when reformating or migrating to a new computer i know you can copy the itunes backup from the mobilesync directory and basically continue using itunes on the new computer without having to erase and sync the iphone again. However is this method the same for migrating from a pc to a mac or vice versa? Are the backup directories similar just as the itunes library directories are similar?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
alright so i know my iphone backup is stored in:
On Windows XP
Documents and Settings[username]Application DataApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup
On Windows vista and Windows 7
Users[username]AppDataRoamingApple ComputerMobileSyncBackup
my question is, can i just copy the b127581d93b5949701b5568dc9cbcxxxxxxxxxx folder that's inside the winXP backup folder right into the backup folder on windows 7? is it going to sync right up like it should when i plug iphone into the win7 machine?
My friend just bought a new iPhone. He had been syncing it for awhile to his old PC, which is now just dead in the water. He got a new iPhone and wants to move his data (contacts etc) to the new iPhone, without iTunes. He doesn't have an iCloud account yet, so I think he can just make an iCloud account on his old iPhone, turn on syncing, then go to the new iPhone and do the same. If not, then I have a Mac with iTunes. I can make a new user account for him, and then plug in the iPhone and I think backup the iPhone to iTunes.
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2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)
I want to put some movies from my parents' iTunes to my iPhone 4s before my flight back home today without syncing my phone to their Mac (I don't want to lose my songs, etc. for the flight today). Is there a way to get their movies onto my iPhone without syncing?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1
My old PC died and I'm trying synch my Iphone to a PC that I haven't backed up to in many months and the contents of the the two don't match. My Iphone has everything I want on it. The PC wants to replace everything with its old backup when I turn on synch apps and music? Would like it if Itunes would treat this like a new phone and just back everything up, is there a way to get it to do this?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
Is there a way to move my Podcasts (and create a seperate playlist) to the Music App? I would like to listen to Podcasts through my GPS app, MotionX, which only plays the Music App.Â
Any work around for this? I am using IO 7, iPhone 5S, and iTunes 11.1.5.5Â
I have updated my iPhone 4 to 5.1.1 and I can't restore my backup files because when I try to restore my backup iTunes shows that the backup is corrupted or not compatible with the iPhone
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
When setting up my new iPhone 4s, should I restore from icloud or itunes backup? Or set up as a new iPhone? The phone number is staying the same from my iPhone 4.
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iPhone 4S
I backed up to iTunes before updating iPhone, the update messed up the contacts list, and the backup file is missing from iTunes library.
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1.1
Prior to having an android phone, I was using some other "not so smart" phone, and all of my contacts were handled through Backup Assistant. Now I have my android phone (DX2) and want to move all of my contacts to my Gmail account instead of Backup Assisitant. I am planning on leaving Verizon and going with another android phone, on Sprint. If I don't want to re-enter approximately 500 contacts (498) manually, I need to sync all of my contacts to gmail. There had been an app for that, but Verizon took it out of the market.
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please help,
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iPhone 4
I have Windows 7 installed and have seriously tried everything to fix this, deleting old back ups, cheacking my firewall, unintalling and reinstalling itunes, deleting pictures that may be corrupt. I just plugged my phone into a USB connected to my sisters MacBook and it backed up perfectly! Is this something wrong with my computer?
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1
While we were on vacation my brother in law upgraded to an iPhone 4 and I bought his old 3G and jailbroke it using Spirit. I also unlocked it to use on TMobile. Now that I'm home, I wanted to sync it or back it up so that I wouldn't lose apps and such. I don't have any music or videos on it but would like to do that eventually also.
1. I tried to sync some TV shows and it said that this iPhone was associated with another iTunes library so the sync would erase what was on the phone and replace it with what's on my Mac. My question here is, does it just erase things like videos and music, or will it also torch my apps and erase the jailbreak?
2. I notice when you right click the iPhone icon in the left side pane in iTunes there's a "Back up" option. Does that backup all of my apps to iTunes without erasing data on the phone or messing up the jailbreak?
I continue to get an error message without a specific error code when trying to sync and update my iPhone 4S (5.1) to iTunes (10.6.1). This started after an Apple Techincian had me restore the iPhone because I was having WiFi issues, which continued even after the fact. This is a replacement iPhone 4S. My original 4S had battery issues and had to be replaced. Unbeknownst to me, Apple replaces with refurbished iPhones, a practice I do not agree with. I experienced the WiFi dropping from the get-go with the replacement/refurbished iPhone 4S, but hung in there hoping it was just a fluke. It appears this iPhone 4S will need to be replaced.
