Timmsy

Q: How do I sync my iPhone to a new Mac?

I am trying to change the Mac that my devices sync too.

How do I retain whats on my devices but make them sync to iTunes on a completely new mac?

I have read dozens of forum threads and there seems to be info for old setups but nothing valid and clean for the current OSX 10.11.1 and IOS 9.1, please help.

iPhone 6 Plus, iOS 9.0.2

Posted on Dec 2, 2015 3:09 PM

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Q: How do I sync my iPhone to a new Mac?

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  • by Demo,

    Demo Demo Dec 2, 2015 3:42 PM in response to Timmsy
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    Dec 2, 2015 3:42 PM in response to Timmsy

    TThere is no clean and easy way to do this now that you can not transfer ads into iTunes using the transfer purchases feature. I think transferring purchases still works for music, books, movies and TV shows, but not for apps.

     

    You should start out by moving the iTunes library to your new computer from the old one.

    How to move your iTunes library to a new computer - Apple Support

     

    IF you no longer have the old computer, it will take a good bit more work. Before I/we give a step by step guide, do you still have the old Mac?

     

    This might be helpful as well.

    https://www.apple.com/support/itunes/syncing/

  • by Timmsy,

    Timmsy Timmsy Dec 2, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Demo
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    Dec 2, 2015 3:47 PM in response to Demo

    I do still have the old computer but the library is way too big for my new one, I'm storing most of the music in the cloud now so on my new macbook I can maintain the same library without taking the space like on the old iMac. Is there a way to do it just taking the relevant device data over?

  • by Timmsy,

    Timmsy Timmsy Dec 18, 2015 7:41 PM in response to Demo
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    Dec 18, 2015 7:41 PM in response to Demo

    Did you have some ideas for me?

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    Timmsy Timmsy Feb 18, 2016 7:56 PM in response to Timmsy
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    Feb 18, 2016 7:56 PM in response to Timmsy

    This post saved my sanity and fixed my issue simply, why has no other post got this simple fix in it!!!

    Thanks Saint MacRe: Confused iPhone wi-fi syncing to two iTunes libraries

     

    On your device in settings>general>iTunes wi-fi sync

     

    You should see something like this:

     

    Old Computer

    Apps, Books

     

    New Computer

    Movies, Music, Tones

     

    Or a combination of these

     

    This means the phone is still syncing some categories to the old computer.

     

    To fix, find what you need to re-sync. In the above case, go into Books and choose "Sync" at the top and tell it to replace what's on the phone. For Apps, it is not as intuitive. Go to the bottom and choose "Automatically install new apps." Repeat for all other categories and it should delete the old computer.