User's Manual

Syncing and File Sharing

APPLE CONFIDENTIAL — PRELIMINARY DRAFT

About Syncing

Syncing copies information from your computer or online account to iPhone, then

keeps the information in sync by copying changes made in one location to the other.

You use iTunes on your computer to sync contacts, calendars, and other information;

iOS apps; photos and videos; and music and other iTunes content. By default, syncing

occurs whenever you connect iPhone to your computer.

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MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Google, Yahoo!, and others. Your information on those

services is synced over the air.

Syncing Accounts

MobileMe, Microsoft Exchange, Google, Yahoo!, and other online service providers sync

information—which might include contacts, calendars, browser bookmarks, and notes

(iPhone 3GS or later)—via your Internet connection (over the air), so that you don’t

have to connect iPhone to your computer. The Internet connection can be over your

cellular network or your local Wi-Fi network.

Some service providers—including MobileMe and Microsoft Exchange—push

information updates. This means that syncing happens whenever any information is

changed. The Push setting in Fetch New Data must be turned on (it’s on by default).

For iPhone 3G users, iPhone must also be awake or connected to your computer or

a power adapter. Other providers sync by periodically “fetching” changes that have

occurred. Use the Fetch setting to determine how frequently this happens. See “Fetch

New Data” on page 209.

For information about setting up accounts on iPhone, see “Adding Mail, Contacts, and

Calendar Accounts” on page 25.

Syncing with iTunes

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

Contacts—names, phone numbers, addresses, email addresses, and more 