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you may notice some strange behavior when you sync your iOS devices: apps seem to disappear and appear at random with each sync.

apps that were purchased on one device are being lost, while apps purchased on a different devices are being added.

 transferring purchases before each sync, and disabling the automatic synchronizing of new apps on each iOS device.

“Automatically Sync New Apps” option in the apps tab of your iOS device info screen in iTunes applies to any app in your  iTunes library that has been added to your iTunes library since your last sync. If you are managing several iOS devices from one account, it is a good idea to disable this feature

three layers of where the iTunes Account is configured.

first is the iTunes installation you use to sync your device.

second is the iTunes Account configured on the device itself.

Changing which iTunes Account is used on the device to be something other than the iTunes Account you sync with may cause problems when the sync operation transfers purchases from the device to the iTunes installation on your Mac

plan on using the same iTunes Account on both your computer and your device to avoid those problems.

You may even want to consider creating a separate playlist folder for each iOS device you sync to.

Another layer of iTunes media management has to do with remote playback of your iTunes library, which is accessible on multiple devices via Home Sharing.

iTunes DJ was a neat feature that would let you put together a never-ending playlist in a pinch.

4. Gapless playback editor As the name suggests, the gapless playback feature plays songs back to back, without any break -- something that's useful for tracks meant to be in immediate succession. One of the best examples: Pink Floyd's "The Wall." Curiously enough, gapless playback in iTunes 11 still works just fine. You just can't tweak any of your existing music to make use of the feature from the options editor.

5. Multiple windows In an effort to simplify iTunes' user interface, Apple also stripped out one of the features power users loved: the option to break out functions into their own windows.

6. The other sidebar Apple merely hid the source list sidebar, but you can still get that one back. What we're talking about is the feature that would give you genius recommendations based on any song you were currently on, often polling the iTunes Store for music you might not even have.

7. Quick volume control, song progress in mini player Apple's mini player now does quite a bit more than it used to, such as providing search and displaying album art. Even so, it's missing a few handy things such as the volume knob and progress indicator that would show you how far along in a song you were

Cobook definitely takes fewer steps than using the Contacts app, and the changes you make sync quickly via whichever service you rely on.

Mail’s data detectors to work well most of the time—they make adding new contacts fairly convenient, at least compared to doing so by hand.”

“Make sure you keep a contact for yourself, with all your current email, address, and phone coordinates handy, so that you can quickly share it with others

Sparks, however, offered up some tips on his approach for keeping contacts organized. Chief among them is to make good use of the Notes field (which you can access in both Cobook and Contacts).

For quick searching, Sparks also employs what he calls “rudimentary tags” in the Notes field, like #referral or #holidaycard.

Apple’s own apps—like many others—are pretty good at handling contact data from multiple sources; so even as a Google-based contact-syncer, I’m able to use Apple’s apps (and now Cobook!) to manage my address book.

To make your contacts appear predictably, you need to know where you’re storing them.

avoid adding contacts via the Mac’s Contacts app when possible; it just takes too many clicks