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check for iPhone software updates or restore it to its out-of-the-box state.
Checkboxes at the bottom of the screen let you set up manual syncing,
as described above.
• Info. The settings here control the syncing of your contacts, calendars,
email account settings, and bookmarks.
• Ringtones. Any ringtones that you’ve bought from the iTunes store or
made yourself (Chapter 10) appear here, so that you can specify which
ones you want synced to the iPhone.
• Music. You can opt to sync all your songs, music videos, and playlists
here—or, if your collection is more than the iPhone can store, just some
of them.
• Photos. Here, you can get iPhone-friendly versions of your pictures copied
over from a folder on your hard drive—or from a photo-management
program like Photoshop Elements, Photoshop Album, or iPhoto.
• Podcasts. This screen lets you sync all—or just selected—podcasts. You
can even opt to get only the episodes you haven’t heard yet.
• Video. You can choose both movies and TV shows from the iTunes Store
for syncing here, along with other compatible video files in your library.
• Applications. Those useful and not-useful-but-totally-fun-anyway
little programs from the iPhone App Store get synced up here. You can
choose to sync ‘em all or just selected ones.
At the bottom of the screen, iTunes displays a colorful map that shows you
the amount and types of files: Audio, Video, Photos, and Other (for your personal
data). More importantly, it also shows you how much room you have
left, so you won’t get overzealous trying to load the thing up.
The following pages cover each of these tabs, in sequence, and detail how to
sync each kind of iPhone-friendly material.
These discussions assumes that you’ve (a) connected your iPhone to the computer
with its USB cable, and (b) clicked the iPhone’s icon in the Source list at
the left side of the iTunes window.
Info Tab (Contacts, Calendars, Settings)
On this tab, you’re offered the chance to copy some distinctly non-entertainment
data over to your iPhone: your computer’s calendar, address book, email
settings, and Web bookmarks. The PalmPilot-type stuff (Rolodex, date book) is
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