Thanks for the info.
More below:
On Mar 10, 2012, at 8:42 AM, N.A. Nada wrote:
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> On Mar 9, 2012, at 11:01 PM, Patti A Robertson wrote:
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> > Hi all -
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> > We bought my husband an iphone - I've had one for years, but this is his first - and after 6 months we are trying to sync it with our computer, which also has been synced to my iphone, and we are given two choices:
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> > restore from the backup of iphone - which would be mine - not a good choice!
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> > or set up as new iphone - which I'm not sure whether his data, as in calendar, contacts and photos - will get saved to the computer or not, and we certainly don't want them deleted!
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> > Can anyone tell me how to sync his iphone without losing the data we want to save?
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> Assuming that you do not want both to be identical:
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The only thing that really needs to be different is the contacts list - am not sure how to keep his separate from mine.
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> If your iPhone does not already have a profile name like Patti's iPhone when connected to iTunes, change the profile name to something like that.
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> Then connect your husband's iPhone and select "set up as new iPhone" and name it Hubby's iPhone. iTunes will take care of the rest.
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> iTunes does not save the photos to the computer. You will have to use something else to move the photos over, but that is Mac or PC specific.
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Yes, I already know how to manage the photos. Took care of that last night. Ejected iphone of hubby when I got to the point of not knowing what to do next.
Any thoughts on the contacts issue? Will setting up as new phone take care of that?
Patti
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> Brent
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