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Q: Sync from two different pc's

I'm using two different PCs to sink from one is a work PC for calendars and contacts the other is home PC for media, music, tones what's the best way to do this. Wifi Sync never seems to work and then the music shows up on my iPhone 6+ then I try to play it and nothing happens it just sits there at zero seconds.

PC, Windows XP

Posted on May 13, 2015 7:47 AM

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  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 May 13, 2015 9:07 AM in response to jgreg65
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    May 13, 2015 9:07 AM in response to jgreg65

    Although syncing contacts and calendars from one library and media from another seems like it ought to work, you may find that things work better if you clone the library of media so that you have the same library on both computers. I manage this by cloning my library to a portable drive as shown in Backup your iTunes for Windows library with SyncToy. I have three mutual backups of the library, one on my home computer, one at work, and one on the portable drive that I take between the other two.

     

    If/when a wireless sync fails to complete properly your iDevice can show content that won't play, and syncing with iTunes again doesn't seem to clear up this list of stalled transfers, or complete them. The easiest solution is to backup the device, restore as a new device, then restore the backup, all using a wired connection. You can then try wireless syncing for subsequent minor changes.

     

    tt2

  • by jgreg65,

    jgreg65 jgreg65 May 13, 2015 2:36 PM in response to turingtest2
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    May 13, 2015 2:36 PM in response to turingtest2

    Up until the last 3 itunes updates it worked flawlessly for 3 years. So I figured I'd turn on icloud and use it to get my contacts and calendars over to the iphone via the cloud and it doesnt. even with the icloud console working on both the PC's

  • by turingtest2,

    turingtest2 turingtest2 May 13, 2015 4:03 PM in response to jgreg65
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    May 13, 2015 4:03 PM in response to jgreg65

    I'm afraid I don't have any practical experience with using iCloud for calendars and contacts (mine sync with Exchange) but I did get in a terrible mess letting iCloud sync my bookmarks. When combined with Chrome syncing my extensions and settings I ended up with about 8 copies of each shortcut.

     

    I'd start by putting the settings back the way they were if you can and see if that lets you at least sync that data over wire.

     

    tt2