Transfer iPhone Contacts TO Outlook

Transferring Contacts from iPhone to Outlook may sound simple, but it's not

Import iPhone Contacts TO Outlook

Syncing Contacts from iPhone to Outlook requires a small software, which is fortunately free

• Download it, unzip it and open it
• Connect your iPhone to your Computer
• Make your selection to Copy Contacts from iPhone to Outlook
• Select the destination folder you want your iPhone Contacts to be exported to
• When asked for the vCard format you want your iPhone Contacts to be exported to, choose Outlook
• Now, in Outlook, go to File -> Open -> Import and select Import a VCARD file (.vcf)
• Locate the .vcf file your iPhone Contacts were copied to

If everything ran smoothly, your iPhone Contacts should be transferred to your Microsoft Outlook Contacts

All set!

Notes and possible issues

As you probably noticed, this method also allows to Move iPhone Contacts to Gmail, Yahoo, iCloud, Hotmail and to email softwares such as Thunderbird

OK, you just got that fancy new PC or new MacBook Pro and you don't know How to Move iPhone Contacts to New Computer

No problem, we'll show you here How to Copy iPhone Contacts to New Computer, whether it's PC or Mac

Note: this procedure also allows you to Transfer Contacts from Old iPhone to New iPhone and to Move Contacts from iPhone to iPad

• First off, make sure the latest version of iTunes is installed on the new PC or Mac. If it's not, you can get it from here
• Now, open iTunes and connect your iPhone to your New computer

• In iTunes upper left corner, click Edit -> Preferences (on Mac, iTunes -> Preferences...)
• Click Devices and make sure "Prevent iPods, iPhones and iPads from syncing automatically" is checked
• Click on your iPhone name under "Devices" on the left hand side
• In the iTunes upper center, click Info
• Check Sync Address Book Contacts and select All Contacts
• Scroll down to the Advanced section and make sure nothing is selected there
• Click Sync in the lower right corner
• When the prompt asks whether you want to delete or merge your iPhone contacts, make sure to select Merge, so that your iPhone contacts are preserved

Voilà. All your iPhone contacts have been transferred to your new Computer, PC, Mac or iTunes

If you need, you can now sync your New iPhone with iTunes, which means you've also learnt How to Sync iPhone Contacts to New iPhone

Notes and possible issues

• On PC, contacts will be stored in the Windows Address Book that you can find in Start -> All Programs -> Accessories
• On Mac, contacts will end up in the Address Book that is found in the Dock
• This procedure allows to transfer iPhone Contacts to a new MacBook Pro or PC without erasing or losing iPhone contacts

Can you believe it's Android?

OK, you want to switch to Android for the flexibility and versatility Google phones provide, but you don't want to give up on your stylish iPhone icons and wallpaper?

No problem

Here is a neat little free app that we'll use to show you How to make Android phone look like iPhone

It allows to Transform Android into iOS in such a realistic way, you won't believe it

Even better, you'll benefit from the advantages of both devices and avoid the downsides of both systems, check it out:

Just like Android

• Lock Rotation
• Swipe right gives access to Wi-Fi shortcuts
• Swipe up reveals the multitask bar
• Network Preferences

Like iPhone / iOS

• Move apps around by holding down their icons
• Delete apps by hold down icon and clicking cross
• Close apps by swiping up from the screen bottom
• Shut down apps by holding down icons and clicking minus
• Drag apps on eachother to create folders
• Notifications count for messages and missed calls
• Swipe left for Search

This application is called Espier Launcher and you can Get if from here

Notes and possible issues

If you want to set this springboard as your default look, press the Home button, check "Use by default for this action" and select Espier Launcher

Requested by some readers, here is

How to Sync Work Outlook Email to iPhone

The possibility to Sync iPhone with a work Outlook account depends if ActiveSync is active on your company Exchange server or not

Therefore, ask your IT admin if your company has Exchange ActiveSync installed and set up on their server to push Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Events, Emails and Notes to iPhone

If this is the case, ActiveSync should be working and you just need to set up your iPhone with Exchange as follows:

• On your iPhone, tap Settings
• Go to Mail, Contacts, Calendars -> Add Account -> Microsoft Exchange

