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My Linux Rig
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trying to transfer a backup to an iPhone 7 and boy oh boy does iTunes suck

Hey timb instead of trying to figure out how to make the iPhone like an android how about you fix iTunes instead

Touch id behind the screen how about an iTunes backup and restore experience that doesn't give me a migraine

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RISCy Business posted:

itunes is good

*very trump voice* WRONG!

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Now my Apple id has been disabled

Despite not entering the password wrong once

Thanks timb

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akadajet posted:

i haven't had to touch itunes in years.


op is fail

You haven't touched a woman in years either, coincidence???

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Doc Block posted:

why are you using itunes to back up your phone?

what is this, 2007?

What do you use

No really is there something else that I can use to transfer poo poo from my old phone to my new one cause god drat this iTunes poo poo sucks

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Kirk posted:

lol just log into your apple id on the new device and start using it

I did

Everytime I do, timb bursts through my door, slaps the phone out of my hands and yells "ITS DISABLED"

timb






why

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Doc Block posted:

just loving sign in and choose the "restore from icloud backup" option

jfc

I can't cause my backup is bigger than five gigs and I don't care to buy a bigger account so I use my computer

Why should this be harder on a computer what the gently caress timb

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Doc Block posted:

just loving sign in and choose the "restore from icloud backup" option

jfc


http://appleid.apple.com to re-enable it and stop typing in the password wrong in the future

I did that! I can sign in and answer all the terrible security questions like what blood type is my cat, what was your dream job when you were five, are you a power bottom but it still loving comes up

i don't like you or your questions timb

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i don't even have a cat wtf timb!

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Doc Block posted:

hmm yes, instead of the backup thing that just automatically backs up all my stuff overnight

let me have to manually connect my phone to a computer, launch a program, mash the backup button, wait for it to sync, hit the eject button, then it's finally done


did you try googling the exact error message it gives you? i mean :cmon: :drat:

I did, all I get are a list of timbs favorite sex positions and directions to his house

that's not gonna fix my phone timb!

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geonetix posted:

i'll have you know that itunes is actually pretty good, stop auto-synching and backupping and buy a proper mac

i'm doing this on a Mac!!

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now I'm on the phone with timb but he won't tell me how to fix it he just keeps playing dubstep music and breathes heavily into the phone

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doc block please stop sending me links to sex toys I'm not interested

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Doc Block posted:

i just want you to have a great anal experience

well thank you but right now i need to fix my phone

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geonetix posted:

what's the worst that could happen

well it could fail to fix my phone and then I'm really up poo poo creek!

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timb is still on the line but now the music has stopped and I hear a lot of loud rapid squishing noises???

does this mean my phone is getting fixed?

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Shaggar posted:

no it doesnt, you're just used to everything in osx being slow as dirt.

how can you say that with a straight face

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windows is loving notorious for being slow

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i tried this first on my windows laptop but it was so dog poo poo slow that i have up

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Shaggar posted:

windows grants applications the potential to run quickly and its up to the developers to do it right. in osx, everything is gimped so nothing outshines the horrific baked in garbage like itunes.

You are so full of poo poo

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Osx is probably the smoothest experience I've ever had with an OS, Windows still to this day has buggy feature in their software

Every so often I have to close Cortana so I can launch an app I haven't pinned yet cause the start menu is garbage now

I never remember having an issue with osx's search function where I have to force close something or issue some lovely console command

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Shaggar posted:

idk how anyone could ever use safari unironically. its litterrally unusable and will just hang for seconds on every page you visit.

i wasn't talking about safari you massive tool

i bet iTunes is so garbage on Windows is because Apple actually had to compromise on key design decisions that would allow it run smoother because windows is just that bad

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Smythe posted:

Android migration tool works perfectly, OP. Moved all my stuff over in 5 mins and it all worked perfectly. Very simple. Perfect software and hardware without a single bug, OP. Try moving over to the best drat mobile OS around, yes, thats right - Android, and you'll have a better experience.

you know ios is just becoming Android anyway maybe I will

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Last Chance posted:

no, icloud backups store all userdata/logins/whatever AND restores redownload apps for you automatically. last i checked itunes backup restores don't redownload apps for you.

icloud backups have been superior for years now. although im not sure what happens to the health data in icloud backups

Well too bad my phone backup is larger than 5gb and I don't want to pay for a monthly service just to backup my phone

I guess the backups over Wi-Fi aren't bad though, I checked when iTunes last backed up my phone and apparently it was last night at some point so I guess it does backup automatically?

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Endless Mike posted:

how is your phone backup over 5 gb? if it's photos, you can just not have it back those up. my phone backup is 3.1 gb

Idk I just kept getting icloud alerts on my phone and I just shut it off

Maybe I'll janitor it a bit this afternoon and found out what the cause of that was

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eric posted:

It's 99 cents a month for 50gb of backup storage you cheap skate

Perplx posted:

i have several TB that cost $0 a month

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Oh nevermind I can't turn on icloud backup again cause if I do it stops backing up to iTunes






for some reason

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