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sync issues

  1. M

    General Going back to stock os killed iMessage

    Long story short, I had a previous iPad jailbroken and iMessages would sync between it and my iPhone seamlessly. I then updated that iPad to a stock os and suddenly the iPad would no longer receive iMessages. If I tried to send from my iPad the status bar showing it was sent would get stuck in...
  2. R

    Apps Prime Video: audio language selection never sticks.

    Hello, Is it just me or somebody else has this problem? I like to see the content in the language it was originally made. For a lot (most) of the content in the Prime Video app that is English. I am located in Mexico, and even if I have the app configured to display in English (and wherever I...
  3. voshem

    HELP! Restoring jailbroken iphone that won't sync with iTunes

    Hi! So I was foolish enough to buy an iPhone 7 plus off craigslist without examining it thoroughly enough to see that it had been jailbroken. Stupid, I know. Now, I want to restore the iPhone, but iTunes doesn't recognize or sync with the phone. I am at a loss as to what to do. I think the...
  4. jdoll021

    iPhone Playlists in Music App Refuse to Sync

    This problem has been bugging me for awhile now and I have yet to find a fix for it. Every time I update one of my playlists on my iPad or one of my computers, the update refuses to carry over to my iPhone. I just tried duplicating the playlist, syncing my phone with my computer, rebooting it...
  5. C

    sync ipad on mac and pc

    I have an iPad that is formatted for my Mac. I will be traveling this fall and am considering bringing my smaller lighter windows laptop with my ipad. Will my windows laptop be able sync data on and off the ipad? The windows device is a Dell latitude e7270 with windows 10. My ideal situation...
  6. agsmith87

    HomeKit Home Hub status different across iOS devices

    So I have a HomeKit setup running. At home there is one ATV4, used as my home hub. Everything was fine and working. Had to get my iPhone replaced so did a backup and restore. All good. However, now it seems HomeKit won't sync properly. On my iPhone, it says my ATV4 is in standby. When you...
  7. hardwickj

    iTunes Genius/iCloud/Match Not Syncing For Many Users

    I discovered this because late last night I decided I had enough of various TouchBar and other OSX issues and went ahead and formatted/reinstalled OSX. This morning I went to resync my iTunes library, and kept getting the error "Genius results can’t be updated right now. The network connection...
  8. 4jasontv

    Apple TV App: Edit/Force syncing

    I just picked up an Apple TV 4k (32gb) and started signing into services I pay for. The feature that really sold me was the Apple TV app that brings all of your content together into one place. I really like the idea, but I can't figure out how to get the Apple TV app caught up to where I am in...
  9. Bill P.

    iPhone X problem syncing photos via iTunes

    Edit (final): Problem solved! I restarted the Mac and shut down the phone and restarted. The sync then worked like a charm. I just set up my new iPhone 10 and restored from my old iPhone 7 backup. However when iTunes attempted to sync photos I get the following after a few minutes: "iTunes...
  10. Bill P.

    iPhone X problem syncing photos via iTunes

    I just set up my new iPhone X and restored from my old iPhone 7 backup. However when iTunes attempted to sync photos I get the following after a few minutes: "iTunes cannot sync photos to the iPhone “iPhone” because your Photos Library is not yet available. Please try again later." Edit: Note...
  11. E

    iTunes 12.7 Music Sync Bug

    Since updating to 12.7, I'm finding that the "Convert higher bit rate to 256 kbps AAC" is broken. With that enabled, anytime I add music to my iPod or iPhone it'll add a song or two, stall, cancel the sync, restart, and then loop until I cancel the sync myself. And the songs that are...
  12. rishi.talreja

    Reminder Lists Order not syncing

    I have been using reminders since they came out. I use them on my MBP, iPhone and iPad. Lately I reorganised my lists and I was surprised to find that the order of the lists is not synced to all devices? On my iPhone and MBP I tried disabling reminders from iCloud, restarted the device and...
  13. B

    iPhone Option to sync messages to iCloud not available

    I have upgraded by iPhone7 to the latest ios11 public beta, but it doesn't show the option to sync Messages with iCloud as shown here: messages sync via iCloud in iOS 11 Attached are the screenshots. Is it not available in India? What should I do to get this option? This is one of the reasons...
  14. U

    Notes not syncing with iCloud and also with other accounts like Gmail and Yahoo

    The notes in different accounts are not syncing with either iCloud or with Gmail and Yahoo. iOS 11, DBeta 3 (15A5318g).
  15. O

    consolidate scattered files and new backup strategy

    I'm about to get a new (finally upgraded) iMac, and because of a history of glitches and panic/repair/recovery of files, my documents are now scattered across a number of places: in addition to the internal drive they're on two external hard drives, Dropbox, Crashplan, iCloud drive. Plus the...
  16. jeditor

    Macbook pro looses sync when playing on second monitor

    Hello all, I have the new MacBook Pro, I am using an HDMI connector (bought on the apple site) and going to a television monitor. I for some reason am out of sync. Video plays fine on the actual laptop but is a few seconds off once it reaches the TV. Any suggestions?
  17. I

    Contacts won't sync from iPhone to iCloud.

    I have just discovered that for the past month or so, contacts are not syncing from my iPhone SE to my iCloud. All other syncing, included iCloud to iPhone is fine. The problem is just from iPhone to iCloud. I'm running the latest system software. I've tried everything suggested by Apple here...
  18. E

    iOS 10.x on iPhone 7 doesn't Sync songs properly

    I am using iTunes 12.5.x on Windows 7 ...syncing with an old iPhone 4S and iPod Touch 4G. I imported my music and playlists from iTunes 12.x from a different Windows XP machine. I just bought an iPhone 7Plus 256GB phone on Feb 15, 2017 that had iOS 10.2. I noticed that when I synced my music...
  19. renzanity125

    Strange Bug (Installing) PLEAS HELP.

    Yesterday i tried to sync music on my itunes and its not detecting my iphone. so i decide to check if its up to date both of them are up to date. so i try to reinstall all apple files and make fresh installation of itunes. and then after plugging in my device it says "iphone cannot be used...
  20. A

    iPhone syncing help

    Hello, if I sync my iPhone to my computer and then afterwards delete things off my iPhone to free up space (such as photos and text message conversations), will they be deleted from my computer the next time I sync my iPhone? Also, if I am able to delete a text thread on my phone but keep it on...