Q: Sync iPhone w/ new Mac, sync music from old Mac?
Here's a quick synopsis of what I'm dealing with:
I have an issue with my iPhone 6+ that the repairman tells me to update my iOS to try and fix. Problem is, the Mac I've synced my phone to for years (with all my music) is too old to install the latest OS to update to the latest iTunes to allow me to update to the latest iOS (yes, that's as stupid as it sounds -- but that's a separate rant). I know you can update iOS over WiFi, but then the phone would no longer be able to communicate with the old Mac to sync music.
Let's assume that I wish to keep all the media on that older Mac. I do have a newer MBP that I could otherwise use for iOS via iTunes updates, but it can't accommodate all my music and video files.
My understanding is that you can't start syncing / making backups / update iOS from a new computer and still sync music from the old one.
Is it possible to sync music that's stored on the old computer but accessed on the new one via Home Sharing? I don't mean importing the files to my MBP -- not enough drive space for that -- but doing it all over the network.
Any other potential solutions to my issue?
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8), 2.16 GHz Core 2 Duo, 3 GB RAM
Posted on Jun 3, 2016 10:49 AM