How to Sync from iPhone to my MacBook

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How to Sync from iPhone to my MacBook

i owned a PC and an iPhone, all the time i download apps, music via my PC iTune, sync to my iPhone.
But last two week, i brought a macbook, and when i try to sync, it says, it will sync from Macbook TO iPhone

but my iTune in Macbook is BLANK, no apps or music loaded
if i sync from MacBook to iPhone, will it flush out all my apps in my iPhone?
is it possible to sync from iPhone to my Macbook?

Thanks for help

Dell Latitude, iOS 4

Posted on Nov 18, 2010 11:28 PM

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Ingo2711

Level 9

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Nov 19, 2010 12:23 AM in response to Weilies

You will need to backup your phone manually, here's how to:
Disable autosync on the MacBook, connect your phone and right click on it in the device list. Choose "transfer purchases" first, to copy your apps and purchased media to the new iTunes library.
After that, do the same again choosing "backup" this time. See what the content of the backup is here: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766
When you connect your phone for the first time, all media content will be erased. But you can restore your settings and app data from your manual backup afterwards.
Don't forget to set up at least one contact and event on your new Mac, to be able to merge calendars and contacts when you sync the phone for the first time.

How to back up and restore: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1414
How to download apps for free again: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2519

If you still have our PC, you can backup iTunes and restore it on the Macbook to get also the media you did not buy in iTunes to your new iTunes library. http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1382

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