Recent content by Droidophobe

Thanks. I've spent about 100 hours researching this problem online and talking with Apple tech support, and no solution is forthcoming. From reading online, I see I'm not the only person with this problem. I think Apple is just trying to generate subscription revenue from Apple Music.

Been there, tried that. That function does not work because iTunes will not recognize those songs. Spent many hours on the phone with Apple tech support and was finally told that this prohibition was a new thing and that if I wanted to play my "non-iTunes-purchased" MP3's on my phone, I needed...

I recently moved from a BB Z10 to an iPhone 8, and one of my biggest disappointments was finding that iTunes and the native music player would not allow me to transfer my music from my PC to my new phone if the songs hadn't been purchased through iTunes originally. I have to have my music on my...

What app/program do you use to sync Safari with PC's then? Apple discontinued Safari for Windows a few years ago.

I've been using XMarks to sync my bookmarks across browsers and devices, but LastPass just announcing they're killing this program off on May 1st. Is anyone using a good alternative that will let me sync bookmarks between my iPhone/iPad and Firefox on PC's? I tried to set up iCloud, but I...

I tried the GMail app but found it only offered Conversation View in its inbox, which made me crazy, so I went back to the native Mail app and figured out how to set it to push, and with Auto-Lock enabled, that vastly improved the battery life so I only need to charge it at night now. Thank you.

All right, I enabled Auto-Lock and downloaded the Gmail app. I desperately need to keep Gmail/Google out of my phone's contacts and calendar, so I hope that works with this app. Where is the fetch setting for the native Email if I have to revert to that? Does a hard reboot wipe my data like...

I recently got a iPhone 8, which is my first experience with Apple products. The battery life seems unacceptably poor to me. The battery drains from fully charged to 25% or so with just light use (Email and making calendar entries) within 3-4 hrs. Last night the battery was at 97% when I went...

Thank you for clarifying all that.

So I can't sync directly to Outlook on my laptop at all, only using iCloud? I guess I should have asked about Email too. I have a Gmail account. Does an iPhone have push Email like BB does? Sorry for all the questions, but I need to get out of the cesspool that US Cellular has become and...

No, I'm syncing directly to Outlook on my laptop via USB. No cloud, nor do I want to use a cloud-based system. Thanks.

I have a related question, except I'm coming from Blackberry where I can sync my organizer (contacts, calendar, memos, tasks) directly to Outlook on my Windows laptop. Would I be able to sync the same organizer info from an iPhone to my laptop? Or would I have to use Outlook.com, 365, or some...