I used to be a fan of iTunes. It did what I needed. But, I never had any computer problems until last May when lightning hit close by and zapped my laptop and other electrical stuff in the house.
I was able to backup my iTunes 'stuff' with the iTunes backup utility. It created a 2 CD backup. I formated and reloaded the OS and all apps, iTunes included. Then tried to restore the backup. The CD's were not recognized. I can't view any files on them. Nothing.
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So, I figured all is not lost, I still have the stuff on my iPhone. I plug it in and start a sync. What I did not realize is that sync does not sync the two devices, it makes the iPhone a clone of iTunes even if nothing is in iTunes. The sync removed every app I had on the iPhone. It asked me before it started removing my 5+ gigs of music, thank goodness. So I did not loose all the music. However, now I cannot add music to the iPhone, nor can it retrieve the music on the iPhone to load it into iTunes. iTunes does not allow this and I do not understand why.
I have looked for iTunes alternatives and most will say they can handle the iPhone or iTouch but once I download and install it says they cannot handle the iPhone yet, but they are working on it.
I'm hoping someone reading this has found a way around this issue so I can make me and my iPhone happy again.
I was able to backup my iTunes 'stuff' with the iTunes backup utility. It created a 2 CD backup. I formated and reloaded the OS and all apps, iTunes included. Then tried to restore the backup. The CD's were not recognized. I can't view any files on them. Nothing.
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So, I figured all is not lost, I still have the stuff on my iPhone. I plug it in and start a sync. What I did not realize is that sync does not sync the two devices, it makes the iPhone a clone of iTunes even if nothing is in iTunes. The sync removed every app I had on the iPhone. It asked me before it started removing my 5+ gigs of music, thank goodness. So I did not loose all the music. However, now I cannot add music to the iPhone, nor can it retrieve the music on the iPhone to load it into iTunes. iTunes does not allow this and I do not understand why.
I have looked for iTunes alternatives and most will say they can handle the iPhone or iTouch but once I download and install it says they cannot handle the iPhone yet, but they are working on it.
I'm hoping someone reading this has found a way around this issue so I can make me and my iPhone happy again.