How do I change my media sync options in my iPhone?

"deleting stuff" doesn't answer the question "how do i change media sync options in my iPhone?"

If anyone has an answer to this questions please respond.

I'm frustrated too. I need step by step instructions...

Hello!

I have done unticking of everything but nothing gets changed! Each time 710MB are requested to upgrade! I think my photos are all screwed up on my IPhone and they use up 4GB of space! When I tick on photos, followed by an untick on photos, I get a popup from Itunes that asks to remove the photos but they NEVER get removed! Any Ideas here?

--Ralph

Inside iTunes with your iPhone connected you should see the iPhone listed under "DEVICES". Click on the iPhone and you will now see various buttons across the top: Summary, Info, Apps, Music, Movies... Here you can untick the songs, movies, apps, etc you don't want sync'd to your iPhone. Make sure to hit "Sync" button at the bottom. This will clear space on your iPhone.

Sorry. No "attitude" intended. Black/White text is difficult to communicate, sans facial expressions & body language, and to address succintly the problem that exists. I didn't want to simply restate the question but wanted to say that "deleting" stuff doesn't help me understand how to change media syncing on the iPhone. I appologize if it came across as "attitude"

Go to iTunes on PC/Mac and adjust what is set to sync, untick sufficient to give more space ,can you handle that.

which is exactly as recommended by TP

this might help if above is not clear for you

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1386

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welcome to the forum ,responses by volunteers .....

Follow the Apple document to start

You need to untick items you sync via iTunes and reduce the space used on the iPhone as in a videos etc etc

If you can do the update via itunes it does all the hard work unpacking the update and pumping the update to the device otherwise the device takes the strain requiring more space than you may have

Yes someone please help: I can't figure out how to "un tick." Where is this option? I'm having the same problem: Trying to update, but it says I must "change my media sync options." Please help,

Hi, I think I am following what you all have been saying but I have unticked all the catagories that could synch and I still get "Updating to iOS 7.1.1 requires at least 530 MB of free space on your iPhone. Please change your media sync options to make more storage available."

Clearly I must be missing something? I have serached through my settings on phone and shut off most apps and synching and on itunes have unclicked the photo and music synch too. Help!

Did you try syncing your iPhone after unchecking all the items? I know for me all I had to do was uncheck my music, sync my phone, then update it after I had synced it.Then I checked my music and resynced my phone so I had the music on there.

Can someone explain exactly WHERE you do this unticking? I totally get you have to untick stuff, but where and how. On your phone, in your itunes on the pc/mac? Just a quick step by step would be helpful. thanks

I get the whole unticking thing... however, iTunes still says I need to free up more space. Says I need at least 770MB. iTunes also says that I have 8.5GB free - so, there should be plenty of space, right?

Any thoughts on why 770MB won't fit into 8.5GB of space? I'm stumped...

Will all the consistent response of the same error happening - mind included and I too have unticked, synced, sang and romanced my iPhone, it's still hungry for space that is available, Im starting to think this might be a Apple software bug, and better to skip the update till they fix it.

Life's too short.

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for me it's in the wording ...

the initial wording of the message i first got made me think it was referring to something else, hence i ended up on this thread, that wording and responses to the question continued to make me think it's was referring to something else, until i read Nate_Dogg's response >>>

Nate_DoggJul 20, 2014 12:06 PM Re: How do I change my media sync options in my iPhone?
Re: How do I change my media sync options in my iPhone?in response to bookgirlinchicago

Inside iTunes with your iPhone connected you should see the iPhone listed under "DEVICES". Click on the iPhone and you will now see various buttons across the top: Summary, Info, Apps, Music, Movies... Here you can untick the songs, movies, apps, etc you don't want sync'd to your iPhone. Make sure to hit "Sync" button at the bottom. This will clear space on your iPhone.

>>> >>> then it was ME rolling my eyes, like 'well why didn't they just say that in the first place' !! ;-)))

my understanding is when you connect your phone to 'sync' your music playlists, movies etc you see your phone storage move up or down, but you're not loosing (or deleting) anything you're just putting it in or out of your phone.

so to 'change media sync options' means just (temporarily) unSYNC all your playlists and movies (until you have installed your update) than carry on as normal i.e. connect and sync your phone choosing whatever playlists and movies etc you would normally choose

i wish there was a picture upload feature because i would be so easy to make everyone roll there eyes ;-))

i am constantly surprised and disappointed by some of blatant( imo) communication and software logic omissions that apple seem to constantly make (don't get me started on iTunes or iPhoto) there's a part of me that just feels that the money isn't in it for them (to bother to worry about the details in their software in the same way they worry about there hardware

the give a lot of software away free and sometime i think well what can one expect if you're getting it for free ??

i am not saying anything bad against apple (because i LOVE them) i'm just saying that only the ones that you love can hurt you and apple hurts me often ;-))) LOL but not enough to stop my loving them, they jut frustrate the **** out of me and i just wish they could put a little more of their billions into making there software truly as awesome as their hardware, design, details etc but then i come back to the the money (they give it away for free) is just not in it for them, their are days when i feel the software is getting closer and closer to being like a PC (there i said it) LOL

i wish (and will not argue with anyone) i just wanted to share a couple of thoughts and say thanks to those (N_D)who helped me to work out (and understand) the 'media sync options', also why couldn't they have a link in the error message that links you to a picture and word step by stemp explanation, or just explain it to you in the message ??)

not (even close to being) a computer wiz ;-)) LOL

edinburgh, uk

The Recommended Answer needs to be updated. The Q was asked in 2013. It is now nearly 2017. I have 10.1 OS and trying to update to 10.2 - VIA iTUNES. Got the media sync options message for more storage.

The RA doesn't apply as 10.1 does not have options across the top.

I think another answer linking to this Sync your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch with iTunes on your computer using USB - Apple Support will work. However, I tried updating from the iPhone directly and it works (not adjustment to media sync options)!! So, I'll go back to iTunes once I fully finished and see what the link does for future updates.