My iPhone 5s has been acting glitchy for the last few weeks, losing calendar entries, not updating reminders, etc. Took it to Apple store on Thursday and after a bit the tech guy said I needed to restore the phone to factory defaults and then reload all my stuff. Bummer.
So, did that today, on the phone with Verizon tech support. As part of that, I had to upgrade the iOS to 8.xx - I was still on 7.xx.
Well, it didn't help with the calendar entries - those are still missing from before Feb 26, 2015. The missing ones are the one-off events, not recurring. Anything that was set to repeat daily, weekly,monthly, yearly are still there. The missing ones are the specific-to-that-time/day events, such as "interview for job" or "go to thrift shop" etc.
They're all in iCloud still. I can see them here when I log in to iCloud. So, ok. I'd like to get them onto my phone, but at least they're *somewhere.*
But - what's really bugging me is that all my voice memos were wiped off my phone during the software upgrade or the restore to default. And some of them were special - such as my old cat Patches, now dead, meowing. She had a loud, distinctive meow, and I still played it back sometimes. I want it back.
In iTunes on my MacBook Pro, it shows up under "iPad" in the left column, at the bottom. 20 of them there, with the names and lengths. But there is no voice memo app native to iPad - so where are those recordings? I can't find a way to get them out of iTunes and into my phone again.
Or can I save them to iTunes somehow? At least have them safe ...
I have another appt with the Apple genius bar next week, but it's 30 miles away. I'd prefer to not go if I don't have to ... but I want my Patches' meows back.
Any ideas? On the lost calendar entries or the lost voice memos? Thanks.
The Verizon tech guy said I could get everything back, but apparently not ...
So, did that today, on the phone with Verizon tech support. As part of that, I had to upgrade the iOS to 8.xx - I was still on 7.xx.
Well, it didn't help with the calendar entries - those are still missing from before Feb 26, 2015. The missing ones are the one-off events, not recurring. Anything that was set to repeat daily, weekly,monthly, yearly are still there. The missing ones are the specific-to-that-time/day events, such as "interview for job" or "go to thrift shop" etc.
They're all in iCloud still. I can see them here when I log in to iCloud. So, ok. I'd like to get them onto my phone, but at least they're *somewhere.*
But - what's really bugging me is that all my voice memos were wiped off my phone during the software upgrade or the restore to default. And some of them were special - such as my old cat Patches, now dead, meowing. She had a loud, distinctive meow, and I still played it back sometimes. I want it back.
In iTunes on my MacBook Pro, it shows up under "iPad" in the left column, at the bottom. 20 of them there, with the names and lengths. But there is no voice memo app native to iPad - so where are those recordings? I can't find a way to get them out of iTunes and into my phone again.
Or can I save them to iTunes somehow? At least have them safe ...
I have another appt with the Apple genius bar next week, but it's 30 miles away. I'd prefer to not go if I don't have to ... but I want my Patches' meows back.
Any ideas? On the lost calendar entries or the lost voice memos? Thanks.
The Verizon tech guy said I could get everything back, but apparently not ...
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