Comments on: Syncing an iPhone with a new Mac without hassles

By: kk

kk — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:43:21 +0000

Many, many thanks! Saved me a ton of aggravation.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:36:45 +0000

This works great! Thank you so much!

By: Macwoods

Macwoods — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:25:51 +0000

Like a charm! Many many thanks

By: tabari

tabari — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:12:08 +0000

Thanks a lot, worked well for Iphone 4 (iOS 5) using Win7 + iTunes 10.5

The directories for Win7 are different though:

- C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes
- C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\
- C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Preferences\

By: tabari

tabari — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 15:10:11 +0000

worked well with Win7 + iTunes 10.5 + Iphone 4.

the directories for Win7 were different though. here below are the directories that I copied :

- C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes
- C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\
- C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Preferences\

By: Gilzuma

Gilzuma — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 15:22:35 +0000

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I am currently recovering apps after a disastrous update to iOS 5 using a brand new iMac!!!!!!!!!

By: Jeremy Brooks

Jeremy Brooks — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:03:59 +0000

Best tip ever!

By: Marco

Marco — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:51:16 +0000

I am in the same situation as our friend underneath...! Do you have suggestions?
Thank you very much,
Marco

bud
04.04.09 at 11:53
It would be nice if you could post a solution for when the OLD MAC is completely out of commision, and migration assistant can't grab that data.

But the iphone itself has the data

I can't even set up my mail, although mail works on my iphone

By: Gerry

Gerry — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 10:42:16 +0000

OMG! You are the bomb. Just saved me hours of work. Thnx so much.

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By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:48:22 +0000

Thanks, this worked great when upgrading to a new Mac with Lion

By: Danel

Danel — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 04:30:19 +0000

Just migrated to Lion on a new Air.. worked like a charm! Thanks

By: Iris Otto

Iris Otto — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 14:37:59 +0000

Okay, I think it worked (on Lion). Though it didn't copy my apps to my computer... What to do now?

By: Mattyh

Mattyh — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 09:59:07 +0000

I can confirm that this work on LION! To Find the User Library, You will need to hold the "Option" when selecting "Go" Tab in Finder menu bar. Lion automatically hides the user Library Folder. Good Luck!

By: Alexander Josef

Alexander Josef — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:57:16 +0000

Thank you. Works perfect on itunes 10.3.1, OS X 10.6.8 (target machine)

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 31 May 2011 13:46:01 +0000

Hi,
This has worked for me today - 31/5/11 - THANK YOU. It has saved me so much time and hassle.
Also these instructions will help my daughter sync all her itunes too.
You're a star.
Jools

By: LimJK

LimJK — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:28:51 +0000

Thank you, instruction is still good today.
I like to be able to install from scratch on my new MacBookPro, I do not want to use Migration tool.
Thank you, for the instructions here.

By: john316

john316 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:37:38 +0000

Didn't get the 'copy' bit. After copy shouldn't there be a paste part? After the last of the three copy should one connect the iphone to the old mac and then sync with itunes? After connecting to the new mac how does the new mac transfer the apps/

By: dan

dan — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 02:27:12 +0000

AWESOME: combined data from two older macs and this tip was great in getting the family's iphones/ipods synced nicely. The APPS tab / folder was empty though. So, right clicked the iphone in iTunes and transferred purchases to the APP folder. Worked great. THANK YOU!!!

By: david

david — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 14:33:40 +0000

supr, thanks!

By: elisa

elisa — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:29:47 +0000

Hi,
I'm trying to move from and old Mac Book pro to a new one and although it's supposed to be super easy it just won't work... Takes forever.
I managed to get the music going - but my apps won't show and my iphone 4 won't sync, says it can't connect and has an unknown problem. Do you know where my apps can be hidden - if my phone won't sync is there no way to retrieve them????
Thanks in advance...

By: Major Hayden

Major Hayden — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 01:30:42 +0000

Sean -

I'm not too sure about those items. I use MobileMe so I
haven't had to deal with that so far.

By: Sean

Sean — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:56:09 +0000

This looks easy but what about contacts, photos etc...Will all that transfer over too when you synch your iphone to the other mac or do you have to manually do that?

By: Igor

Igor — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:09:43 +0000

Cheers, mate. Everything worked perfect.

By: Feves

Feves — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:42:30 +0000

Hi,
I'm trying this out tomorrow with my new macbook air. Crossing my fingers...
My question is...I've looked at my current MB library/preference folder and there are couple other files related to itunes/ipod:
com.apple.itunes.eq.plist
com.apple.ituneshelper.plist
com.apple.ipod.plist

Should I copy these files over as well?
Thanks in advance for your reply!!
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