{"id":11581,"date":"2010-06-10T20:23:35","date_gmt":"2010-06-10T20:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/?p=11581"},"modified":"2010-06-10T20:23:35","modified_gmt":"2010-06-10T20:23:35","slug":"disable-automatic-sync-itunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amitbhawani.com\/blog\/disable-automatic-sync-itunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop Automatic Sync on Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whenever i connect any of the Apple Devices be it Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod all of which i own, i find that the iTunes application starting syncing it and because of this the computer gets slower and also i cannot access my device for a few minutes. Initially it syncs and then starts taking a backup of all the data which is loaded in the device. Is it possible to make sure that the Automatic sync is temporarily stopped or permanently stopped?<\/p>\n

The options of syncing the data with your device and the computer is actually something which is useful to the users because you can always have a backup of all the music, photos, podcasts, videos and applications. Though this can also be a issue to users who regularly connect their devices. Here are a few options you can implement to disable the automatic sync option and re-enable it in the future whenever you want to.<\/p>\n

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Connect the Apple device to your computerer and run the iTunes Application. Next under the iTunes Edit > Preferences > Devices , you will find all the devices and the backups which were previously generated earlier on your computer. Next Check on the option ‘Prevent iPods, iPhones, and iPads from syncing automatically box’.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whenever i connect any of the Apple Devices be it Apple iPad, iPhone or iPod all of which i own, i find that the iTunes application starting syncing it and because of this the computer gets slower and also i cannot access my device for a few minutes. 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