Apple, for Christ's sake - Sync. Over. Wifi. Do it.
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While you're at it, stop keeping a fucking hardcopy of apps. Keep a simple text log of what I've downloaded and just re-download when I want to load out my iPhone.
- CannonGod
Drag & drop music? I need that! Photos? Ditto.
- CannonGod
Finally: Stop threatening to delete EVERYTHING! This is scary & not intuitive.
- CannonGod
CannonGod, you are definetely right man. Your words representing many of us...
- Yunus YAMANER (CITRIL)
I invariably don't sync because I refuse to strip and burn all my data just to add ONE SONG. Because of this I've lost important information. Speaking of which, I don't think my Notes get synced - which is where I keep a lot of random yet essential info. And I've lost this before >:( Really it's all just a ploy for me to buy a MobileMe account, and I hate being taken for a mug.
- CannonGod
I think Apple is too hung up on creating backups of backups of backups of...
- CannonGod
They caring us...:)
- Yunus YAMANER (CITRIL)
This whole issue is all the more ridiculous when you understand that Home Sharing is basically what I want but for portable devices! Fingers crossed someone realises this and creates a nifty hack to fool iTunes into wirelessly sharing to my iPhone. </hint>
- CannonGod
I've been calling for wireless syncing since I rolled with an iPod Video!
- Mathew™ aka Youngblood
Hear, hear. Wifi sync is long overdue. I'm thinking their trying to protect the Apple TV and the 4 people that use it.
- Arawak
I had BT and infrared syncing on a WM phone 4-5 years ago! C'mon Apple catch up...
- Ron Thompson
OMG! I LOVE THIS THREAD. seriously fucking sick of them holding back on basic stuff. C'mon Cupertino!
- vijay
WiFi sync could be a massive drain on the iPhone battery.
- Bill Sodeman
True, but then again most devices can be charged from a plug socket.
This may seem inconsequential to plugging directly into the Mac and
syncing as regular, but this will become more and more essential when
iTunes learns to granulate the syncing process. Right now it's just way
too bloated.
- CannonGod
Back when I had G1 Zune with Wi-Fi syncing, I never used it. I configured it just to say, hey it syncs wirelessly! Then never used it again.
- Mac64
You can sync big fat media files over WiFi or have a battery that doesn't commit suicide. Pick one.
- David Chartier
David: True enough that when you want to replace large amounts of data on your iPhone/iPod it's better to directly sync connected to the Mac, but if iTunes granulates the syncing process I can easily add a single song/photo/app without hooking up. It just makes sense to me. I think it's sad I have to use apps like AirSharing to do this instead. I have whole albums wirelessly synced this way, but have an empty iPod. This means I lose out on all the cool voice control features, cover flow, scrobbling etc etc. I would normally get :¬\
- CannonGod
Apple is half way there with MobileMe...Kinda... If we can sync Contacts, Calendars, and Bookmarks over 3G, it shouldn't be hard to sync Apps over wifi.
- Joshua