Recent content by Var

iPad and iPhone are synced only to the same computer and iTunes app. I tried the cloud a long time ago - it took my several thousand contacts that were organized in specific folders (think phone books for different organizations with whom I work) and collapsed them into a single folder. As I...

Update: well, I plugged in the iPad at 7:02; by 7:10 it had finished the backup phase. Unfortunately, it is now 7:25 and the synch is still hung on contacts. As I said in my previous comments, I deleted both the iPhone and iPad backup files before I backed up my iPhone (by backup I mean...

Thanks for the suggestion. First, to remove all doubt, it is the synch that takes the time. I specifically queried the Apple help person at the time as it had sometimes taken 5-10 minutes on either contacts or calendar (other times, it just flat out got hung up; usually on contacts). This...

Over about the last two-three months, I have experienced long times to synch iPhone or iPad to iTunes (sometimes, they just hang up on contacts). I spent two hours on the phone with an Apple tech about a month ago but no luck. We uninstalled iTunes and reinstalled (he also had a specific...

I use Outlook Calendar on my PC and sync it with my iPhone 6Plus and my iPad 4 (I only use iTunes, not the cloud). I generally set up recurring calendar entries (for instance, monthly meetings) on the PC and then sync with the two Apple devices. Sometimes, a particular monthly event gets...