Go to Settings > General > Reset, then tap “Erase all content and settings.”
In the Setup Assistant, proceed to “Set up your device,” tap Restore from a Backup, then sign in to iCloud.
Proceed to “Choose backup,” then choose from a list of available backups in iCloud.
Have a nice day,
Mario

Can i sync my iphone/mobile me account to two different macs

I've got two macs now in the house! The first one I bought was such a nice conversion from windows that I replaced the family computer with a mac as well. So can I hook up my mobile me/iphone up on my other computer as well without any weird issues because it's on two computers.

You can sync multiple computers to Mobile Me with no issues - that is what it is primarily designed for. I have a Dell, Mac Pro and MBP all syncing to 1 mobile me account.
As for the iPhone, it can only sync to one media library at a time.

Unable to sync new iPhone 4s. I have iTunes version 10.6.1. Using Windows 7. My device appears on iTunes but I am not able to select the sync option and it does not automatically start the sync option when plugged in. Ive tried reseting the device.

I am unable to sync my new iPhone 4s OR my iPod Touch 4 to iTunes.(this is the first time I am plugging them into iTunes) I have version 10.6.1. Both devices are up to date with the latest software version. Once I plug the device in, it is recognized on iTunes.The synce process does not start automatically. I am unable to select the sync option. I've tried reseting the device and restarting iTunes and the same problem happens. I have plugged in my husbands iPhone 3gs and the sync process starts automatically. I have also added my computer as an authorized computer for the new devices. What now?

Many thanks.
With those symptoms, I'd try the following document:
Apple software on Windows: May see performance issues and blank iTunes Store
(If there's a SpeedBit LSP showing up in Autoruns, it's usually best to just uninstall your SpeedBit Video Accelerator.)

Cannot install itunes to sync new iphone keep getting error

i just purchased a used iphone from ebay.
i received the iphone today and it seems to be in great condition.
i cut it on and all it does is show a plug in cord with an arrow above it pointing to itunes. so i tryed to sync my iphone with my itunes.
itunes will not work bc my quicktime player was deleted. i uninstalled them both and tried to reinstall itunes using the link on the website. this error came up halfway through the installation:
An error occured during the installation of assembly 'Microsoft.VC80.CRT,version="8.0.50727.4053",type="win32",publicKey Token= "1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b", process or Architecture= "x86". Please refer to Help and Support for more information. HRESULT:0x8007054F.
after seeing that i clicked ok and the download continued. after it was done downloading it still wouldn't work.
it brings this error page up that says:
Apple Application Support was not found.
Apple Application Support is required to run ituneshelper. please uninstall itunes, then install itunes again.
i've done this 4 times...still no luck.
i have looked every where on the web to find a solution and still no luck. i can't find a link to download the apple application support so i don't know what else to do. if anyone has any advice. please help me. this is driving me insane. thx

HRESULT:0x8007054F
These ones are typically caused by underlying problems on the PC that also often cause Windows Updates to fail to install. If we can fix the Windows Update trouble, we can usually get the iTunes trouble cleaned up +en passant.+
Go into your Windows update and try to check for new updates. Do they fail to install? If so, go into your Update History and doubleclick the failures. What alphanumeric codes appear for you? Are they also 0x8007054Fs, or are you getting different error codes?

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