iLife - All things, iPod, iMac, iPhone, iTunes

Originally Posted by Linus

Get my company's software, Fusion. This avoids having to partition one's hard drive and you can still run those weird Windows apps as needed.

I do not get anything for promoting it here other than the satisfaction of knowing that it works well (fast! Heck, my former WinXP image/VM runs faster on my Mac than it did my PC) and leaves you with flexibility to do things.

Incubus: you may want to look into Open Office, a nice, open source alternative to MS Office.

Thanks for the info and recommendations Linus. I'm lucky enough to have been given my iMac by college and it comes ready loaded with Office 2011 which I've started to get used to using - after a shaky start in September when I was faced with an OS I'd never used and Office which I'd never used. I like the flexibility I have with both OS's but on different machines.

[AtLast]

I don't have one single "i" thing..... yikes!!

[durrrrrrrr]

I'm not a happy camper with Iphone right now. I did an update last night and lost every single contact on my phone. I was able to manually put some back from my old Iphone, other then that, I have to email ppl, or text them to get some info back.

i called Apple today cuz even doing a "back-up" didnt work. after spending an hour on the phone with Apple, I was told "huh, I don't know what happened. You must of hit a wrong button?" i was like WTF, all I did was click on "update"

luckily it didnt erase my text messages and I was able to figure out who was who.

FFS

[Linus]

Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr

I'm not a happy camper with Iphone right now. I did an update last night and lost every single contact on my phone. I was able to manually put some back from my old Iphone, other then that, I have to email ppl, or text them to get some info back.

i called Apple today cuz even doing a "back-up" didnt work. after spending an hour on the phone with Apple, I was told "huh, I don't know what happened. You must of hit a wrong button?" i was like WTF, all I did was click on "update"

luckily it didnt erase my text messages and I was able to figure out who was who.

FFS

hrmm.. Never heard of that happening. I did a search and found a few references (mostly to the iOS 3.x --- http://discussions.apple.com/thread....readID=2249957 )

Which iPhone is it and which version?

[rainintothesea]

Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr

I'm not a happy camper with Iphone right now. I did an update last night and lost every single contact on my phone. I was able to manually put some back from my old Iphone, other then that, I have to email ppl, or text them to get some info back.

i called Apple today cuz even doing a "back-up" didnt work. after spending an hour on the phone with Apple, I was told "huh, I don't know what happened. You must of hit a wrong button?" i was like WTF, all I did was click on "update"

luckily it didnt erase my text messages and I was able to figure out who was who.

FFS

Do you have a PC or a Mac? If the contacts are all on your computer (Outlook or Apple Address Book), you can do a simple sync-and-replace from the info screen in iTunes. I'm curious to know which iPhone and which version of the iOS, also, both what you had before and to what version you were attempting an update... that definitely shouldn't happen. (You don't have a MobileMe or "Dot Mac" account, either, I'm guessing?)

[Nat]

I got an iPhone for my honey for her birthday - her windows 7 computer is saying she has to remove her current iTunes and install a 64 bit version. She is worried she will lose her music library (which is irreplaceable). Has anybody else done this? Do you lose your music?

[blush]

I got an iPad this year. I love it. But it really is just a big iPhone.

Any suggestions for cool apps?

[Nat]

Originally Posted by blush

I got an iPad this year. I love it. But it really is just a big iPhone.

Any suggestions for cool apps?

I only have an iPhone but my favorite apps are:

The weather channel
Flixter (to check movie times based on location)
Iscopes (these are just silly horoscopes but still fun)

Okay more later - phone's gonna die

[atomiczombie]

Originally Posted by Nat

I got an iPhone for my honey for her birthday - her windows 7 computer is saying she has to remove her current iTunes and install a 64 bit version. She is worried she will lose her music library (which is irreplaceable). Has anybody else done this? Do you lose your music?

Just get some dvds and back up all the music in her library. She should be backing it up to disks anyway.

[weatherboi]

using an external hard drive to back up music, movies and saved media is a great way to keep things organized. i use a WD My Book Essential. there are many out there that range in price and storage space. see how much music and other stuff she needs backed up and decide size of hard drive.

External drives cost peanuts nowadays. You can get a (well branded) terrabyte here for around £60 (That's under $100) but back up your favourite music to disc as well because hard-drives can fail too - I speak from experience sadly. I lost quite a number of irreplaceable photos (and music) when my hard-drive failed with my 365 project on it which means I've not be able to have my project book printed.





Signed the AllOut petition and put it on my fb and G+ walls...I know plenty of folks who will sign it.

[Linus]

So.. rumor is that next week we'll see the iPhone5 or something like that. Anyone going to upgrade/get it?

[*Anya*]

I love my IPhone 3GS. I would like to upgrade to the 5 but will lose a couple if the games I play as they do not transfer over at the levels I am now.

Re: double clicking, I keep a whole ton of apps open at the same time. I only close them if I need to do an update as it will sit there waiting forever if I have too many open at once.

I also put apps in folders, like all my games or shopping apps. Keeps screen cleaner since I have so many

I am planning on getting the IPad before I lose my vision altogether. I use my phone as my portable computer (like right now) and it would be nice to see the "big picture"!

[girl_dee]

Originally Posted by Linus

So.. rumor is that next week we'll see the iPhone5 or something like that. Anyone going to upgrade/get it?

I've never had an iphone and I want one, debating on settling for the iphone4 because it's obviously going to be cheaper, and it's a luxury for me not a necessity.

[Starbuck]

Originally Posted by Linus

So.. rumor is that next week we'll see the iPhone5 or something like that. Anyone going to upgrade/get it?

I hope that's true! I plan to upgrade. Nothing is wrong with my iphone4, I'm just waiting on the 5 so I can give my phone to my son because his phone is soooo old and I don't want to pay for his upgrade. I'd rather get me (the more responsible one) the upgrade.

I also have an iPad2 and I love it! I use it to take notes on, watch movies on, etc. The graphics are phenomenal. My laptop is in the shop right now and I'm actually using my iPad2 to access the Internet.