Notes and possible issues

There is unfortunately no solution so far to Sync iPhone with an Outlook professional inbox other than the "push" method described above

OK, you decided to Switch from iPhone to Android

No problem, even though we tend to prefer the iPhone in here, we received a growing number of requests for instructions on how to Move all data from iPhone to Android

Some of you may simply need to Sync Android with iPhone without needing to actually Migrate from iOS to Google Android

Whichever your situation, this guide will guide you through the steps to smoothly Copy data from iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad to Droid

Transfer iPhone Contacts, Calendar and Notes to Android

To Move Contacts, Calendars and Notes from iPhone to Android, start by Syncing your iPhone with Gmail

• Connect your iPhone to your computer
  iTunes should open up automatically. If not, launch it from Start->All Programs->iTunes->iTunes
• Click on your iPhone in iTunes and click the Info tab
• In the Contacts, section check "Sync contacts with" and select Google Contacts
• Click Configure and enter your Gmail username and password

This will Transfer your iPhone Contacts, Calender and Notes to Gmail

Now, to Copy Contacts, Calendars and Notes from iPhone to Android, you just need to Sync your Android phone with Gmail

• On your Android phone, make sure you are connected to your Gmail account and go to Contacts -> Menu -> Accounts
• Select your Gmail account -> Menu -> click Sync Now

This will Import Contacts and Calendar to Android (duplicates should be merged)

Transfer iPhone Exchange to Android

Sync Exchange Email with Android

• Open the Email App on your Android
• Set up Exchange account

Note: this will not sync your Exchange Calendar, so you'll need to sync Exchange Calendar with Google Calendar as follows:

Sync Exchange Calendar with Android

Follow the Google Sync instructions and make sure you choose the two-way sync

Transfer iPhone Text Messages to Android

Trying to Move SMS from iPhone to Android is a bit more tricky than with other data, but if you follow the steps below carefully, you'll be all set in no time

In iTunes, right-click on your iPhone in iTunes and select Backup, so that all your text messages are backed up to your computer

Your iPhone SMS are stored in a different folder on your computer depending on its operating system:

XP
C:/Documents and Settings/[USERNAME]/Application Data/Apple Computer/MobileSync/Backup

Vista / 7
C:/Users/[USERNAME]/AppData/Roaming/Apple Computer/MobileSync/Backup

Mac OS X
~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/

• From the most recent folder you find in there, copy (CTRL+) the file called
  3d0d7e5fb2ce288813306e4d4636395e047a3d28.mddata to your Desktop
• Convert your iPhone SMS database to Android by using this online tool (at the end of step 2)

Now, to Import iPhone Text Messages to Android, proceed as follows:

• Connect your Android phone to your Computer and enable the USB Mass Storage mode (Applications -> Settings -> Wireless and network -> USB utiliites)
• Create a folder called SMSBackupRestore and drag the .xml file resulting from the online conversion into it
• Install SMS Backup & Restore on Android
• Launch the App, click Restore and select the .xml file

All your iPhone SMS should now be copied to Android

Copy Music and Videos from iPhone to Android

• First off, Transfer Songs, Videos and other data from iPhone to iTunes / Computer
• Then, just Synchronize Android with iTunes

Migrate Photos from iPhone to Android

• First, Transfer iPhone Photos to Computer
• Then, Synchronize your Android phone with iTunes

Notes and possible issues

• The above procedures also allow you to Switch from iPhone to Windows Mobile phones
• . mp4 DRM protected music purchased from the iTunes Music Store won't play on Android. As an easy workaround, you can burn these songs to CD and then import them back to iTunes

For those of you who encounter problems Getting Applications purchased on iPhone back to iTunes, this is a pretty useful trick

• Just right-click on your iPhone in iTunes left panel and select Transfer Purchases

This will Copy all iPhone Applications purchased on your iPhone onto iTunes

Notes & possible issues

If you need to transfer other data from iPhone to iTunes, such as Music, Videos, Photos, Playlists, Ratings, Date Added and so forth, you can read our other tutorial Sync iPhone to iTunes

Hi guys, today we'll see 3 things:

