Apple MC136LL/A, MC555LL/A IPhone Settings Panes in iTunes, Set up iTunes syncing, Summary Pane

Note: You can also set up email accounts directly on iPhone. See “Mail, Contacts, and Calendar Accounts.”

Purchases you make on iPhone in the iTunes Store or the App Store are synced back to your iTunes library. You can also purchase or download content and applications directly from the iTunes Store on your computer, and then sync them to iPhone.

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 video podcasts.

Important: You should be logged in to your own computer user account before connecting iPhone.

Set up iTunes syncing:

1Connect iPhone to your computer, and open iTunes (if it doesn’t open automatically).

2In iTunes, select iPhone in the sidebar.

3Configure the sync settings in each of the settings panes.

See the following section for descriptions of the panes.

4Click Apply in the lower-right corner of the screen.

By default, “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” is selected.

iPhone Settings Panes in iTunes

The following sections provide an overview of each of the iPhone settings panes. For more information, open iTunes and choose Help > iTunes Help.

Summary Pane

Select “Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected” to have iTunes sync iPhone automatically whenever you connect it 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 “Preventing Automatic Syncing” on page 15.

Chapter 1    Getting Started

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