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Old November 5th 16, 05:22 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-8,comp.sys.mac.system
Alan Browne
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Default Unlinking phone and computer

On 2016-11-05 12:54, Ken Springer wrote:
Yes, this is cross posted to Mac and Windows. LOL So don't forget to
hit "Reply All" when answering this post.

A friend of mine has linked her SO's iPhone 6S, I think, to his Windows
8.1 computer. She did this trying to get the contacts from his old
pre-Android Verizon phone to the iPhone. She thinks she did this by
using Bluetooth, which makes no sense to me.

Don't ask me why she did this, and I don't want to ask! LOL

I have a previous thread in the Mac group about getting the contacts moved.

Now she would like to break that link between the two. I'm sure it can
be done. I use a Tracphone (mobile devices don't work where I live) and
have no other devices that will sync, and actually no reason to do so.

Her searches on the web have been unsuccessful, and she is smarter than
the average user.

Since I don't use any devices that do this, I don't know what terms to
use for searching to find out how to do this.

Anyone know of a good web site that has easy to follow instructions for
her?


The "connector" is iTunes, methinks.

Log off of the iTunes (Apple) account in the iTunes on that machine. I
believe that will do it, but any backups of the iPhone (if any) on that
computer will remain there (encrypted or not).

To delete those (if required)
https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/delete-...ackups-itunes/ not sure how
up to date that is.

IIRC to "connect" an iPhone to iTunes the physical cable had to be
present. So she would have had to do that as a first step.

She may also have used 3rd party s/w to do it - which is another kettle
of fish.

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She hummed to herself because she was an unrivaled botcher of lyrics.
-Nick (Gone Girl), Gillian Flynn.
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