Resolved Dont Want to Lose Apps & Data - Moving to new Mac

[abhic]

Hello,
Here's System A

• MacBook
• 10.6.7
• iTunes 10.2.1
• Authorized for iTunes A/C & Signed In
• All Music & Apps Downloaded and Available

Here's System B

• MacBook Pro
• 10.6.7
• 10.2.1
• Authorized for iTunes A/C & Signed In
• All Music & Apps Downloaded and Available

My phone

• iPhone 4 32GB
• 4.3.1

I have synced the following successfully from System A to System B

• Bookmarks
• Contacts
• Notes
• Music

Now I need to sync my Apps without losing any of the apps, their settings, their data & their folders. Here's what I tried to do and failed

• Connected iPhone to System B
• Backed Up iPhone on System B
• Reset Warnings
• Restored from Back Up (the new one I made)
• Selected items in 'Info','Music','TV Shows' & 'Photos' sections individually which merged & erased/synced (music) others
• Selected 'Apps' and the 'Erase & Sync' warning scared me off

How can I do this successfully?

Thank you.

Update - Fixed All I had to do was select the apps I already had and just sync again. It did say it would do an Erase & Sync, but it didn't erase anything.

 

[Small White Car]

It sounds like you didin't know about Migration Assistant:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4413

Next time you move to a new Mac, just use that. It's way easier than trying to do everything manually like you did.

 

[abhic]

Hey
I did. But it was a brand new SSD and I didn't want to migrate. Preferred a fresh install.