Seeking advice on syncing between 32GB and 16GB iDevices

I recently got a 16GB iPhone 6, as a partner for my 32GB iPod Touch 4. Here's how I decided to go.

I restored the iPod to factory settings, and did not install any apps. I use it as my main music player.

I have one small playlist of music on the phone, and all my apps like iCatcher, Digit-Eyes, KNFB Reader and so on.

I use the same iTunes library, and manage apps and music and data sync'ing via iTunes. Because I have all my music on the devices in playlists, I can easily control which stuff goes where.

In my case, I don't want any apps on the iPod, so I made sure that I unchecked the box in its App screen to automatically install new apps.

In iTunes, each device has its own screen, and its own configuration settings. There is no need for you to have two iTunes libraries in order to keep things straight. Believe it or not, this is one case where iTunes is rather simple to deal with.

Hello,
I had this dilemma as well. What I did was create two windows login profiles. One profile was for iPad and the other was for iPhone. I wanted certain apps and certain songs on each device. This solution works perfectly for me as each profile allowed me to have different settings.

Skipping iTunes was not an option for me since I wanted to make sure my stuff was backed up and didn’t want to use iCloud. I am paranoid about putting my stuff on the net.

Good luck.

I'm confused as to what the benefit of multiple log on accounts are for multiple devices. In iTunes, each device is controlled independently, so what is gained with the extra hassle of multiple log on accounts?
I'm not trying to be rude. I'm really curious...

Hello,

I have a 16GB iPhone and a 64GB iPad.

With the iPad, I keep most of my music library in addition to audio books. Plenty of apps too since I am not bound by storage constraints.

On my iPhone, I don’t have much free space so I don’t store much music or books on it. When I finish a book or get tired of the music on it, I simply log into my iPhone profile, select all the songs and audio books and delete. I don’t have to select each song. I just do a CTRL A then delete all of it. Then I go to my file folder on the local drive and copy and paste the songs and books I will listen to next.

In addition, the apps are better organized for me. On the iPad, the apps are automatically installed whereas on the iPhone, they are not.

I know there were other reasons why I went this route but I can’t remember them right now.

Yes, You can have totally separate control over which apps are on your phone and iPod. When you load iTunes, you select which device to interact with. As long as you have the check box for "add new apps automatically," or something like that, unchecked, you can download an app on one device, without it being added to the other.

Each app has its own app settings, so you can have iPod apps on the iPod, and iPhone apps on the phone. They maintain independent backups, and can be restored, if needed, individually.
iTunes does not treat them as clones of each other.

To find the device settings, here's what i do.

Fire up i Tunes.
Connect either, or both, devices.
Use F6 to move to the search box.
Then use Tab until you hear a devices button.
Hit Enter on that button and select the device you want to manage.
You can then F6 to the tree of various screens like Summary, Music, Info, and down arrow to apps.
Use F6 to get to the Apps section of the device screen.
You can down arrow through the apps list and check or uncheck apps you want installed or uninstalled to the device.
After this apps tree you will find the box I mentioned about automatically install new apps.

F6 to the listing that tells you how many audio, photos, apps, and other data amounts are.
Tab to the Sync button, and whack it confidently.

I could tell you were having trouble with the concept, and I was having trouble thinking of how to better express myself. The "clone" was the ticket. See you in that other topic.