iPhone Support
As expected with the addition of iPhone support, an “iPhone” tab now appears in the iTunes Preferences pane:
This tab appears much the same as the tab that was added for the Apple TV, in that it is primarily a list of iPhones associated with the current iTunes library. The use of the word “BACKUP” is significant here, however, as this implies that this tab will actually provide a list of iPhones that have their content in some way backed up to the iTunes library, rather than merely being synchronized.
According to the iTunes help file, information on the iPhone that is not normally synchronized will be backed up to iTunes each time the iPhone is synced. This includes information such as text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, and widget settings and more. If a backup exists, the “Restore” option in iTunes will restore this backed up date to the iPhone, rather than returning it to its factory settings. Information that would normally be synchronized, such as contacts, calendars and media, are not backed up (since they can just be restored during the next sync).
A “Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones” checkbox is also present in this preference window. This will prevent any iPhone connected to the computer from synchronizing automatically. Individual settings are also still available on the “Summary” tab to disable automatic synchronization on an per-device basis. An iPhone with synchronization disabled can still be synchronized on-demand by clicking the “Sync” button that appears in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window, in much the same way that this is done for the Apple TV.
Synchronization screens for the iPhone itself are also now present, and will appear when an iPhone is connected, including the AT&T Activation Wizard and iTunes synchronization screens similar to those shown for the iPod and Apple TV:
As expected with the addition of iPhone support, an “iPhone” tab now appears in the iTunes Preferences pane:
This tab appears much the same as the tab that was added for the Apple TV, in that it is primarily a list of iPhones associated with the current iTunes library. The use of the word “BACKUP” is significant here, however, as this implies that this tab will actually provide a list of iPhones that have their content in some way backed up to the iTunes library, rather than merely being synchronized.
According to the iTunes help file, information on the iPhone that is not normally synchronized will be backed up to iTunes each time the iPhone is synced. This includes information such as text messages, notes, call history, contact favorites, sound settings, and widget settings and more. If a backup exists, the “Restore” option in iTunes will restore this backed up date to the iPhone, rather than returning it to its factory settings. Information that would normally be synchronized, such as contacts, calendars and media, are not backed up (since they can just be restored during the next sync).
A “Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones” checkbox is also present in this preference window. This will prevent any iPhone connected to the computer from synchronizing automatically. Individual settings are also still available on the “Summary” tab to disable automatic synchronization on an per-device basis. An iPhone with synchronization disabled can still be synchronized on-demand by clicking the “Sync” button that appears in the lower-right corner of the iTunes window, in much the same way that this is done for the Apple TV.
Synchronization screens for the iPhone itself are also now present, and will appear when an iPhone is connected, including the AT&T Activation Wizard and iTunes synchronization screens similar to those shown for the iPod and Apple TV:
