Chapter 3
Synchronicity: Getting Stuff to and from Your iPhone
IN THIS CHAPTER
Syncing iPhone with iTunes
Syncing contacts and calendars
Syncing everything else
After you pass basic training (in Chapter 2), the next thing you’re likely to want is to get some or all of the following into your iPhone: contacts, appointments, events, bookmarks, music, movies, TV shows, podcasts, photos, and documents.
Last year Apple decreed that iTunes version 12.7 (and later) would no longer allow you to buy or manage your iOS apps, ringtones, e-books, and iTunes U courses. The exception is that you can use the Books app to purchase and manage e-books on a Mac or iOS device (but not on a PC because it doesn’t have a Books app).
If you need additional details on working with ringtones or apps, or anything else that’s changed since iTunes 12.7, Apple has kindly posted an article entitled, “Changes in the new iTunes: Learn about changes to Apps, iTunes U, Internet Radio, and more” at https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208075.
The article has nearly a dozen links to other articles, which gives you an idea of how many words it would have taken us to explain all the things you used to be able to do with ...
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