In an earlier post I detailed my “adventure” of dumping a cup of coffee on my MacBook and it’s resulting demise.  The new MacBook Air that replaced the damaged item is a true joy but the gymnastics of changing the computer that iTunes for my iPad and iPhone are synced to has been something else.  As you Apple folks are aware, all updates, such as the move to the new iOS5, are accomplished through iTunes and devices can only be synced to one library (MAC) so the problem.  Well it took me four calls to Apple Care to get through the process.  It turned out that the last call was really not necessary as the problem was the result of too many people updating to iOS5 yesterday and the problem resolved itself this morning.  Having said that, the restore is running slower and slower as evidently more and more are hitting the Apple servers for the update.

As I write this post, my iPad is being restored from the backup – when you switch libraries it becomes necessary to fully backup the iPad as what is on the iPad will be replaced with what is on iTunes.  Well, it looked like it was being restored but none of the apps that are in my iTunes library made the trip.  Waiting for call number five with Apple Care. Finally got everything resolved.  Turns out you have to tell iTunes to sync the apps separately.

Given the volume of people attempting to upgrade to iOS5 I am going to wait a couple of days before I update my iPhone.  Although I now know the little tricks I do not want to have things get fouled up with the volume.