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harleygold
10-25-2009, 09:33 AM
and i love it! I have one question. is there a way to transfer my iphone contacts to my Mac? I would hate to add all that in manually. :dft011:wicked_smile Also, is there anything I should know (importance) about this Mac? I plan on keeping this thang for many more years an want it as good as new 5 years from now. I just invested tons of money on this will little money in my pocket and need to know. thanks in advance.

Carrie
harleygold
10-25-2009, 10:04 AM
O! I also want to transfer my music/photos/movies from my iphone to my Mac. How can i do that?
isal
10-25-2009, 10:24 AM
You can do all that using iTunes.

When you connect your iPhone to iTunes, look for a tab that says "Contacts" and press "Sync". This should sync your contacts to the Address Book on you Mac.

When you connect your phone, iPhoto automatically opens. You can import photos you want from your iPhone on to your Mac.

Movies and videos can only be transferred using iTunes the same way as contacts.

But, be careful as probably your iPhone has been synced by another computer before, you might not be able to also sync it with your Mac without erasing it completely first, so back it up before hand on both your Mac and the PC you synced with it first (if you still have it).
macgirl
10-25-2009, 11:56 AM
Congrats on the new iMac! They are lovely machines and I'd love to get one myself!

Quick question - is the computer you used previously to sync your iPhone a Mac as well? Or are you switching from a PC?
harleygold
10-25-2009, 01:32 PM
I've done what i can with itunes and went without a hitch. still no luck with contacts and calendar. I'm switching from PC to iMac.

o Macgirl, it is a lovely machine...just beautiful.
Cjvdh
10-25-2009, 01:46 PM
Yeah you can transfer all of your contacts from your iphone to your mac using the address book on your mac.
harleygold
10-25-2009, 02:35 PM
how do you do that? went to address book and i can't figure out to to import from iphone. :(
harleygold
10-25-2009, 05:33 PM
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2602/4043539651_ed9452eae3_o.jpg

heres a pic. :)
acosmichippo
10-25-2009, 05:47 PM
very nice.

start at step #4 here: http://www.everythingicafe.com/forum/itunes/syncing-your-ipod-iphone-to-a-new-itunes-library-look-here-first-42429.html
harleygold
10-25-2009, 08:13 PM
ok I've done that. I'm on free trial for mobileme. i check'd all that i want sync'd and ical and address book is not sync'd. is there something i'm not checking or unchecking?
acosmichippo
10-25-2009, 08:21 PM
have you done this (http://www.apple.com/mobileme/setup/iphone_ipod.html)?
Cjvdh
10-28-2009, 08:59 PM
Harley,

How do you like mobileme? I never quite understood what mobileme was all about. The only I know about it is that its ridiculously expensive.
harleygold
10-29-2009, 08:57 PM
well with the new imac i get sixty days free trial. I'm not sure about it just yet. it did sync my contacts, calendar to my computer which was nice. but honestly i might not keep it after trial.... if anything changes i'll let you i know.