Just got my first MAC (i need help with iPhone)

[alhajis]

Hi all, I had the first iPhone and then upgrade to the 3G and now i want to upgrade to the 3Gs but I'm afraid that I'll loose all my data. I always sync with a pc but now i want to start syncing with my MBP, I was able to sync my contacts by merging the iphone and MBP contacts, I was able to subscribe to all the podcast that i had on my pc and just sync podcast on the MBP. My problem now is TEXT and APPS... I want to keep all my text (they are dear to me) and also i want to keep some of my apps and there settings...
These are the only 2 things that are holding me up to buy the 3Gs. I went to an AT&T store and they said they can only transfer my contacts and i'll loose all other stuff. The reason why i can upgrade is because I have 3 iphones on a family plan and i control them!!!!

[eawmp1]

Sync old phone to iTunes on mac. But new iPhone. Sync with ITunes and restore settings. Voila!

[alhajis]

Sync old phone to iTunes on mac. But new iPhone. Sync with ITunes and restore settings. Voila!

I tried that, and I got a message that says it'll erase all my data on the iPhone 3G... When I sync my contacts on the MBP, it did a backup of
my 3G... Does that mean it also backup my texts and apps?

[alhajis]

please help... i need to get the 3Gs. ASAP
thanks

[veeco3110]

sync your old phone. make sure you do a complete back up. then buy the new phone. connect your new phone to it and restore from back up. simple as that. just did that a month ago.

[eawmp1]

You COULD always try a bit of a search:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2061876&tstart=2145
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2058743&tstart=2250

[alhajis]

You Guys are getting it all wrong! If you read my first post, you'll know that what you're referring to, is not what I'm looking for. I had the original iphone and upgraded to the 3G, so I know how to move my data to a new iphone. my problem is... i always sync my iphones with a PC and now i just got a MACBOOK Pro and and i love it so much that I'm using it as my main Computer and I want to sync my new 3Gs to it but keep my old iphone's data that is on the PC? I hope I made it clear this time?? if i wanted to keep syncing with the PC, I'll get the 3Gs connect it and click on restore from backup......EASY.

Thanks for your patience...

[Nanook]

I tried that, and I got a message that says it'll erase all my data on the iPhone 3G... When I sync my contacts on the MBP, it did a backup of
my 3G... Does that mean it also backup my texts and apps?

I am certain the backup on a Mac computer (not MAC=machine address code ;) ) contains your SMSs and app settings, but have never checked if apps are synced from the phone. Easy to check though: in iTunes, click on "Applications" in the left pane and see if they are listed.

[alhajis]

I check on itunes mobile application folder on my macbook pro but it's empty..