I dread helping anyone with iTunes related issues. The syncing process is dangerous, it&#x27;s far too easy to wipe someone&#x27;s collection of music &#x2F; family photos &#x2F; pictures. I&#x27;m not sure if this is an isolated issue but I start sweating bullets as soon as I have to connect an iDevice to iTunes. What really shocks me is that instead of showing a big red warning message before a destructive sync, it silently goes ahead and wipes data without even asking. And there&#x27;s no easy way to tell what a sync is going to do. After any iTunes sync I generally think &quot;Ok, now let&#x27;s assess the damage&quot;.<p>To add insult to injury it&#x27;s almost impossible to make a file-for-file backup before decimating a device with iTunes sync. In fact, the iTunes sync process is the main reason I stick to Android despite it having a whole other ecosystem of flaws. I&#x27;ll take a USB Mass storage device and robocopy &#x2F; rsync, thanks. They actually work.