How to connect iPhone to iTunes Windows PC
If you are wondering how to connect iPhone to iTunes, you need to know that the procedure is quick and easy. After downloading Apple's famous multimedia software on your PC Windows, you just need to connect the two devices using the appropriate cable and authorize the connection. How to do? I'll explain it to you right away!
Preliminary operation
As you well know, to connect an iPhone to a computer it is necessary iTunes. If the program in question is not yet installed on your PC, you need to download it from the Microsoft Store or Apple's official website.
To download iTunes on Windows 10, start the Microsoft Store (the shopping bag icon with the Windows flag), click on the item Research, top right, write "iTunes”In the field Search and press the icon of magnifying glass. In the search results, click the entry iTunes and, in the new screen displayed, press the buttons Get e Install, to start its download and installation.
If, on the other hand, you are using an older version of Windows, start the browser installed on your computer (eg. Google Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge etc.), connected to the official Apple website and click on the button Download iTunes for Windows now, to start the download.
Once the download is complete, double-click the file iTunesSetup.exe and follow the instructions shown on the screen to complete the software installation. For the detailed procedure, you can read my guide on how to download iTunes.
How to connect new iPhone to iTunes
connect a new iPhone to iTunes, take the Lightning cable supplied (the same one you use to charge your phone), insert one end into the appropriate input on the iPhone and the other end into one of the USB inputs on your computer.
Once this is done, you must authorize the connection between the two devices (operation to be carried out only the first time): then click on the button Continue displayed in iTunes, then take your iPhone, tap on the item Authorize and type il unlock code of the latter. If all went well, the icon will appear on iTunes phone, top left, to indicate that your iPhone is connected.
At this point, click on the icon in question, to view the screen related to your iPhone and perform the operations of your interest. In the section iPhone, you can view the data relating to your "iPhone by" (Capacity, Phone Number e Serial number), check for new updates and, by pressing the appropriate button, restore iPhone to factory settings.
In the BackupInstead, you can either make an iPhone backup (to computer or iCloud) or manually restore a previous backup. Also, by selecting the items Music, Videos, Gallery etc., visible in the sidebar on the left, and clicking on the button Synchronize, you can sync iPhone with iTunes and transfer the data of your interest.
How to connect iPhone to iTunes Wi-Fi
How do you say? You would like to know if it is possible connect iPhone to iTunes over Wi-Fi? If so, the answer is yes. All you have to do is make a first connection between the two devices using the Lightning cable and activate the function that allows wireless synchronization.
To proceed, connect your iPhone and computer with the Lightning cable, launch iTunes and click on the del icon phone located at the top left, then locate the section options, put the check mark next to the item Sync with iPhone via Wi-Fi and press pulsating Apply, per salvare I modified it.
At this point, you're ready to connect iPhone and iTunes without using the cable, as long as the two devices are connected to the same wireless network and are nearby.
How to connect iPhone to iTunes with broken screen
If you are wondering if it is can connect iPhone to iTunes with broken screen, you will be glad to know that the answer is yes, as long as you have already connected the two devices at least once and have authorized the connection, both on iTunes and on the iPhone.
If this is the case for you, all you need to do is connect your phone to the computer using the Lightning cable (if you have activated the wireless connection, even without using the cable) and, if your intention is to recover your iPhone data, start the backup by clicking on the option Back up now. In that regard, my guide on how to recover photos from iPhone with broken display may be useful.
If, on the other hand, you've never connected your iPhone to your computer, I'm sorry to tell you that iTunes cannot be used. In fact, as mentioned in the previous paragraphs, to allow the two devices to communicate with each other, it is also necessary to press the button Authorize appeared on your phone screen. If so, all you can do is replace the iPhone glass.
How to connect iPhone to iTunes on Mac
connect iPhone to iTunes on Mac us macOS 10.14 Mojave or earlier, all you need to do is physically connect the two devices using the Lightning cable, start iTunes and authorize the connection by pressing the buttons Continue e Authorize appeared, respectively, on the computer and on the phone screen, as I indicated in the paragraphs dedicated to the connection between iPhone and Windows PC.
Be, invent, use macOS 10.15 Catalina or later, you need to know that iTunes has been separated into applications Music, e TV and that the configuration and synchronization procedure with iOS and iPadOS devices has been integrated into the Finder.
Having said that, connect iPhone and Mac using the Lightning cable, click on the icon of Finder (The smiling face) located in the Dock bar, locate the section Positions visible in the sidebar on the left and press on the item iPhone. At this point, if it is the first connection between the two devices, press the button Authorize visible on both Mac and your iPhone screen and that's it.
It will be useful to know that the features are the same as in iTunes, even if the individual options (Generali, Music, Videos, TV, Gallery etc.) are visible in the top menu and no longer in the left sidebar.
How to connect iPhone to iTunes
