So I'm switching to a Mac and I'll be connecting my iPhone over to my new computer. It is my understanding that this will essentially wipe the content on my phone and replace it with the iTunes content on the new computer. Will email/calendar/contacts/settings be altered? Or will it just be music/videos/podcasts/apps only?
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switching iPhone from PC -> Mac iTunes...what to expect?
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You'll be fine. It'll backup all your non-syncable stuff before it wipes your phone and then restores it from the backup on the new computer. Just make sure you have your music, photos, etc. on the new computer before you do all this. If not, you can sync them later.
Edit: You can also see these threads:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/755508/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/750882/
Edit: You can also see these threads:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/755508/
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/750882/
A superior version of iTunes for a start.
That comment may rile up some people, but from personal experience having helped a relative set up an iPod on iTunes on Windows, it was not the same experience on Windows ... it was more sluggish if anything else.
In terms of moving over, everything will look identical and features you've become accustomed to will remain. You will need to resync you content to the iPhone though, and move content like MP3 and MP4 video from your PC to the Mac iTunes library and resync from there.
That comment may rile up some people, but from personal experience having helped a relative set up an iPod on iTunes on Windows, it was not the same experience on Windows ... it was more sluggish if anything else.
In terms of moving over, everything will look identical and features you've become accustomed to will remain. You will need to resync you content to the iPhone though, and move content like MP3 and MP4 video from your PC to the Mac iTunes library and resync from there.
Yeah, iTunes on the Mac flies. Apple have done a pretty poor job on the PC version, and it's very slow. Let's hope they've rewritten it with version 9! I only use iTunes because I have to to sync my iPhone.
Interestingly my iPhone wasn't wiped when i made the switch. The Mac version of iTunes seems to be compatible with Windows and Mac formatted devices. When I performed the sync operation with an empty library all the information was transferred from my iPhone and filled the library
No wipe, restore whatsoever