This discussion assumes that you’ve (a) connected your iPhone to the computer with its USB cable, and (b) clicked the iPhone’s icon in the Source list at the left side of the iTunes window.
Info Tab (Contacts, Calendars, Settings) On this tab, you’re offered the chance to copy some distinctly non-entertainment data over to your iPhone: your computer’s calendar, address book, email settings, notes, and Web bookmarks. The PalmPilot-type stuff (Rolodex, date book) is extremely useful to have with you, and the settings and bookmarks save you a lot of tedious setup on the iPhone. if you’re a subscriber to apple’s data-in-the-clouds MobileMe service, then you won’t see the controls described on the following pages. That’s because MobileMe, not iTunes, handles synchronization with the iPhone. instead, all you see is a message to the effect that, for example, “Your calendars are being pushed to your iPhone over the air from MobileMe.”
Syncing Notes Any notes you create on the iPhone can synchronize with the notes in Mail, Outlook (in Windows), or in the Notes folders of Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or AOL; see page 227 for details. If you’re lucky, turning on the Sync notes checkbox is all there is to it. If you’re not, try the suggestions at http://bit.ly/hKPkI.
Syncing Contacts If you’ve been adding to your address book for years in a program like Microsoft Outlook or Mac OS X’s Address Book, then you’re just a sync away from porting all that accumulated data right over to your iPhone. Once there, phone numbers and email addresses show up as links, so you can reach out and tap someone. Here’s how to sync up your contacts with the iPhone. The steps depend on which program you keep them in. • Outlook 2003 and 2007. Turn on Sync contacts with: and, from the pop-up menu, choose Outlook. Finally, click Apply. Note that some of the more obscure ields Outlook lets you use, like Radio and Telex, won’t show up on the iPhone. All the major data points do, however, including name, email address, and (most importantly) phone number.
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