So I kind of have a mess here and any help in solving my issues would be much appreciated. I just got an iPhone 5, and I'm trying to figure out contacts and music. I thought it wouldn't be a problem because I have a iMac G5 at home with 10.4.11, thinking I could upgrade the OSX, but now I'm being told I can't and basically my iPhone just won't work with that computer. I also have another home computer running Ubuntu 8.04 with Windows Vista running in Virtualbox. Here's what I need to do:
1) Take my 1500 work contacts from an iMac OSX 10.8.1 in the new "Contacts" program (formerly Address Book on older Macs) and put them on my iPhone 5, and possibly my home computer as well, however not really necessary.
2) I want to keep my personal 500 contacts on my iPhone (which were transfered from my old cell phone) - the 1500 can be merged on the iPhone, that's fine. But I can't plug in the iPhone to the iMac OSX 10.8.1 because then it will merge my personal 500 contacts on the iMac, and I can't do that because other iPhones are accessing these contacts on the iMac, and I don't want the 500 personal contacts on the other phones.
The 500 personal contacts I will be updating periodically on my phone, so they don't actually need to be in a computer (however I would like to back them up). The 1500 work contacts I will be updating periodically on the iMAC, therefore, say once a month, I will need to reupload the 1500 contacts to my iPhone so it is up-to-date.
So is there a way I can do this on Ubuntu or through Windows Vista in virtualbox?
3) I want to be able to take my iTunes music (some of it not from iTunes, for instance, some of it I turned from personal CD's into music files) and put it on my iPhone. I believe I can just use the iTunes program in Windows Vista on Virtualbox for this, correct? And will iTunes allow me to change .m4a files into a playable file in iTunes?
I'm basically trying to figure out if keeping the iPhone 5 is worth it, or if I should trade it in for something else. My whole reason for getting it was for contacts and music. I thought I had it figured out because of the old Mac computer at home, but it has a PC Power Processor which won't upgrade to Leopard OS, therefore it won't read my new iPhone 5.
If anyone has suggestions how I can accomplish this, it would be most appreciated.
1) Take my 1500 work contacts from an iMac OSX 10.8.1 in the new "Contacts" program (formerly Address Book on older Macs) and put them on my iPhone 5, and possibly my home computer as well, however not really necessary.
2) I want to keep my personal 500 contacts on my iPhone (which were transfered from my old cell phone) - the 1500 can be merged on the iPhone, that's fine. But I can't plug in the iPhone to the iMac OSX 10.8.1 because then it will merge my personal 500 contacts on the iMac, and I can't do that because other iPhones are accessing these contacts on the iMac, and I don't want the 500 personal contacts on the other phones.
The 500 personal contacts I will be updating periodically on my phone, so they don't actually need to be in a computer (however I would like to back them up). The 1500 work contacts I will be updating periodically on the iMAC, therefore, say once a month, I will need to reupload the 1500 contacts to my iPhone so it is up-to-date.
So is there a way I can do this on Ubuntu or through Windows Vista in virtualbox?
3) I want to be able to take my iTunes music (some of it not from iTunes, for instance, some of it I turned from personal CD's into music files) and put it on my iPhone. I believe I can just use the iTunes program in Windows Vista on Virtualbox for this, correct? And will iTunes allow me to change .m4a files into a playable file in iTunes?
I'm basically trying to figure out if keeping the iPhone 5 is worth it, or if I should trade it in for something else. My whole reason for getting it was for contacts and music. I thought I had it figured out because of the old Mac computer at home, but it has a PC Power Processor which won't upgrade to Leopard OS, therefore it won't read my new iPhone 5.
If anyone has suggestions how I can accomplish this, it would be most appreciated.