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Chapter 1 Activating and Setting Up iPhone 11
Preventing iPhone from Syncing Automatically
You may want to prevent iPhone from syncing automatically when you connect iPhone
to a computer other than the one you usually sync with.
Turn off automatic syncing for iPhone
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Connect iPhone to your computer, then select iPhone in the iTunes source list (below
Devices, on the left) and click the Summary tab. Deselect “Automatically sync when this
iPhone is connected.”You can still sync manually by clicking the Sync button.
Prevent automatic syncing for all iPhones
In iTunes choose iTunes > Preferences (on a Mac) or Edit > Preferences (on a PC),
click iPhone, and select “Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones.”
If this checkbox is selected, iPhone won’t sync automatically, even if “Automatically sync
when this iPhone is connected” is selected in the Summary pane.
Prevent automatic syncing one time, without changing any settings
Open iTunes. Then, as you connect iPhone to your computer, press and hold
Command-Option (on a Mac) or Shift-Control (on a PC) until you see iPhone in the
iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left).
Sync manually
Select iPhone in the iTunes source list (below Devices, on the left), then click Sync in
the lower-right corner of the window. Or, if you’ve changed any sync settings, click
Apply.
Disconnecting iPhone from Your Computer
Unless iPhone is syncing with your computer, you can disconnect if from your
computer at any time.
When iPhone is syncing with your computer, iPhone shows “Sync in progress.” If you
disconnect iPhone before it finishes syncing, some data may not get transferred.
When iPhone finishes syncing, iTunes shows “iPhone sync is complete.”
To cancel a sync so you can disconnect iPhone, drag the slider on iPhone. If you get a
call during a sync, the sync is canceled automatically and you can unplug iPhone to
answer the call. Connect iPhone after the call to finish syncing.