Questions about the iMac

[yoshibirdofan]

1. I have an iPhone 4S with alot of important photos, contacts, apps, etc., and I really cant lose that data. I'm getting the iMac next month for my birthday. Will my mac erase everything thats on my phone, or can i transfer the data from my iPhone? thanks!

2. Is an upgrade from 4GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM truly necessary?


Thanks!!!!!

 

[GGJstudios]

1. I have an iPhone 4S with alot of important photos, contacts, apps, etc., and I really cant lose that data.

iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer

2. Is an upgrade from 4GB of RAM to 8GB of RAM truly necessary?

That depends on your normal workload. For many, if not most users, 4GB is plenty. To determine if you can benefit from more RAM, launch Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab at the bottom to check your page outs. Page outs are cumulative since your last restart, so the best way to check is to restart your computer and track page outs under your normal workload (the apps, browser pages and documents you normally would have open). If your page outs are significant (say 1GB or more) under normal use, you may benefit from more RAM. If your page outs are zero or very low during normal use, you probably won't see any performance improvement from adding RAM.

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor

 

[yoshibirdofan]

iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer

That depends on your normal workload. For many, if not most users, 4GB is plenty. To determine if you can benefit from more RAM, launch Activity Monitor and click the System Memory tab at the bottom to check your page outs. Page outs are cumulative since your last restart, so the best way to check is to restart your computer and track page outs under your normal workload (the apps, browser pages and documents you normally would have open). If your page outs are significant (say 1GB or more) under normal use, you may benefit from more RAM. If your page outs are zero or very low during normal use, you probably won't see any performance improvement from adding RAM.

Mac OS X: Reading system memory usage in Activity Monitor

I already have my data synced to my HP Laptop. If I just buy more storage on iCloud, how can I transfer photos to iphoto without losing data on my iPhone?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

I already have my data synced to my HP Laptop. If I just buy more storage on iCloud, how can I transfer photos to iphoto without losing data on my iPhone?

Maybe DeTune, the successor to exPod can help.

 

[yoshibirdofan]

Maybe DeTune, the successor to exPod can help.

Thanks!! That helps for Music and stuff, but what about photos?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Thanks!! That helps for Music and stuff, but what about photos?

The photos you took with your iPhone?

 

[yoshibirdofan]

The photos you took with your iPhone?

Yes, and my contacts and apps

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Yes, and my contacts and apps

So this didn't help then?

iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer​

 

[yoshibirdofan]

So this didn't help then?

iOS: How to transfer or sync content to your computer​

Oh, wait, I can sync photos and contacts on my phone to the iMac, even though they've been previously synced to my current HP laptop?

 

[GGJstudios]

Oh, wait, I can sync photos and contacts on my phone to the iMac, even though they've been previously synced to my current HP laptop?

Did you bother to read the linked info when I first posted it?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Oh, wait, I can sync photos and contacts on my phone to the iMac, even though they've been previously synced to my current HP laptop?

It seems that way, unless the photos were synched from your computer to the phone. As you only did it the other way around, it is possible to do so. Wait, let me read that again and again and again.

 

[krzykat]

Can't you at least put the pictures on your iCloud account? I have an iMac and know it offers to put my photos on iCloud which is nice, but since I only have one Apple device, not super helpful for me.