Back to the issue at hand. I have removed all backups from iTunes. Of course now I have no backups stored on iTunes or iCloud.I have run Disk Utilities to repair permissions. I have reset the iPhone. I tried to restore it, but it will not restore since it cannot backup current data. I have made sure all OS software is updated. I have made sure permissions are unlocked in Backup folder on my HD.
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iPhone 4S, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
How do I back up & sync my iphone to iTunes?
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iPhone 4S
I broke my iPhone screen and now the touch screen doesnt work so I am unable to unlock my phone at all to use.
I wanted to find a way to import my text messages onto my computer that doesn't involve having to actually unlock and use my phone.
I read somewhere that itunes backs it up, but where/how do I find that? And if itunes doesnt work, is there a program I could download and not pay for? OR do the programs you buy actually work?
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iPhone 3GS (8GB), iOS 5
How do I back up my phones information with itunes?
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iPhone 4
today i upgrade my iphone4 to 5.01 ,when use itunes to restore 4.3.2 backup .the itunes compain
'May 19 10:33:32 BigBears-iPhone BackupAgent2[202] <Warning>: ERROR: Restore error - File path in set of paths not to back up: AppDomain-com.moji.MojiWeather:Library/SyncedPreferences (MBErrorDomain/205)
why, the 4.3.2 backup is full and succeed . what a suck of itunes.
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.0.1
I attempted to upgrade my iPhone 4 to iOS 5.1.1.I selected 'back up' from the phone in the device menu and iTunes confirmed that the phone had been backed up. I then installed iOS 5.1.1 which wiped everything on the phone & now I am getting the error iTunes could not restore the iPhone because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored"I have tried restoring factory settings but iTunes simply will not restore from back up & I'm not sure what else to do
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iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
My iphone 4s will not backup as it says error in itunes?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
Where does iTunes put iPhone backups in a PC (Windows 7)?
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iTunes, Windows 7
Lion's iTunes won't backup/sync to the iMac (late 2009 model, batch 2010) nor iCloud the almost 4 year old iPhone 3G's Address Book because it only has iOS 4.2.1. [iPhone's are well built (even the battery's still doing great after almost 4 years]Should I upgrade to the iPhone 5 this year, how then will I get to transfer my Address Book from this iPhone 3G to the iPhone 5 if iTune's nor iCloud won't back or sync it up now?
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3), iMac Late 2009
I had my iPhone unlocked over the phone. They said I need to backup the iPhone and restore to finish the unlock process. I backed up the iPhone in iTunes already. Will all of my contacts and pictures be deleted when I restore?
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iPhone 3GS, iOS 5.1
I want to use iTunes to backup my iPhone but I want it to do it the same as iCloud does. So I want it to save app data as well when I try and do it I can store the apps on my computer but not the app data.
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
I can't backup my iPhone 4 iOS 7.0.4 to iTunes 12.0.1.26. It keeps disconnecting even though its connected via cable and wifi on. I've also removed the previous backup. Hoping it would cure the error but it didn't do any good. After removing it, i never got to backup my phone again. What to do?
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iPhone 4, iOS 7.0.4
Before I activated my new iphone 6+ today ... I backed up my old iphone 4 into my computer through itunes.Â
After activation I went into itunes to restore today's backup into the new phone and the backup from today vanished.Â
Part of the problem may be that when I plugged in the new phone itunes asked me to update their software in my computer.Â
Is there anyway to retrieve my backup from today?Â
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iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 8.1.1
I seem to have lost my data in iphone 5s. It is asking to either setup as a new phone or restore from itunes backup. The last back i did was today afternoon when everything was intact. But once the iphone was connected to itunes, it automatically started backing up the device with no data (as it was wiped out), now when I attempt to restore from itunes backup all it does is restore from the latest backup.This afternoon's successful backup does not seem to get listed in the list of backups. The reason for doing backup is to restore when in need.
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iPhone 5s, iOS 7.1.2
i have itunes 9.0.2 and when i try to backup my phone it starts but after 2 seconds it stops and never creates a backup.
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2) If I ever want to update to a newer apple firmware down the road, I can't believe you have to restore the whole phone to do this! Then you lose all your jailbroken content! Isn't there a way to back up the jailbroken stuff? Its super easy to jailbreak it, you would think you could uninstall the jailbreak just as quick, but I guess that isn't the case.
