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Fixing slow iTunes sync of iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad (the backup issue)

Aron — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:10:10 +0000

Update October: As you can see from the comments this solution does work for most users with iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch. Please leave a comment, which App causes the slow backup.

Since months I searched for a solution to fix the slow iPhone sync without restoring my iPhone or having to reinstall all my Apps. Finally I found a surprisingly easy solution, covert and buried in an Apple support forum thread. So I decided to write this down here, also to better remember how to fix it the next time… ;)
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Why the web used to need Flash (and might not need it anymore)

Aron — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:14:29 +0000

Undoubtedly Flash put the web to another level. With Flash there was finally the ability to create content with user experience not dictated by a markup language (HTML) but freeform, whatever the user liked, whatever the best usability was, whatever the IA / designer / programmer thought was best. This made the web big, this made Flash big.

However, times have changed. Flash is no longer the only technology to achieve all this. HTML5 can do some of it, JavaScript can do some of it, other proprietary platform like the iPhone and iPad can do some of it.

We all agree that Apple keeping back a hole bunch of cool content from the users by not putting Flash on their devices. On one hand they are doing it for “evil” business interests. They want to push their own gaming platform and don’t want all online Flash games on the web to be playable on their device. On the other hand they have good reasons: The iPhone was not powerful enough to render and display demanding Flash content.

flash on your iPhone … soon!

Phil — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:37:02 +0000

I just read an article about the upcoming release of Apple’s iPhone SDK – it said that the SDK is also including Flash support … fingers crossed.

That’s what we were all waiting for … there are going to be some amazing new Flash applications on the iPhone.

Cheers