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"Automatic Download" iTunes Leak Hints At Wireless iOS App Updates, Less Syncing

12:00AM June 5, 2011 | Jack Loftus

Over at MacRumors they’ve discovered what appears to be a new Automatic Update feature set to arrive with iOS 5. Put simply, the change could see iPhones and other iOS devices updating apps without the need for tedious syncing. More »


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Use iPhone Explorer To Back Up Third-Party iOS Applications Without iTunes

1:40PM February 1, 2011 | Arvin Dang

iOS/Mac/Windows: Free desktop application iPhone Explorer allows iOS users to export and backup data from their iOS applications without iTunes. More »


DoubleTwist Adds Slickest Wireless Sync Solution We’ve Seen For Android

3:00PM December 1, 2010 | Kevin Purdy

Windows/Mac and Android: Just a few hours after Winamp released its own wireless sync solution, media management app doubleTwist comes out with a smooth, seamless solution for getting music, videos, and photos to and from your Android device. And it looks nice. More »


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How To Fix MobileMe Sync When It Inevitably Screws Up

1:00PM November 3, 2010 | Adam Dachis

Apple’s never been so great with sync. Nonetheless, the idea of MobileMe is great. In practice it just doesn’t work so well when you have data flowing through multiple devices. Here’s how to fix MobileMe when it inevitably screws up. More »


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Will MobileMe Be Free Come Monday?

9:30AM June 6, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

Well this is a tantalising find. Boy Genius Reports reports that some MobileMe users are seeing their account type switch from “Individual” to “Full Member,” the hope being that a WWDC announcement will make everyone a “Free Member” by default. More »


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How To Sync Your Pre With iTunes When iTunes Sync Goes Down

7:20AM September 25, 2009 | Jason Chen

What does it mean for you when the USB Implementer’s Forum tells Palm that they should stop spoofing an iPod in order to get their Palm Pre to sync with iTunes? What should you do now? A couple things. More »


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News Flash: Palm Pre Syncing Borked By iTunes 9

5:31AM September 10, 2009 | John Herrman

Another iTunes release, another spiteful compatibility break from Apple. It’s doubly irritating this time around though, since iTunes 9 is actually worth downloading. This Pre syncing fight has just graduated from boring to flat out tiresome, is what’s happened here. [PreCentral]


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iTunes Alternatives To Get Music Onto Your Pre

11:48AM July 16, 2009 | Jason Chen

If you’re one of those unfortunate Pre users that updated to iTunes 8.2.1 without seeing our warning, there are two options. You could either downgrade to iTunes 8.2, or use one of these alternative apps and future-proof yourself. More »


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Missing Sync For Pre Helps Sync Contacts And Calendar

5:59AM June 13, 2009 | Jason Chen

Palm already lets you sync the Pre with iTunes via its clever pretending-to-be-an-iPod, but that only gets music, video and photos onto your phone. Missing Sync does the rest. More »


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Apple Officially Brings Back MobileMe’s Push, Improves Features

11:37AM February 27, 2009 | Jason Chen

Apple just sent out an email to MobileMe subscribers to let them know of some new(ish) features. The biggest bullet point is the fact that push is back.

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