Hi Carol: Another way to accomplish what you are trying to do is to have a different ICloud account for each phone. This way ITunes will see them as separate phones. You can then go into ITunes and choose the phone you want to use. You can tell it to download all your music with one check box. You can also choose which apps you want on which phone. I am running two IPhones and three IPads this way. Hope this helps.
On 9/15/15, 'carol.pearso...@googlemail.com' via VIPhone <viphone@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Thanks, Mark. > > I thought that I was safe by changing the name and it's good to have it > confirmed. Think I'll try to go that route, though my laptop isn't handling > > iTunes very well. > > Incidentally, I noticed a new version today. Is it a case of, "Not broke, > don't fix it" or is the latest a good version to get? > > Carol P > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "M. Taylor" <mk...@ucla.edu> > To: <viphone@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 3:27 AM > Subject: RE: WHEN I SET UP MY NEW PHONE > > > Hello Carol, > > You're in the best place when it comes to setting up a second phone as > iTunes on your computer will take care of everything. > > When you get your new device, simply attach it to your computer. Next, you > > will choose to set it up as a new phone. Next, you will simply move to the > > various tabs on the device, from within iTunes and manually select which > apps, books, and Playlists/music you want on the new device. As long as > each device you attach to iTunes has a different device name, iTunes will > keep their respective settings, separate. > > Managing multiple iOS devices is one of the things that iTunes does best. > > By the way, it's always a good idea to backup your devices on a regular > basis. > > Mark > > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] > Sent: Monday, September 14, 2015 3:26 PM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: WHEN I SET UP MY NEW PHONE > > Hi all, > > I just want to make sure I know the best way to set up things when I get my > > new phone, so please bear with me while I describe what I want to achieve: > > I have a phone already and this will continue to be used mainly in playing > music, already transferred from my iTunes account. (Some of this had been > copied from CD's and, although I do have copies elsewhere, I really want to > > ensure iTunes doesn't demolish my music source. > > I have lots of apps on my current phone, some of which I will want to > transfer or at least have on my new phone and some I will not. > > In addition, I will want to get all of my music onto the new phone also and > > this will be the same music that is on the older one. > > I am thinking of doing this, as follows: > First, I'll backup my current phone, if I can, using iTunes. > > When it comes to the new one, I'd rather set up as a new iPhone, ensure its > > name is different to the one I've been using, add it to the list of items I > > use that Apple needs to know about and then download those apps I want > directly from the Store? Or is there a better way to achieve this without > getting messed up with two different phones, one computer with iTunes and > lots of apps to sort? > > When it comes to copying the music, using iTunes and my rather slow laptop, > > will I be safe if I've got different names for each of my phones, but > they'll share the same account and music? > > If anyone can offer some pointers to help me to do this without too many > hitches, I'd be most grateful. > > Carol P > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your VIPhone list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- The following information is important for all members of the VIPhone list. 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