Want to sync my iPad to new iMac

currently synced to older iMac, and know want to sync to new iMac without losing data.

Copy everything from your old computer to your new one

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My ipod classic itunes library is on my old toshiba laptop, I bought a new mac but when I try to sync from ipod to imac it wipes the music off the ipod - how do i sync without losing music? I have been told I have to create an icloud account on the old toshiba, but do i have to pay for this? there is a lot of music on the ipod.

Hello JulliJM,
It sounds like your iPod Classis has been syncing to your old portable, and you want to sync it to your new iMac but dont want to lose the information in it. The iPod can only sync to 1 library at a time unless set up to manually sync content. The following article will help you do that named:
Managing content manually on iPhone, iPad, and iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1535
When manually managing content, you can add content from multiple libraries to your iPod or iPad. Even when manually managing music, some content may be available from only one library at time. This includes all content on iPhone and video content on iPod and iPad.
If you are going to sync from the iMac from now on, you can also copy your entire iTunes library to your iMac with this article:
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4527
Then when you sync it to your iPod again, yes it will prompt you that it will erase the stuff on it, but you can set up the sync options just like you have on your portable computer, to get your stuff back.
iTunes: Syncing media content to iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1351
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
All the best,
Sterling

I have a new hard drive on my imac I want to sync my ipad(which has the files I lost when my old hard drive died), which holds the files I lost when my old hard drive died. How can I sync my ipad with my new hard drive?

My hard drive on my IMac died, so I have a new hard drive. I want to sync my Ipad(which has the files I lost when my old hard drive died) back with my IMac. How can I sync my Ipad with my new IMac hard drive without erasing my legacy files on the Ipad at the same time?

Copy everything from your backup copy of your cpomputer to your new hard drive.

My husband got a new ipad and set up his apple id without looking into the implications of that. Now I want to sync this ipad with our itunes so we can access it on here, but our itunes has a different apple id. Any way to do this?

My husband got a new ipad and set up his own apple id without looking into the implications of that. Now I want to sync this ipad with our itunes so we can access it on here, but our itunes has a different apple id. Any way to do this?

You should be able to accept this message, it will cause existing music, photos (not camera roll) and videos (also excluding those in camera roll) to be removed and replaced with those from this computer. All other user data on the iPad will be unaffected.

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You will need to connect both to your computer via your USB cord then launch iTunes. Take a look at this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1386

I have an iPhone 4 which is synced with a non apple laptop and wish to sync it with my new iMac. I have backed the phone up with the laptop and am not sure how to sync it with the iMac without loosing any contacts, emails or photos from my phone.

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Have you read this?
iTunes: How to move your music to a new computer
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4527
The Apple web site has lots of other guidance, for example if you are migrating from Windows to Mac, read this.
Switch 101: Migrate your Windows files or system to your Mac
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2518

Why do I get an error message when trying to sync my ipads with my imac

We have two ipads - version 2 I think - the last ones with the old style plug. Both are running IOS 7.1.1 Over the last week, every time I try to sync either ipad with my imac (27" - about 18 months old) which is running OSX 10.9.2 I get the following error message. "The Ipad cannot be synced. An unknown error has occurred (1723)" In every case it takes a while for the error message to appear - the sync gives every impression of rolling along just fine through the various steps - when it reaches step 5 of 6 (syncing photos) it seems to hang up, then after a while the error message shows up.
Interestingly, there are no photos on the ipad, so nothing to sync to the imac, but I discovered all of this when I tried to sync some photos in the other direction, from iphoto to one of the ipads. All I got was the pin wheel of death. I am running the most current version of iphoto too.
Any suggestions on how to fix this would be gratefully accepted.

Can you create a test Project in PrE 9 and does that work. If so, close that Project and then Open it again in PrE 9.
It could be as simple as your PrE 8 Projects just not Opening in PrE 9. There is often forward compatibility, but not always. It is usually best to finish Projects in the version, in which they were started.
Good luck,
Hunt

Since I synced my ipad to my iMac I have duplicate photos appearing in the Photo section on my iPad and one can be trashed but the other one can't. How can I get rid of the ones without the trashcan?

Since I synced my ipad to my iMac I have duplicate photos appearing in the Photo section on my iPad and one can be trashed but the other one can't. How can I get rid of the ones without the trashcan?

Thanks so much. I was afraid to mess with that. But when I unsynced them, it worked.

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I updated my Safari to be able to get into the itunes store again and now I can't sync my ipad to my imac anymore. What do I do to get it synced again?

dnh1969 wrote:
I updated my Safari ...
Really? Safari is not updated as part of any standalone process. Do you mean Safari on your iMac? Then did you really update OS X?
Sorry, it's not at all clear what you really did. You should provide us with version numbers of:
OS X
iOS
iPad model number
iTunes

HT1473 i have an ipod that was associated with a different i-tunes account. I want to sync it to me new i-tunes account but do not want to lose all of the music files already stored on the ipod. how do i do this

i have an ipod that was associated with a different i-tunes account. I want to sync it to my new i-tunes account but do not want to lose all of the music files already stored on the ipod. how do i do this?

Hello, peppertwist.
Thank you for visiting Apple Support Communities.
When receiving the not enough space alert, he is the best article to go through.
iOS: "Not enough free space" alert when trying to sync
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1503
Cheers,
Jason H.

I want to buy a 21.5" new imac shortly. Will I be able to have a free update of the operating system to OS 10.9 when it arrives later this month

I want to buy a 21.5" new imac shortly. Will I be able to have a free update of the operating system to OS 10.9 when it arrives later this month?

Unfortunately there is no one here that can give you an answer; we are just users like yourself.
But based on past experience it has been known for free upgrades to be offered ... but not before the new OS is formally announced. There have been several references of late to the imminent launch of Mavericks. I think you can do no more than wait for the announcement.

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I want to sync my iPad with my Apple Air. How do I do that?

If you mean using iCloud, go to Settings>iCloud on your iPad (requires iOS 5 or higher), sign in with your Apple ID to create your iCloud account, then turn on the data you want to sync with iCloud. Then go to System Preferences>iCloud on your MacBook Air (requires OS X 10.7.5 or higher), sign in with the same ID and check the data you want to sync with iCloud.

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I have a situation where the administrator password is rejected when attempting a software update. I think this happened because of syncing an iPad to the iMac. How can I reset the Software Update back to the administrator password?

You can reset the password with the install disk.

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Hello,
you don't need OS X install-disk, but I strongly recomend to burn a Win 7 disk. You may have some problems with installing it from a USB Flash :)
Cheers!

I want to sync my ipad to my mac comp. It says to select ipad from under the device list. I do not get a device list however on my screen

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The Devices Headings is on the left gray sidebar of iTunes when iTunes is running on the computer and the iPad is connected. I am using a very old version of iTunes but the sidebar is still the sidebar.
Here is a screenshot of the iTunes sidebar. I am at work and can't connect my iPad here but the Devices heading will be on the left side - under where it shows the Library, Store, Shared, etc.
If you don't see the iPad listed there - it is not being recognized in iTunes. Maybe you should look through this for help if the device is not recognized.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1591

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