The Braseltons

It is a little cheat that I do because I am impatient and don’t want to wait all day to sync podcasts. Ok, I know that I have a good backup of my phone. Whoopee. I know that the photos are in iPhoto anyway. I know the music is in iTunes. So, is a backup every time needed? I think not.

This works on the Mac and iTunes. I have not tried Windows. If you find that it works, let us know in the comments.

Ok, I connect the phone. Joy. iTunes sees the phone and the “Sync” button is available. Press the “Sync” button and watch the bar at the top (do not switch applications). It will say “Syncing…”. In a few seconds it says “Backing up…” (as the image below). Well, when the “Backing up…” comes up, count off 5 seconds. One-one thousand, two-one thousand, three-one thousand, four-one thousand and five-one thousand. Now, press the X on the right of that little display. ONLY PRESS IT ONCE or it will cancel everything. Wait a second and it will go past the backup and move on to the important Sync operation. Voila! Time saved!

Count 5 seconds when you see this and then press the X ONCE!