iPhone - Contacts/Photos

Universal · 8 Jan 2011 at 14:18

I haven't used Windows for a few years now and I am setting up a friends iPhone:

What is the best application for managing/backing up contacts? I use Address Book on the Mac. What should I be using for syncing/viewing photos?

Many Thanks

Blue160 · 8 Jan 2011 at 15:01

iPhone syncs with outlook.

Diggsy · 8 Jan 2011 at 16:45

To view the photos on the phone, you open it outside of iTunes like a camera or portable storage device and simply copy and paste.

Deleted member 77746 · 8 Jan 2011 at 17:24

If your using iTunes you can create a Google Mail online address book and then get the iphone to sync with Google Mail Contacts. It's the best one in my opinion if the phones lost you always have your contacts there.

DrMekon · 8 Jan 2011 at 23:26

iDroid84 said:
If your using iTunes you can create a Google Mail online address book and then get the iphone to sync with Google Mail Contacts. It's the best one in my opinion if the phones lost you always have your contacts there.

+1 to that!!.. its great having your contacts safe online!

mdb08 · 8 Jan 2011 at 23:31

DrMekon said:
+1 to that!!.. its great having your contacts safe online!

+1 You can also print them and export them to different format which is a plus

peige · 10 Jan 2011 at 09:18

DrMekon said:
+1 to that!!.. its great having your contacts safe online!

Best way, gone are the days of loosing the lot if you loose your phone. Plus it also means you can move to android with your same set of contacts.

EniGmA1981 · 10 Jan 2011 at 09:45

peige said:
Plus it also means you can move to android

Always a bonus

peige · 10 Jan 2011 at 10:00

EniGmA1981 said:
Always a bonus

Ha! or from Android to IPhone, which is what I did

Universal · 12 Jan 2011 at 20:12

iDroid84 said:
If your using iTunes you can create a Google Mail online address book and then get the iphone to sync with Google Mail Contacts. It's the best one in my opinion if the phones lost you always have your contacts there.

I am having issues with it on my Mac – for some reason it won't group the contacts as I have them grouped on my Address book (can it two-way sync)?

Is the Yahoo contacts sync worth looking at? My friend already has a Yahoo email, so I am thinking it may be easier.

Thanks for the replies, I think I may need to experiment before making the decision.

Meatball · 12 Jan 2011 at 20:16

iDroid84 said:
If your using iTunes you can create a Google Mail online address book and then get the iphone to sync with Google Mail Contacts. It's the best one in my opinion if the phones lost you always have your contacts there.

This! You can do the same with your calendar and mail to

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Deleted member 77746 · 25 Jan 2011 at 11:36

peige said:
Best way, gone are the days of loosing the lot if you loose your phone. Plus it also means you can move to android with your same set of contacts.

Big bonus, compatibility. I look for that before buying any of my gadgets.

rctneil · 25 Jan 2011 at 14:54

I had all my contacts on my iPhone all neatly organised and wanted access to them on my PC so what I did was:

1.) go to google.com/contacts and delete any contacts I had there.

2.) Open iTunes, and connect iPhone, set iTunes to sync contacts with Google Contacts from Info tab

3.) Perform sync once and disable the contact syncing.

4.) Then set up Google Sync to sync my Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts via Exchange.

It works flawlessly.

I can add/edit a contact on my PC and it pretty much instantly appaers on my phone!

m4cc45 · 25 Jan 2011 at 19:22

rctneil said:
I had all my contacts on my iPhone all neatly organised and wanted access to them on my PC so what I did was:

1.) go to google.com/contacts and delete any contacts I had there.

2.) Open iTunes, and connect iPhone, set iTunes to sync contacts with Google Contacts from Info tab

3.) Perform sync once and disable the contact syncing.

4.) Then set up Google Sync to sync my Google Mail, Calendar and Contacts via Exchange.

It works flawlessly.

I can add/edit a contact on my PC and it pretty much instantly appaers on my phone!

Sounds like you should have gotten a Blackberry!