Nowadays Wifi connections become one of the best features of IOS 5 for wireless synchronization and backup of your data. Application transfer activities, music, books, contacts, calendars, movies, photos you can do without using a cable but via radio waves. Devices that can support this feature must IOS 5 as iPhone 3G, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad 2, and ipod touch generation 3 & 4.
Wireless syncing 5 and iTunes requires IOS 10.5 or later, be sure you have installed Both before Attempting to enable syncing through wi-fi or else the option will not be visible. This setup process is the same on Mac OS X and Windows, and is fully compatible with Both if you are syncing to the different platforms.
Set Up Wireless Syncing in iTunes IOS 10.5 & 5 for the iPhone, iPad, & iPod
You’ll have to connect your IOS devices to your computer to set it up, but after-wire That you’re free with the exception of charging the battery hardwares.
From iTunes 5.10 +
Connect the IOS devices to the computer
Open iTunes and click on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch from the left side of the window
Click on the “Summary” tab in iTunes
Scroll down and click the checkbox next to “Sync with this iPhone over Wi-Fi” (or iPad or iPod touch)
Enable wireless syncing in IOS 5 for the iPhone and the iPad
With the iTunes side enabled, now pick up the IOS device to finish the process:
From IOS 5
Launch the “Settings” and tap on the “General”
Tap on “iTunes Wi-Fi Sync”
Select the computer you set up wi-fi syncing on iTunes in the prior step
Tap on the “Sync” button to start the wireless syncing
You can also double-check That this is working by disconnecting the iPhone or iPad and then choosing the “Sync” option from iTunes on the Mac or PC, you’ll see the familiar sync screen on your device.
Using Wi-Fi Syncing with IOS 5
Once wi-fi syncing is enabled and set up properly, the will of IOS devices Wirelessly sync automatically any time the hardware is connected to a power source, including the USB cable, speaker docks, or Otherwise. Will this process also backup your iPhone or iPad automatically and Wirelessly. Other than That automatic process, you can also initiate manual backups and syncing from the iPhone / iPad or from iTunes on the Mac or PC:
Start a Wireless Sync from the IOS 5 Device
Tap to “Settings”> “General”> “iTunes Wi-Fi Sync” and tap on the ‘Sync’ button
Start Wi-Fi Sync from iPhone
At any point you can cancel this by tapping the “Cancel Sync” button.
Start Syncing Wirelessly from iTunes on a Mac or PC
If you want to initiate a manual sync, you can continue do so by selecting That button within iTunes.
Start a wireless sync in iTunes to IOS devices
If you want to really take advantage of wi-fi syncing and the PC-free experience, do not forget to sign up for iCloud too. You can follow our guide on setting up iCloud here, it’s very easy and free for the first 5GB of cloud storage with Apple.
Troubleshooting Problems with Wireless Syncing
There’s a variety of potential issues and fixes, Apple has A Few provides helpful tips if you run into any issues:
Verify the IOS device is running IOS 5 and the PC or Mac is running iTunes 5.10 or later
Quit and relaunch iTunes
Restart the iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch
Reset the wireless router
Verify the IOS device is connected to the same Wi-Fi network as the Mac / PC
Check for network interference from cordless phones, metal barriers, interfering wi-fi signals, microwaves, etc
Verify firewall settings And that TCP ports 123 and 3689 in Addition to UDP ports 123 and 5353 are open and accessible (these are ports iTunes uses)
There does not seem to be any Limitation on the number of iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch devices, That can be used with this, although you may run into the traditional limits of Macs or PC’s that an IOS devices can be linked to.
Source : osxdaily
