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the Edit menu on Windows), you can click the Syncing tab to see a list of all
the iPhones (and iPods) that iTunes is tracking.
If you use Windows, however, here’s a note of warning: You have to use the
same sync settings for everyone’s phones.
If, for example, you try to switch your Contacts syncing from Google to Outlook
Express, an iTunes dialog box informs you that your changes will affect everyone
else syncing iPods and iPhones on the PC. (If you really want every family
member happy, have each person sign in with his own Windows user account
and copy of iTunes.)
How’s this for an undocumented secret? You can use the iPhone to combine
several different address books—Outlook on a PC and Address Book on a Mac, for
example. All your contacts wind up on all machines—iPhone, Mac, and PC—and
without having to pay $100 for a MobileMe account.
Suppose you’ve synced the iPhone with Computer #1. When you plug it into
Computer #2, click the iPhone icon and then the Info tab. Select the additional
program you want to sync from—Outlook, Yahoo, whatever. Click Apply.
When iTunes asks if you want to Merge Info or Replace Info, click Merge Info. Now all
of the iPhone’s existing addresses remain in your current address book, but it also
copies the contacts from the second computer to the iPhone.
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