iPhone For Dummies. Bob LeVitus
to your iPhone, select the Music pane and then select the Sync Music check box. Note that Figure 3-3 shows the Music pane in a Finder window under macOS Big Sur; if you’re using iTunes, click Music in its sidebar and you’ll see the same options shown in Figure 3-3.
You can then select the option for Entire Music Library or Selected Artists, Albums, Genres, and Playlists, as shown in Figure 3-3. If you choose the latter, select the check boxes next to the particular artists, albums, genres, and playlists you want to transfer. You also can choose to include music videos by selecting the appropriate check boxes at the top of the pane.
FIGURE 3-3: Use the Music pane to copy music and music videos from your computer to your iPhone.
FIGURE 3-4: Try to sync too much music and you’ll see this.
To avoid such errors, select playlists, artists, albums, and genres that total less than the free space on your iPhone, which is displayed in the capacity bar before you sync.
Hover your cursor over any color to see a bubble with info on that category, as shown in Figure 3-5.
You can find similar information about space used and space remaining on your iPhone by tapping Settings ⇒ General ⇒ iPhone Storage. The iPhone’s display isn’t as pretty as the one pictured here, but it is useful when you need that info and you’re not near your computer.
Finally, if you select the Automatically Fill Free Space with Songs check box, any free space on your iPhone will be filled with music.
FIGURE 3-5: Point at a color to see its details.
Movies
To transfer movies to your iPhone, select your iPhone in the sidebar of a Finder window and click the Movies tab or pane. Next, select the Sync Movies check box. You can also select the Automatically Include check box to choose an option for movies you want to include automatically, as shown in Figure 3-6 using Finder. If you choose an option other than All, you can optionally select individual movies and playlists by selecting the boxes in appropriate sections.
TV shows, podcasts, books, and audiobooks
The procedure for syncing TV shows is almost the same as for syncing movies. First, select the TV Shows pane or the TV Shows tab. Next, select the Sync TV Shows check box to enable TV show syncing. Then choose how many episodes to include from the first pop-up menu and whether you want all shows or only selected shows from the second pop-up menu. If you want to also include individual episodes or episodes on playlists, select the appropriate check boxes in the Shows, Episodes, and Include Episodes from Playlists sections of the TV Shows pane.
To transfer podcasts to your iPhone, select the Podcasts pane or the Podcasts tab and then select the Sync Podcasts check box. Next, you can include however many podcasts you want by making selections from the Automatically Include and All or Selected Podcasts pop-up menus.
You transfer books and audiobooks the same way — sync them all or select individual titles.
FIGURE 3-6: Your choices in the Movies pane determine which movies are copied to your iPhone.
Photos
To sync photos between computers and iDevices, you must enable iCloud Photos (formerly known as iCloud Photo Library).
You can also copy photos to your iPhone from the Photos app (Mac only) or any folder on your computer that contains images (Mac or PC).
To enable iCloud Photos:
On your iPhone: Choose Settings ⇒ yourname ⇒ iCloud ⇒ Photos, and then turn on iCloud Photos.
On your Mac: Choose System Preferences ⇒ Apple ID (Catalina or later) or iCloud (Mojave or earlier), and then enable the check box for iCloud Photos.
On your PC: Download and launch iCloud for Windows. Click Options (next to Photos), select iCloud Photos, click Done, and then click Apply. Now enable iCloud Photos on all your Apple devices.You can also choose to use My Photo Stream and iCloud Photo Sharing, and customize the location of your upload and download folders.When you turn on iCloud Photos on your PC, My Photo Stream is turned off automatically. If you want to send new photos to your devices that don’t use iCloud Photos, you can turn My Photo Stream back on.
Now, connect the iPhone to your computer and return to the Photos pane or tab and select the Sync Photos check box. Next, choose an application or folder from the pop-up menu.
If you choose a folder full of images, you can create subfolders inside it that will appear as albums on your iPhone.
If you’ve taken any photos with your iPhone or saved images from a web page, an email, an MMS message, or an iMessage since the last time you synced, the appropriate program launches (or the appropriate folder is selected) when you connect your iPhone, and you have the option of uploading the pictures on your iPhone to your computer.
Manual Syncing
This chapter has focused on automatic syncing thus far. Automatic syncing is great; it selects items to sync based on criteria you’ve specified, such as genre, artist, playlist, and album. But it’s not efficient for transferring a few items — songs, movies, podcasts, or other files — to your iPhone.
The solution? Manual syncing. With automatic syncing, iTunes updates your iPhone automatically to match your criteria. Changes to your iTunes library since your last sync are synced automatically to your iPhone. With manual syncing, you merely drag individual items to the appropriate location on your iPhone as described next.