1. Get rid of the iPod / iPhone Music you don't fancy much anymore
2. Discover great new songs associated with the music you already like
3. Download music for free to your iPod / iPhone

Get rid of iPod Music you don't like anymore the smart way

First off, connect your iPod / iPhone to iTunes and set it to be manually managed

Create a new iPod playlist called "Unrated"

Sort iPod songs by rating (by clicking on top of the Rating column)

Drag all iPod songs that have no rating yet into that playlist

Eject iPod

Now, on your iPod, go to Settings -> Shuffle and choose Songs

Then, on your iPod main menu and click Shuffle Songs (on iPhone, you just need to click the Shuffle icon)

Go to Music -> Playlists -> "Unrated" and click Play (use the lower part of your iPod wheel for this, not the center button)
This will shuffle songs on your iPod within your "Unrated" playlist only

Now, every time you listen to an iPod song, make sure you give it a rating from 1 to 5

I personally rate my songs as follows:

5. Awesome songs I really love
4. Great songs I like to listen frequently
3. Decent songs, but with nothing special
1 – 2. Songs I want to delete next time I connect my iPod to iTunes

Now, every time you connect your iPod / iPhone to iTunes, proceed as follows:

Sort its songs by rating and delete all the ones with 1-2 stars

Click the Unrated playlist in iTunes left panel and remove the newly rated songs from it, which will only remove them from the playlist, not from your iPod

By regularly proceeding this way, you will quickly improve your iPod music library and the pleasure of listening to it

Discover great new songs and get them for free

In iTunes, click the Genius button in the lower-right corner of the program

Log in to the iTunes Music Store with your Apple ID (create one if necessary) and let iTunes gather information about your music library

Now, sort your iPod songs by rating and play any songs with 5 stars

iTunes will suggest associated music in its Genius right panel
You can listen to these songs for free by clicking the Play button

From then on, you can either buy those songs from the Music Store, but you can also get them for free with a very simple technique

Download any song for free

Search for the song you like in YouTube

Start playing it

Copy (CTRL+C) the address of the video from your web browser (in the address bar on top of your screen), which should look like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=randomcharacters

Paste this address (CTRL+V) on YouTube-MP3 click Convert Video and then Download

The soundtrack of the YouTube video will end up in your Download folder or on your Desktop

From there, you can drag it to your iPod and / or iTunes

Make sure you also drag the song to the "Unrated" playlist of your iPod for future selection (see above)

Notes & possible issues

Legal notice:

Uploading copyrighted material, for example music, to YouTube and / or grabbing soundtracks from YouTube videos are both illegal

Do it at your own risk or preferably purchase entirely legal music from the Apple Music Store

Artists deserve to be retributed for their work

This website does not endorse any responsibility for the use you make of facilities offered throughout the Internet

As you probably noticed these days, more and more hipsters are wearing massive headphones on the street to listen to their iPhone

Interested by this new trend, obviously brewed by advertising / marketing specialists to make you spend some extra bucks, we felt the need to have a closer look at what's available out there and put things in perspective between show-off looks and authentic sound quality

As music lovers, we did not worry much about esthetic considerations, but instead focused mainly on acoustic performance, comfort and price

We tested these models on our own iPod / iPhone with no consideration for their performance with high end hi-fi systems, as the purpose of this test is definitely to figure out which headphones perform best with iPhone, iPod and mp3 songs

Sorted by best results

Grado SR 60i

Definitely our winner!

Pros

Amazing sound quality for the price
Considered as the best headphones under $100 by many
Relatively lightweight

Cons

You got to like its looks, we do

$79

Audio-Technica ATH-M50

We've had a hard time deciding between the Grado SR 60i and these amazing headphones!
It's really up to you and to your personal preference

Pros

Awesome sound quality at a still reasonable price
Sumptuous basses
Good looking
Very comfortable

Cons

Relatively weak sound, but nothing serious

$159

Sennheiser HD 25-1 II

Pros

A legend in the world of studio recording
Pleasantly lightweight for street listening
Virtually unbreakable and designed to be easily repaired
Exceptional sound quality
Extreme sound isolation

