Only want to sync selected contacts from outlook

iTunes, iBooks, and App Store content


By default, iTunes Store, iBookstore, and App Store content on your device will automatically transfer to your computer. If it doesn't, you can use the Transfer Purchases option in iTunes to ensure that all iTunes Store, iBookstore, and App Store content is transferred to your iTunes library. Learn about transferring purchased content.

Photos

You can import photos or videos into your computer that you have saved on your iPad (for example, in Mail or Safari, or when using the iPad Camera Connection Kit).

Note: You cannot transfer photos that you synced to your device from a computer. You can only transfer photos or videos to your computer that you saved on the iPad itself.

Contacts, Calendars, Bookmarks, and Notes

You can sync contacts, calendars, bookmarks, and notes with applications on your computer across multiple computers and devices. You can find the sync settings for these in iTunes on your computer. With your iPad connected to the computer, select your iPad (under Devices). Then click the Info tab.
For more details on syncing content on your iPad with your computer, click the sections below:

Contacts

To sync contacts with your computer, choose Sync Contacts on your Windows-based PC, or "Sync Contacts with Address Book" on your Mac.
You can sync your contacts with:

• Microsoft Outlook 2003 or Microsoft Outlook 2007 (Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Windows 7)
• Windows Address Book (Windows XP and Windows Vista)
• Address Book (Mac OS X v10.4.11 or later)
• Microsoft Entourage 2004 or Microsoft Entourage 2008.

Notes:

• For best performance when using Microsoft Entourage and Mac OS X v10.6 or later, use Microsoft Entourage 2008. To sync data on your Mac with Entourage,enable syncing between Entourage and Address Book.
• When syncing contacts, you can choose to sync all of your contacts, or only selected groups.
• You can select a Default Contacts group into which all new contacts created on your iPad will be added.
• Additional options for syncing include syncing your contacts with Yahoo or Gmail/Google Mail. You will need to configure it with the user name and password for your Yahoo or Google account.

Calendars

To sync calendars with your computer, choose Sync Calendars or Sync iCal Calendars.
You can sync calendars with:

• Outlook 2003 or Outlook 2007
• iCal
• Microsoft Entourage 2004 or Microsoft Entourage 2008

Notes:

• For best performance when using Microsoft Entourage and Mac OS X v10.6 or later, use Microsoft Entourage 2008. To sync data on your Mac with Entourage,enable syncing between Entourage and Address Book.
• When syncing Calendars, you can sync all calendars or sync specific calendars.
• You can choose to sync only calendar events that have occurred within a specified number of days past.

Bookmarks

You can sync bookmarks between your computer and iPad. When syncing is enabled, all bookmarks will sync. You can sync bookmarks with the following applications:

• Safari (Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later)
• Safari for Windows (Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer (note that Microsoft Internet Explorer refers to bookmarks as Favorites)

Notes

Sync notes between the Notes application on iPad and either the Mail app on a Mac or Microsoft Outlook 2003 or 2007 on a PC. (On a Mac, you must have Mac OS version 10.5.7 or later installed to sync notes.)
Mail
AccountsMail

account settings (email address, display name, server name, and user name) are synced from the computer to the iPad. iTunes does not sync mail settings or email messages from the iPad to the computer.