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

What about the floppy disk, that's still viable, now I have to buy an external drive 😟

Yes, I'm happy that USB syncing of Contacts is back, but I don't think it's working properly on my phone. iPhone 3GS-ios6 - fully updated)

When I choose "Sync Contacts" and "All Contacts", it appears that some contacts have been synced, but others have not.

The problem is that in the period that iTunes / Mavericks lost the ability to USB sync, I added or modified contacts on the phone AND my iMac Contacts seperately.

For example, I added Joe Jones to my iMac Contacts, ran a Sync in itunes, but Joe Jones doesn't show up on the phone. However I modified someones contact information on the phone and it was updated on the iMac.

And I can't erase the phone contacts and start over because I don't want to loose newly entered contacts.

This seems to go against the logic of what "sync" means? Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks

On your Mac, tell me which account the new contact was entered in. Check under groups.

hmmm.... I don't think I understand your suggestion / request. I haven't changed accounts in the period of time that USB syncing was absent.

Thanks for your help!

OK, good luck.

It's pretty comical how some of the old timers on here dismissed this topic from the very beginning, but some of us took it upon ourselves to push Apple from various points to make this happen for everyone that wanted it back. Complain enough and to the right places and amazing things happen.

Thanks Apple for coming to your senses and putting this back. You know you were wrong in the first place to remove it. Now add to it for Notes, Bookmarks, etc. It seems only logical. Thanks again... to Apple, not the people on here who shot down this request from inception.

Apple are not here. Use the feedback link given a hundred times here.

Cheers

Pete

Have you still not realised that this is not Apple,

How hard can it be?

Csound1 wrote:

Have you still not realised that this is not Apple,

How hard can it be?

I know I said I would not replay but who owns the domain "discussion.apple.com"? O yes it's Apple. If Apple is not here or looking here then why are they Apple so picky about what go's on here? O and the Terms and Conditions you sign when you join this forum are from Apple. Also the branding/logos look and feel of this site is Apple. If Apple did not read some if not all of the posts I would be suppressed.

To end with if Apple are not looking why be so vocal about "....this is not Apple." Why douse it matter to you and others so much. If Apple where not watching it would not matter at all.

P.S. I for one do you the feedback sites and I am shore others do to.

You promised that we had heard the last of your ridiculous posts. Do some research before blabbering non truths.

Thanks in advance

Pete

P.S. I for one do you the feedback sites and I am shore others do to.

Oh, I can see that it must be quite hard after all.

TopSteve wrote:

... I would be suppressed. ...

promises, promises.

Sorry for my English.
I found a bug in 10.9.3, if I synchronize contacts and calendars via USB, reminders are not synchronized.
But if I enable syncing for iCloud Reminders, me again sicronizar for iCloud calendars, although this is not enabled.
Anyone testing this?

Just check that the Mac hasn't by default turned on iCloud contacts sync for you.

I've been running 10.9 for a few days now and opened contacts to find both iCloud and On My Mac are both there.

gumsie wrote:

Just check that the Mac hasn't by default turned on iCloud contacts sync for you.

I've been running 10.9 for a few days now and opened contacts to find both iCloud and On My Mac are both there.

So you must have signed into iCloud then.