Cons

Can become uncomfortable after a while due to the tight pressure for noise cancellation
Pretty odd look
Very powerful bass can justify some EQ fine tuning

$199

Sennheiser HD 650

Pros

Go for these headphones if you are looking for a smooth sound with loads of details

Cons

Expensive

$499

Denon AH-D2000

Pros

Great isolation
Good looking

Cons

Relatively heavy and bulky

$329

Sennheiser HD 600

Pros

Nearly the same sound quality as the 650 for $100 less

Cons

Less smooth sound than its big brother though

$399

AKG K 701

Pros

Outstanding sound definition
Exceptional precision
Worth some hundreds of bucks more

Cons

You got to cope with its looks when strolling down the streets
More targeted to high end listeners than to mp3 players

$278

AKG K 702

Pros

Very close quality to the 701
Fantastic details throughout all the audio spectrum

Cons

A bit too massive and bulky for street listening
Hard to appreciate the quality of such cans with mp3 files

$289

Shure SRH440

Pros

Phenomenal sound quality for the price
Very comfortable
Well built
Easily foldable

Cons

Relatively heavy

$89

Sennheiser PX 200-II

Pros

Amazing sound quality for the price tag!
Lightweight and very comfortable
Convenient in-line volume control, easily foldable

Cons

A bit pricey for a relatively small model

$65

Conclusion

All models introduced today are just stunning and only you can take the final decision based on your personal expectations: look, weight, sound preferences, budget, etc

We would definitely recommend both the Grado SR 60i and the Audio-Technica ATH-M50 for their exceptional overall performance, looks and reasonable weight and size

Plus, these two models received positive feedback from users wherever we looked on the Internet

Several HTC, Samsung and other Android phones readers asked if it's possible to

Synchronize iTunes music and playlists to Android based devices

Yes it is and it's actually quite simple

This is how

• First off, let's connect Android Phone to Computer
• Pull down the notification bar and tap Charge only, then Disk drive
• Now, you'll need a free program called DoubleTwist to transfer iTunes library to Android
• Download it from here, install it on your computer and create an account
• Open DoubleTwist, you should see your Droid phone in the Devices section of the left panel
• Then, under Playlists, click Playlists setup and check the Import iTunes Playlists option in the program's main window, finally click Import
• Now, to get iTunes playlists to sync to Android smartphone, select your Android device under the Devices section and click on the Music tab in the program's main window
• Check the "Sync music with this device" option
  Note: as you can see, you can either sync all iTunes playlists with Android Phone or sync selected iTunes playlists with Android Phone
• Finally, click the Sync button in the lower-right corner and you're all set!
  All your iTunes music, playlists and other library data and files have been transferred to your Android telephone

Notes & possible issues

This procedure will not transfer DRM protected songs to Android

If you want to be able to transfer all songs from iTunes to Android, you will need to purchase the iTunes+ version of your DRM protected songs

As iPhone 4S users inevitably noticed, photos taken using the side volume button as a shutter button are displayed sideways and even inverted by 180°

There is no immediate solution other than using the iPhone's screen button to take photos until a new version of iOS comes with a fix

For your photos that are already inverted, we introduce here an iPhone 4S Upside-down photos solution that allows you to batch rotate iPhone 4S upside down pictures

To rotate all these iPhone 4S pics, we've selected a free software

You can make your choice among numerous free batch editing softwares for both PC and Mac

We finally opted for BIMP Lite

Let's get started

• First off, you will need to Transfer Photos from iPhone to Computer
• Then download BIMP Lite, open and install it
• Using this application is pretty straightforward
  • Browse your computer in the left panel until you find the folder that contains your photos
  • Click on it
  • BIMP Lite automatically selects all the photos in this folder in the right side panel
  • Now, in the upper-left corner of the program, click Images -> Rotate Image and select 180°
  • Then click Start at the bottom of the program and...

Voilà! All your iPhone 4S upside down photos are now fixed

Notes and possible issues

• Beware that BIMP Lite has a little bug
  It will rotate even the pictures that are just highlighted in the right panel, even if their checkbox is not checked
  So, make sure only a picture you want to rotate is highlighted when you click Rotate Image