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Synching iPhones with your Computer/iTunes
Sync iPhone with your computer in three easy steps.
Once you connect iPhone to your computer, items get automatically synced between iPhone and computer, depending on your preferences.
Given below are the items that you can sync.
Contacts, calendars, and bookmarks are synced from your computer to iPhone and from iPhone to your computer. So if you add or change, or delete them on iPhone, eventually they will be changed on your computer and so the other way round too.
On the other hand Email account settings, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos are synced from your computer to iPhone . Although you can import photos taken with iPhone to your computer. If you want, you can sync partial of whats in your computer.
Check out step by step how to sync:
1st Step: Connect iPhone
2nd Step: Setup for the items that you want to Sync.
Contacts
You can sync contacts from Mac OS X Address Book or Entourage on a Mac, or Yahoo! Addresses Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or Microsoft Outlook on a PC.
Note: Point to be noted here that syncing won't delete any contact in Yahoo! Address Book that contains a Messenger ID, even if you've deleted the contact from your address book on iPhone or your computer. If you want to delete a contact containing a Messenger ID, log in to your Yahoo! Account online and delete the contact using Yahoo! Address Book. On a Mac, when you sync Address Book contacts with iPhone, any other address books you've set to sync with .Mac, will also be synced with iPhone.
Calendars
You can sync calendars from iCal on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook on a PC . After you click the Info tabs in iTunes, then do one of the following:
If you're using a Mac, select Sync iCal calendars. After this choose All calendars, and select the calendars you want to sync. From the pop-up menu, choose the calendar on your computer to update with events you create directly on your iPhone.
If you're using a PC, select Sync Outlook calendars.
Email Accounts
Sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express on a PC. Also you can click here to know how to setup an email account on iPhone.
Bookmark
You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Internet Explorer on a PC. Click the Info tab in iTunes and select Sync Bookmarks.
Set music. Podcasts, or Video
Photos
You can sync iPhone with photos in iPhoto 4.0.3 or later on a Mac, or Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. Or you can sync with any folder on your computer that contains images.
You will see Apply in the lower right corner of the screen. Click on Apply. IPhone and your computer sync according to your settings.
When syncing with Yahoo! Address Book, you do not have the option to replace the data on Yahoo! You can adjust sync settings anytime iPhone is connected to your computer. You can only connect and sync with one iPhone at a time.
Given below are the items that you can sync.
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On the other hand Email account settings, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos are synced from your computer to iPhone . Although you can import photos taken with iPhone to your computer. If you want, you can sync partial of whats in your computer.
Check out step by step how to sync:
1st Step: Connect iPhone
- Connect iPhone to your computer. Either you can connect the cable from your computer directly to iPhone, or connect the cable from your computer to the dock and put iPhone in the dock. By default, iTunes will open automatically.
- Now select iPhone in the iTunes Source pane.
2nd Step: Setup for the items that you want to Sync.
Contacts
You can sync contacts from Mac OS X Address Book or Entourage on a Mac, or Yahoo! Addresses Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or Microsoft Outlook on a PC.
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Note: Point to be noted here that syncing won't delete any contact in Yahoo! Address Book that contains a Messenger ID, even if you've deleted the contact from your address book on iPhone or your computer. If you want to delete a contact containing a Messenger ID, log in to your Yahoo! Account online and delete the contact using Yahoo! Address Book. On a Mac, when you sync Address Book contacts with iPhone, any other address books you've set to sync with .Mac, will also be synced with iPhone.
Calendars
You can sync calendars from iCal on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook on a PC . After you click the Info tabs in iTunes, then do one of the following:
If you're using a Mac, select Sync iCal calendars. After this choose All calendars, and select the calendars you want to sync. From the pop-up menu, choose the calendar on your computer to update with events you create directly on your iPhone.
If you're using a PC, select Sync Outlook calendars.
Email Accounts
Sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook or Outlook Express on a PC. Also you can click here to know how to setup an email account on iPhone.
- Do one of the following once you click on the info tab in iTunes.
- Select Sync selected Mail Accounts, if you're using a Mac
- Select Sync selected mail accounts from and then choose Outlook or Outlook Express from the pop-up menu, if you are using a PC.
- Select the accounts you want to sync.
Bookmark
You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Internet Explorer on a PC. Click the Info tab in iTunes and select Sync Bookmarks.
Set music. Podcasts, or Video
- Click the Music, Video, or Podcasts tab and select Sync, Sync Music, Sync TV shows, or Sync Movies.
- Now set sync options. You can sync all items, selected items or playlist. In the Music tab, you can elect to also sync music videos. If you sync music, audiobooks are synced too.
Photos
You can sync iPhone with photos in iPhoto 4.0.3 or later on a Mac, or Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC. Or you can sync with any folder on your computer that contains images.
- Click the Photos tab and select Sync photos from:
- Do one of the following from the top up menu
- Choose iPhoto or your Pictures folder if your using a Mac.
- Choose Photoshop Album, Photoshop Elements, or your My Pictures folder if you're using a PC.
- Choose Folder, then choose any folder on your computer that has images inside
- Choose All photos,or choose Selected folders or Selected albums and choose the folders or albums you want to sync.
You will see Apply in the lower right corner of the screen. Click on Apply. IPhone and your computer sync according to your settings.
When syncing with Yahoo! Address Book, you do not have the option to replace the data on Yahoo! You can adjust sync settings anytime iPhone is connected to your computer. You can only connect and sync with one iPhone at a time.
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