How to locally sync an iPhone with OS X Mavericks? iCloud is NOT an option.

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Pete

As the data does not go anywhere except over a usb cable between your own devices, it's as good as the security on your own mac or iphone/ipad. Have just been trying the beta and it seems to work bidirectionally just fine. With this solution (?) it looks like this thread will be drawing to a close soon - pity we probably won't make it to the 1/3 of a million views.

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This is interesting comment. Someone coming the other way. . "I'm happy to report that the iCloud solution is 'outstanding' "

http://www.eltima.com/forum/index.php?topic=114324.msg179852#msg179852

See also rest of the thread.

In clarification, this was the actual statement from Eltima in November:

. . . Apple has excluded the Sync Service driver, which SyncMate uses for synchronization process, from the latest version of Mac OS X. . . .

However, I would like to let you know that we are at the middle of the developing process of our own synchronization driver, which will be included in the next major upgrade. It will make SyncMate completely independent from all future Mac OS modifications. As you may understand, the developers of the native Mac OS Sync Service, had all the needful operating system specifications, the access to applications' API's and core system components. And we are creating the driver completely from scratch, so the developing process is rather consuming and requires huge amount of resources and time.

We are planning to release SyncMate 5 this winter. . .

And SyncMate 5 (beta) is indeed now available for testing from http://www.sync-mac.com/subscribe_syncmate5.html

Deprecation of sync services was announced to developers two years ago. Why did they leave it until now? And they charge a fortune so they had the resources.

peter_watt wrote:

This is interesting comment. Someone coming the other way. . "I'm happy to report that the iCloud solution is 'outstanding' "

http://www.eltima.com/forum/index.php?topic=114324.msg179852#msg179852

See also rest of the thread.

Yep, and in truth it's not bad but if what's most important is a solution that is not cloud based iCloud is crap.

Now that opinion of icloud undoes all the arguments posted by concerned people about security or inability to access internet when out and about.

Icloud is efficient, free, fast, and there are tools to sync icloud with all platforms including those by Eltima.

Crap it is not. That is a biased opinion not supported by any evidence.

Again, if for whatever reason somebody wants an option that is not, I repeat not cloud based. How good is iCloud for that person?

Simple - It doesn't meet their needs. It's crap for them.

If it's not a consideration then things are different.

peter_watt

And for that matter Csound1 and petermac87

What is it you do not get about this thread?

"How to locally sync an iPhone with OS X Mavericks? iCloud is NOT an option."

Why do you three endlessly go on expounding how good iCloud is?

This thread is for people who want to find a solution of localsync and not any frigging cloud - it is supposed to be a thread for people to help each other find THAT solution.

It is not a thread for endless purile irrelevant "I know better than you" ********.

Is it really so hard for you to accept that there are people who cannot for very sound business reasons and / or personal preference are do NOT want anything to do with any cloud?

If you want to start your own thread about how you love iCloud go and do that and stay away from this thread, please.

applejpmc wrote:

peter_watt

And for that matter Csound1 and petermac87

What is it you do not get about this thread?

"How to locally sync an iPhone with OS X Mavericks? iCloud is NOT an option."

Why do you three endlessly go on expounding how good iCloud is?

Link to where I said that please.

If gumsie can say it is crap, I can say it is not crap. Yes?

peter_watt wrote:

If gumsie can say it is crap, I can say it is not crap. Yes?

You can say what you like within resion but on a thread "......iCloud is not an option" Then there is very little point saying any thing on this thread, witch suggests it is an option.

I wasnt talking to either of you, I was happily discussing one of the options put forward, sycnmate 5 beta, pointing out opinion on their forum, and gumsie came in with the unsupported opinion that icloud was "crap". This was an argument never put forward before by any of the posters genuinely unable to use icloud.

The context of the thread has never been about how good or bad icloud was, only when it is not accessible, or some secret squirrel reason why poetry cannot be put out to allegedly insecure places etc. Making judgement on the quality of icloud was introduced a few posts ago and I countered it, except i justified the opinion. Now maybe you should all go over to that not very busy forum and discuss the ultimate solution there.

I did say earlier that it's actually not that bad but that the 'crap' remark was assuming that a non cloud based solution was the primary reason for calendar and contact sync.

As far as Back to my Mac and Find my Mac are concerned, I love it.

I have downloaded a copy of SyncMate 5 beta and tested it on my Mavericks computer and iOS 7 iPad and iPad.

It seems to work just fine for Calendars and Contacts (my two main concerns.)

I am happy.

G'night all.