Syncing iPhone with Your Computer

When you connect iPhone to your computer, iTunes syncs iPhone with the information
and media on your computer, according to your iPhone settings in iTunes. By default,
iTunes does this automatically.

You can set iTunes to sync any or all of the following:

Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and so on

Calendars—appointments and events

Email account settings

Webpage bookmarks

Music and audiobooks

Movies

TV shows

Podcasts

Photos

Because music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, and photos are managed on your
computer, these items are synced one-way, from your computer to iPhone. Email
account settings also are only synced from your computer to iPhone. This allows you to customize your email account on iPhone without affecting the email account settings on your computer. Contacts and calendars are synced both ways between your
computer and iPhone. New entries or changes you make on iPhone get synced to your
computer, and vice versa.
If you like, you can set iPhone to sync with only a portion of what’s on your computer.
For example, you might want to sync only a group of contacts from your address book,
or only unwatched movies. You can adjust sync settings whenever iPhone is connected
to your computer.

Important:
You can connect and sync only with one iPhone at a time. If you’re using a
PC, you should be logged in to your own user account on the computer before
connecting iPhone. If you connect more than one iPhone to the same user account,
use the same sync settings for each.

Setting Up Syncing
You use iTunes on your computer to set up which items are synced with iPhone.

Set up syncing
1 Connect iPhone to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).
2 Select iPhone in the iTunes Source pane.
3 Configure the sync settings in each of the panes.
4 Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.
The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPhone configuration panes
in iTunes. For more information, see iTunes Help (in iTunes, choose Help > iTunes Help).

Summary Pane
Select “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” to have iTunes sync iPhone
automatically whenever you connect iPhone to your computer. Deselect this option if
you want to sync only by clicking the Sync button in iTunes. For more information
about preventing automatic syncing, see page 9.
Select “Only sync checked items” if you want to sync only checked items in your iTunes library.

Info Pane
The Info pane lets you configure the sync settings for your contacts, calendars, email
accounts, and web browser.
Contacts
You can sync contacts from Mac OS X Address Book and Yahoo! Address Book on a
Mac, or from Yahoo! Address Book, Windows Address Book (Outlook Express), or
Microsoft Outlook on a PC. On a Mac, any other address books you’ve set to sync with
Address Book, such as Microsoft Entourage, will also be synced with iPhone. If you sync with Yahoo! Address Book, you only need to click Configure when you change your
Yahoo! ID or password after you’ve set up syncing. Click Configure and enter your new
login information.
Note:
Syncing won’t delete any contact in Yahoo! Address Book that contains a
Messenger ID, even if you’ve deleted the contact from your address book on iPhone or
your computer. To delete a contact with a Messenger ID, log in to your online Yahoo!
account and delete the contact using Yahoo! Address Book.
Calendars
You can sync calendars from iCal on a Mac, or from Microsoft Outlook on a PC.
On a Mac, when you sync iCal calendars with iPhone, any other calendars you’ve set to
sync with iCal, such as your events and tasks in Microsoft Entourage, will also be synced
with iPhone.
Mail Accounts
You can sync email account settings from Mail on a Mac, or Microsoft Outlook or
Outlook Express on a PC. Account settings are only transferred from your computer to
iPhone. Changes you make to an email account on iPhone do not affect the account on
your computer.
Note:
The password for your Yahoo! email account is not saved on your computer.
So if you sync a Yahoo! email account, you must enter the password on iPhone.
From the Home screen choose Settings > Mail, choose your Yahoo! account, then enter
your password in the password field.
Web Browser
You can sync bookmarks from Safari on a Mac, or Safari or Microsoft Internet Explorer
on a PC.
Advanced
These options let you replace the information on iPhone with the information on your
computer during the next sync.
Music, Podcasts, and Video Panes
Use these panes to specify the media you want to sync. You can sync all music,
podcasts, and videos, or select the playlists and specific podcasts and videos you want
on iPhone. Audiobooks and music videos are synced along with music.
Photos Pane
You can sync iPhone with photos in iPhoto 4.0.3 or later on a Mac, or with Adobe
Photoshop Album 2.0 or later or Adobe Photoshop Elements 3.0 or later on a PC.
Or you can sync with any folder on your computer that contains images.