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Yes, I can see why for transferring your media library, and backing up your device, you might prefer to do this over a wired connection to a PC. But it still s
by dansingerman 15y ago
Yes, I can see why for transferring your media library, and backing up your device, you might prefer to do this over a wired connection to a PC.
But it still seems a bit crazy that I need to connect to a PC to activate the device in the first place.
Connecting to a PC should be optional for if and when I want to backup, or transfer media, over a wired connection.
- alanfalcon 15y agoIf you're purchasing from an Apple retail store then they'll activate the device for you on a computer there in the store. That's still connecting to a PC, but at least it doesn't actually require owning a PC. I've heard that they'll do updates for you in store too, though you'd be running without backups in that case (and hopefully you don't live far from an Apple Store).
- ugh 15y agoThey will even ask you whether you want to immediately activate the device, you don't have to ask them. (They asked me and the three people in front of me when I picked up my iPad 2. By the way, no one wanted to activate the device immediately, no one bought Applecare and I think everyone except for me bought a cover.) That tells me that Apple seems to have recognized the ridicoulosness of the whole activation procedure but has not yet been able to change anything about it.