Comments on: Syncing iPhone to a New Computer

By: Ian Lee

Ian Lee — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 18:55:16 +0000

Hi Phil, if you setup iTunes on the new computer similar to what you had on your old machine, it should sync all data you have from your iPhone to the new machine. It’s been a while since I did this so I would do more research to see if anything has changed since this article was written.

At the very least, you should connect your iPhone to your new machine and download all photos taken with the phone. These are not sync’ed to your old computer automatically. Unless you manually backed them up, you should do this before syncing to a new machine.

Hope that helps.

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:19:54 +0000

Ian,

My problem is that my old computer crashed and the only back up I have is on my iphone. I am running Windows 7 on my new machine. I have applications that I have purchased on itunes and some songs.

Can you please help me on that?

Thanks…Phil

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 15:47:20 +0000

so does this process also move all the pictures i have on my old computer?

By: muharrem

muharrem — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:09:04 +0000

Thank you for good information respecting

By: Murat

Murat — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:36:29 +0000

Somehow I could not. Picture as you tell

By: Ian Lee

Ian Lee — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:17:38 +0000

Hi Michael,

The good news is, you will have your old computer as a safety net if things don’t work out. I am not sure what apps you have and what kind of data you have stored. If I was to guess, I would imagine developers would keep the application data packaged nicely so it should migrate easily. The only way to know for sure is to try it. Just make sure you backup before the migration. Good luck.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:26:40 +0000

Hi Ian
I’m about to get me a new windows 7 computer and it will be replacing my old XP. What I am still worried/confused about is: will all my applications with the data be as before I synced and back-upped my iphone – when doing it as you describe? As I understand you can allways get your purchased apps, but what I wanna know for sure is that all the data also is back-upped and restored. Best regards Michael

By: Ian Lee

Ian Lee — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:39:28 +0000

Douglas, to give the best chance of success for maintaining Outlook contacts on your iPhone, I would setup Outlook on your new machine as you had it on the old computer before you sync with the new machine. This worked for me and I hope it does for you as well. Good luck.

By: Douglas

Douglas — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:30:11 +0000

I am still frustrated at not being able to find a comprehensive instruction on how to synch my iphone to a new PC. I’ve read your posts and several others, but they are not complete in their descriptions. For example, I synch my notes and contacts with Outlook, so what happens with the data on the iPhone when I synch with? Should I re-load Outlook Application with it’s back-up data first? You only mention copying the My Music Folder to the new PC. What about the Apps, are they synched from iPhone to the new PC? Do you have to deauthorize iTunes on the old PC before authorizing the new PC? I don’t understand why Apple does not publish a descriptive guide for this process that is definitely routinely required.