Newbie in Pacific Palisades, CA

oldtrlrnr · Aug 22, 2013

Hello, all,

I just joined this forum, because I have a problem on my iPhone 4S for which I'm looking for a solution - it involves photos. The welcome message suggested that I post a note here to let you know about myself, so that's what I'm doing.

I am a retired IT professional, fairly new to iPhones. My kids & I traded in our Blackberries for iPhones about a year ago. We love them for their vastly better Internet viewing ability and their cameras, which are amazing, considering the tiny lenses. I am not a big Mac guy, don't have an iPad or MacBook - I have always used Windows on PC's. I don't use iCloud, but do sync my calendar, contacts, etc., with Outlook on my laptop, via iTunes. I don't collect music on my iPhone - when I play music on it, I just use Youtube.

That's about it, unless you'd like to hear about my boring personal life.

Bob Peitzke
Pacific Palisades, CA

tintbob · Aug 23, 2013

Welcome
Have to say, as it's free, you might as well use the cloud.
I don't sync music, but having had my 4s changed twice by Apple under warranty, it was a joy to see my phone restored from the cloud before I left the Apple Store, it was almost the same as before ( cloud does not back up the numerous wifi passwords you have )

My two cents

smalltowngirl13 · Aug 23, 2013

Hello and welcome to the forum Bob!

VTR · Aug 23, 2013

Jrome.brooks · Aug 23, 2013

Welcome fellow Cali member

EWyatt · Aug 23, 2013

Hi, and welcome Bob. FYI, boring isn't so bad. Less stress.

oldtrlrnr · Aug 23, 2013

tintbob said:
Welcome
Have to say, as it's free, you might as well use the cloud.
I don't sync music, but having had my 4s changed twice by Apple under warranty, it was a joy to see my phone restored from the cloud before I left the Apple Store, it was almost the same as before ( cloud does not back up the numerous wifi passwords you have )

My two cents

Hi, TintBob,

I did backup my old iPhone to my PC, not to iCloud. Shouldn't it back up the same stuff, differing only in location?

You might want to read my thread, "Copied saved photos to new iPhone 4s, but they do not
show up in Camera Roll", in the iPhone 4S forum.

Bob in Pacific Palisades