Syncing iPhone with iTunes

[adamr]

ok ... dilemma: how to i sync the iPhone with iTunes, but the sync must happen iPhone -> iTunes .... not the other way around ...

Reason i ask is because I formatted my HDD and want to just basically sync my iPhone goodies back onto iTunes

 

[chris2.0]

I've read somewhere if you can get hold of your PC's iTunes ID, and change another PC's accordingly, then you can sync your iPod (or in this case iPhone) to various PC's... Will search for the link and report back...

 

[d0b33]

Just sync, it will ask if you'd like to merge info then jut say yes, be careful that replace info on iphone is not checked though.

 

[AhmedH]

connect your iphone and hold down SHIFT + CTRL. this will stop the auto update, from there open the iphone in explorer and just copy all the files to your pc

 

[chris2.0]

From the interweb:

The Brute-Force Approach—Copying your Media Back Manually

As described previously, with the traditional iPod models your media content itself is actually just copied to your iPod as an external hard disk, and stored in a hidden directory on the iPod itself. This means that for the more experienced and/or adventurous users, you can actually copy your tracks back manually from your iPod to your computer simply by accessing it as an external hard disk.

Note that if you’re not the sort of person who is comfortable working within the innards of your file system, then feel free to skip this section and move on to the Third-Party Software section below.

Keep in mind that this will not work with the iPhone or iPod touch, as these do not connect to the computer as an external hard disk. If you’re an advanced user and you’ve specifically jailbroken your iPhone or iPod touch, then you can access the file system using other tools such as an SFTP client and you will find that the content is stored in much the same way as it is on traditional iPod models. However, this is a more advanced discussion beyond the scope of this tutorial. The use of iPhone or iPod touch compatible third-party software tools is generally much simpler than trying to recover content manually from these devices.

http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/articles/comments/copying-music-from-ipod-to-computer/P1