Comments on: How to Sync an iPhone to a New Computer Without Losing Data

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 22:42:59 +0000

Hey guys,

This worked like a charm for me, however now i have to allow iTunes to accept incoming connection on the firewall every time I open this app. I looked into it and it shows that the app is modified, and because of this, it has to ask permission every time. How do i fix it?

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:43:15 +0000

Thanks for the help. The only problem I had was finding the library. I was migrating from 10.6 to Lion and OS 10.7 no longer has multiple libraries. I was a little nevous about moving the relevant files from User Library to the main/only library on Lion. It worked perfectly!!! Really pleased

By: oscar

oscar — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:56:35 +0000

Awful! What if there is no more “old computer”? how do you get all media tranfered from Iphone to computer?

By: uthnaa

uthnaa — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:01:18 +0000

its is very simple and easy way ..thanks for this beautiful post..

By: Stevec

Stevec — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 17:47:45 +0000

Does this work if you previous had a PC and have now switched to a MacBook Pro?
I’d certainly like to be able to have my iPhone sync’d with my new computer :/

By: Maurice

Maurice — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 23:29:34 +0000

Still good info though. I want to format and reinstall Windows 7, and if I were to lose my girlfriends iPhone sync data should would be quite unhappy. Apple could make this much easier, but they either can’t do it right or have the process set up this way for a reason. (Encourages iCloud paid subscriptions, discourages non-iTunes content on iOS, etc.)

That really is Apple for me in a nutshell. Everything is either super easy with 1 touch and 1 way to do it, or you have to bust into command line mode and start using Unix commands from 30 years ago..

By: kelami

kelami — Sun, 23 Dec 2012 04:03:30 +0000

v useful article – thanks

By: Darbo Scalante

Darbo Scalante — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:41:04 +0000

…Or what about going from a PC to Mac?

By: Darbo Scalante

Darbo Scalante — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:39:07 +0000

This is an usual felling these days. It seems like no one at Cupertino has learned anything from their past leader.

By: Arvin

Arvin — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:18:02 +0000

Does not work for me. Tried copying from the old PC to my new one and connected my iPhone5 but the sync would only get the old data. When I tryto sync the Apps, it erased them all. Good I made a backup first. Pheww

By: L Aruda

L Aruda — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:30:15 +0000

Thank You So MUCH!!!!!!!!! This web site and directions were SO helpful. I stuggled with getting my info from my old PC to my new PC for the longest time. We put the saved files from the external drive to music file, it worked awesome. Again Thank you! I lost no information. Music, apps etc. Yea Me!!!

By: Nils

Nils — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 08:46:45 +0000

??? MAC to WIN7 ???

Hey guys,
What about the sync with a NEW WINDOWS 7 without loosing my Apps?
Apps can’t be synced over iCloud so I need a Solution for that.
I synced the iPhone with my Mac, but now I have to work with a WIN7 PC.
Is it possible?
Thx!

By: Harvir

Harvir — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:20:23 +0000

Okay, found the solution for the new Mac. To find ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup – Press (Command+Shift+G) and then type in ~/Library and your in business!

By: jack

jack — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 20:01:24 +0000

When seeing this complexity, I took the decision to sell my iPad as soon as Samsung is proposing the equivalent. Working in the computer area since the 60′s, I’ve never seen such a stupid “closed” world

By: sam

sam — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:24:17 +0000

help ive lost my old laptop got a new one and want toset up m new iphone with my songs off my old one help