No matter how reliable the equipment is, during its operation questions inevitably arise. Some of them are caused by software malfunctions, others are caused by electronics faults, but, fortunately, there is a category of problems that can be solved without contacting a service center or buying a new device. These are the questions most often asked in the comments, and in the Genius column we will try to help with them.
The first question is about ringing tones that are not displayed in the list after resetting the settings.
After that we enter the account data Apple Records ID, agree to the restoration and continue to work with the gadget as usual. Upon completion of the procedure, you will receive a corresponding notification, opening which you can not only download all acquired call melodies, but also automatically assign them to previously selected contacts. Of course, do not forget that if the device has ringtones copied from iTunes on a Mac or PC, in order to avoid re-download, you should disable their synchronization in this program.
The second question concerns several problems with use.
The fact is that, according to, the text in the login window is displayed in the language chosen during the installation of Mac OS X or when Mac OS X is first launched on a new Mac computer. To change this, go to our favorite application "Terminal" and enter the following command (keep in mind that you will need to have and enter an administrator password).
To set the desired language, select its number from the list and press the key.
Your humble servant also encountered the second problem described. To prevent user images from disappearing after a computer restart, you can copy them to system folder with wallpaper located at: / Library / Desktop Pictures . To do this, use a simple key combination + + [G] , enter the address in the field that appears and move the desired image by entering the administrator password. Now the picture can be set as wallpaper using context menu or the "Desktop and Screen Saver" item in the "System Settings" pane.
As you can see, this is not about failures, but rather about the features of the system, the current release of which, El Capitan, is one of the most stable in recent times.
The last question always concerns the current topic - buying a Mac abroad.
In order to buy a device with a keyboard layout different from the standard for the country, Apple online stores have a special option. To do this, select the product and go to the "Buy" section and, having decided on the desired model, we get to the configuration page. This is where the point of interest is, which allows us to select a keyboard marked up in the chosen language, as well as a user manual printed on it.
It is worth noting that the availability of this opportunity should be checked separately for each country. So, in the above, the keyboard was available for ordering, while the Finnish and American (US) sections do not offer this for some reason. With regard to buying offline, then on this occasion should contact the staff of a particular Apple Store.
As you can see, many problems with Apple technology can be solved in just a few minutes. If you encounter any of them, we recommend asking for advice in the comments to this section, because you can simplify the author’s task, and therefore speed up the receipt of the answer. Of course, the discussion welcomes mutual assistance and the exchange of ideas, which are subsequently taken into account in the preparation of issues. Enjoy your work!
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We received the following question:
Help me please!! In aytyunse accidentally spoiled the sync settings, and when connecting an iPhone, all notes were erased, nothing was saved in Mail either. Is there a chance to recover information? valuable information was gone ... thanks in advance
Scold the system iPhone sync can be long. In Apple, of course, they wanted the best, but not everything works exactly as intended. Because of this, the chances of losing valuable information on the iPhone are much higher than it seems at first glance.
Fortunately for the user, before making any changes to the contents of the iPhone , a backup is always created . This results in a scenario of actions in case of loss of information:
1) Do not take any extra actions and do NOT try to synchronize the iPhone again . In this case, iTunes finally erases the old files, and hope for recovery will be lost.
2) peek into the created backup copy and try to get your precious information out.
3) Pour the precious information back into the phone.
Please note: you can fill in the information ONLY if you have a jailbreak .
The best iPhone backup tool for Mac OS X is probably the iPhone Backup Extractor. Download it, run it and immediately see a list of all backups:
Inside each copy, the list of programs for which data is saved will be nullified. But the main point is the lowest ( iPhone OS Files ).
Click Extract , select the destination folder, and find the Library folder in it, where many system files are hidden:
Here you will find a contact book ( AddressBook ), calendars ( Calendar ), call history ( CallHistory ), mail ( Mail ), Safari bookmarks, SMS archive, and, of course, Notes ( Notes ).
The trouble is that from a computer you can not open these files. But no one bothers to pour them back to the iPhone.
For these purposes, you need it. Connect iPhone, launch DiskAid, select Root Folder in the drop-down list, and upload files (respecting the folder hierarchy) in / User / Library . Changes you will immediately see in the iPhone.
In addition to the Library folder, there is a lot more interesting in the backup. For example, everything that you shot on camera or recorded on a voice recorder will be saved in the Media folder. And in the Preferences folder are all the settings you changed.
It remains to wish you less trouble in working with the iPhone :)
Strange thing, but the second time I come across the fact that the previously purchased ringtone disappears from iPhone 5S. It seems that in my case it is connected with turning off the mobile device.
Unlike music or movies, which on the iOS technique still need to be tried to remove, ringtones, as well as sounds and audiobooks, may well disappear without a trace. For this, all the conditions. I don’t know what the developers were guided by, but if you go to the iTunes Store on the iPhone and select “More” → “Purchases”, the list of sections displayed is, to put it mildly, surprising. There are no ringtones in it! It turns out that they even have nowhere to look for.
There are no ringtones in the music section.
Also, as an option, some of the lost ringtones are recommended to look in the iTunes Store in downloads. However, if the download of the ringtone was already earlier and you used it for some time, and then it disappeared, then it does not make sense to come here.
In general, there are two options for restoring a purchased ringtone.
The first is if you are using an iPhone with a MacOS / Windows computer and synchronizing data. In this case, you can simply synchronize the purchases made earlier.
The second is to find in your e-mail a letter with a receipt from iTunes Store on the purchased ringtone. Such receipts are common after any purchases at the Apple store. They indicate the order ID, as well as the composition of the order. In addition, for each object purchased there is a link to "Report a problem." The loss of the ringtone is a reason to use such a link.
Clicking on the link we get to the official website where you will need to log in using your Apple ID . After that, we immediately find ourselves on the page for filling in the “Report a problem” form. This indicates the product with which the problem occurred.
Simply choose a topic in the drop-down list: “Content has not been downloaded, or it cannot be found”, below we briefly describe the problem, for example: “The ringtone disappeared from my phone”. Click "Send".
This message initiates a re-download of the product. True, it does not happen instantly, but there is no need to wait for eternity either. After about 5 minutes you can check the ringtone on the iPhone, it should be available for selection in the setting of sounds.
If this does not happen, then go to the iTunes Store in the "More" → "Downloads" section, it is likely that the ringtone will be downloaded again right before your eyes. After that, it certainly will be possible to choose.
I used the second option to restore the ringtone twice already. The ringtone was lost in iOS version 8.1.1. Additionally, I tried to communicate with the support service about this, but they did not say anything sensible. Honestly, they are annoying such glitches, which, apparently, no one even thinks to fix.
Posted 12/14/2014. It still happened:
Is there a chance to recover information?