Topic : Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?

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Jerryb


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Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 5:18 PM
 

I have been able to have iCal changes push from my iMac to another iMac and up to my iPhone since July 11. Today however, even doing a manual sync will not do the upward push.

I did notice that entries that I entered on my iMac, which have been sitting there for hours, got pushed up when a calendar change on my iPhone was made.

It appears that the sync to my iMacs is only happening when a MobileMe web change or iPhone change triggers.

Anyone else experiencing this?

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Macloo

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Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 5:39 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Yes. See my description here --

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1607091&tstart=0

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lsjrlsjr

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Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 5:45 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Same thing here...nothing new shows up on Mobile Me Calendar when I SYNC, reset SYNC HISTORY and SYNC again, etc.

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Darian G

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From: Germany
Registered: Dec 18, 2007
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 6:20 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Syncing is not working between my MBP and MobileMe. I reset everything, the sync history, unregistered my MBP in the preferences, registered it again (got the funny message to enter my new password though I didn't change it... <sigh>).

So, calendar entries or adressbook entries don't sync in either direction. Even deleting contacts on the MobileMe homepage doesn't work. I can't delete a contact. Can delete calendar entries though, but as they don't get synced anyway I'd have to delete them on every device manually.

This is a joke, really.

   
Darian G

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From: Germany
Registered: Dec 18, 2007
Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working? Yes it has!!
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 6:32 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Syncing is not working between my MBP and MobileMe. I reset everything, the sync history, unregistered my MBP in the preferences, registered it again (got the funny message to enter my new password though I didn't change it... <sigh>).

So, calendar entries or adressbook entries don't sync in either direction. Even deleting contacts on the MobileMe homepage doesn't work. I can't delete a contact. Can delete calendar entries though, but as they don't get synced anyway I'd have to delete them on every device manually.

This is a joke, really.

     
Paperstaincut

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From: San Francisco
Registered: Dec 5, 2006
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 6:48 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

same experience here. changes made on the mac do not get synced. while mobile me pseudo push was working for me over the weekend and yesterday, it has ceased to work today. like someone else said above, a complete reset of sync data still does not fix the problem.

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Nailbomb

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From: Argentina
Registered: Jul 14, 2008
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 7:23 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Today Ical app pushed to the cloud is not syncing anything at all.
Clearly mobileMe is in beta, and we are not beta testers, we have paid for the product.
Hope Apple find a solution to all of these problems very soon.

   
Beeker72

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From: NY
Registered: Nov 5, 2007
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working? - MobileMe Update 1.1 Avail
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 9:15 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

I too was getting frustrated with the lack of sync happening then I tried the Software Update and noticed that there was an update to MM to 1.1. Now my syncing works, with one exception. Here is what I tried and the respective results:

iCal & Address Book entry on iphone --> MobileMe WORKED FAST
iCal & Address Book entry on iphone --> iCal & Address Book on Mac WORKED FAST
MobileMe (Calendar & Contact) entry --> iPhone WORKED FAST
MobileMe (Calendar & Contact) entry --> iCal & Address Book on Mac WORKED FAST
iCal & Address Book entry on Mac --> MobileMe VERY SLOW (Had to manual Sync)
iCal & Address Book entry on Mac --> iPhone VERY SLOW (Had to manual Sync)

Once I get the last two working as expected I will introduce the complexity of syncing with my Exchange Outlook calendar and contacts. Ohh boy that should be fun.

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Jerryb


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Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working? - MobileMe Update 1.1 Avail
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 9:26 PM   in response to: Beeker72
 

I am actually getting worse results today than I did yesterday, leading me to believe that Apple has been making changes-not all of them improvements.

First of all, I applied the 1.1 update several days ago. At first my iCal updates made on my iMac would be reflected on MobileMe web page and on my iPhone. Address book would not sync unless I quit the app on my mac and restarted it. Now address book updates without having to do the restart. It doesn't do perfect updates though. For example, I can add and delete entries going from iPhone to address book on my iMac, but if I try to delete the iMac entry, it doesn't get deleted on the iPhone.

The address book functions on MobileMe web page don't work at all. I tried to add an entry and it disappeared.

Basically, MobileMe is acting very erratically.

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solsun


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From: Orange County, California.
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Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working? - MobileMe Update 1.1 Avail
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 9:38 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

You do understand that there is no "push" functionality from the dekstop apps, right?

Push only happens if you enter info on the MobileMe web apps or on your iPhone.. It will then "push" down to your other devices or computers almost instantly.

However, if you make an entry on your desktop apps like iCal, or Address Book, there is no "push." You will have to wait for that info to sync just like it always has with .Mac. if you set your system preferences to sync "automatically" it will happen every 15 minutes on Leopard and once every hour on Tiger..

Again, Push is ONLY on web apps and iPhone. Desktop apps are "sync" only.

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OSXAlex


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From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Oct 26, 2007
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 9:42 PM   in response to: Jerryb
 

You can add me to the list of those with sync problems.

When my computers were registered, it would appear to sync correctly, but then none of the changes were propagating through to the other computers.

So I thought I'd remove all computers, delete all MM sync info, and reset sync history. Now, though I can register the computer, I cannot get it to sync at all.

No matter what I'm synchronising, it always stops, with the status appearing as 'never sychnronized'.

At least now I know it's a MM server problem, and not likely to be my setup.

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Jerryb


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Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working? - MobileMe Update 1.1 Avail
Posted: Jul 15, 2008 9:49 PM   in response to: solsun
 

I used "push" in a general way to signify changes made on my iMac being synced via MobileMe to the web page and iPhone. I realize it isn't a strict push. Frankly, I don't care what its called, I want it to work and do what it is supposed to be doing.

As for the 15 minute sync cycle, that can be modified by changing the appropriate parameter in the plist. I have mine set to 7 minutes.

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JonoH

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From: UK
Registered: Mar 28, 2008
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 16, 2008 2:35 AM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Add me.
I added a new contact to Address Boom (Mac) last night. This morning it still hadn't synced over to the web app or iPhone. I reset sync data to MobileMe from my Mac this morning but still no sign of any changes made on my Mac to the web app or iPhone.

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chrisbx

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From: Bordeaux France
Registered: Jul 16, 2008
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working?
Posted: Jul 16, 2008 3:02 AM   in response to: Jerryb
 

Add me too !

Since yesterday evening, it is impossible to sync from iCal to MobileMe (or iPhone) while the synchronisation between my two computers is OK...

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AussiePaul

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From: Melbourne
Registered: Jul 16, 2008
Re: Has Mac to MobileMe sync stopped working? - MobileMe Update 1.1 Avail
Posted: Jul 16, 2008 3:07 AM   in response to: Jerryb
 

same here JerryB. Worse today then yesterday. It would be nice if apple emailed us and kept us informed and treat us like a client.

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