Thanks again Ronni, managed to get it all set up ok. Details were; iPhone 4, ios6, latest iTunes downloaded this weekend, win7 laptop.
All going well now, I managed through Wikipedia to locate the contacts address book (Start> wab.exe) where iTunes synchs contacts. Windows is certainly not my OS of choice, it is out of necessity driven by my employer I have to use it. Also the MIL made the decision to use Win cost based. Oh well. Regards Pete On 10/11/2012, at 1:12 PM, Ronda Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > It's not that we don't have expertise doing this, we do know how to setup an > iPhone on a Windows machine. Windows iTunes is very much the same as the Mac > iTunes > ... But we are a Macintosh User Group, not a Windows User Group, > > You did not give enough clear information, what iPhone, what iOS, what > Windows, had the iPhone been erased and setup as a new iPhone when given to > M-I-L...etc. > > Anyway, you can't do anything really until you have the latest Windows iTunes > installed on her Windows Computer. > > Cheers, > Ronni > > Sent from Ronni's iPad > > On 10/11/2012, at 12:10 PM, Peter Crisp <petercr...@westnet.com.au> wrote: > >> Thanks Ronni, yes I figured that windows iTunes wasn't area of most >> expertise amongst those in WAMUG. >> >> Yes, sorry I did mean Address book where I'd said iCal. >> >> MIL currently has no iTunes setup at all, I should have said that, so i will >> import contacts per link below, then a pretty conventional hook up once new >> iTunes is installed on her Win laptop. >> >> Thanks. >> >> Regards >> >> Pete >> >> On 10/11/2012, at 10:49 AM, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi Pete, >>> >>> Everyone Knows how much I hate anything to do with Windows Computers, so I >>> was leaving this one alone waiting for someone else to respond. But no-one >>> has, so..... :( >>> >>>> She has a Windows laptop so doesn't have iCal. >>> >>> I think you mean M-I-L doesn't have Address Book / Contacts. >>> >>> Can't help you much not knowing how your M-I-L has her contacts on her >>> Windows Machine or if she only has them on the SIM card. >>> You need the latest iTunes 10 for Windows on her computer for a start. >>> >>> The iPhone uses a SIM card to determine the phone number, carrier, and >>> features are available for the account. >>> However, the iPhone does not store contacts and phone numbers on the SIM >>> card. >>> >>> Importing contacts stored on a SIM card: >>> While iPhone does not use the SIM to store contact names and phone numbers, >>> you can still copy your contacts from a SIM card to your iPhone. >>> <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4994?viewlocale=en_US> >>> >>> You would need to connect the iPhone to her iTunes and "back Up" and Sync >>> contacts with her computer. >>> To sync contacts with your computer, choose "Sync Contacts with" within >>> iTunes for Windows >>> >>> You c -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
