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

I just tried teh instruction to go back to mountain lion. something is missing.

I rebooted and see the restore from time machine back up. I clicke on my timemachine which is working and veritifed and it said it does not have a complete back up in it. It does, I can open it and see it but not on the restore window.

am I supposed to erase my hard disk first?

am I supposed to install lion?

the instructions posted here are leaving something out. excuse my ignorance but I need to know the complete procedure before losing years and years of info.

Please help

FIRST, MAKE SURE THAT YOU MADE THE FULL TM BACKUP BEFORE TRYING TO RESTORE.

SECOND, DO NOT ERASE YOUR HD ON YOUR OWN ... THE TM WILL DO IT WHEN IS READY TO PROCEED.

Now, go back to the Apple instructions (linked in my and other posts in this topic ... I am not sure what else was posted here) and follow them to the letter. The Apple instructions are correct, and the process is error free if you follow them exactly.

If by reaching point 5 in the instructions you do not see a list of all backups you have made and their OSX versions, something is not right. In such case post what exactly you did and what error messages you've got … good luck!

You should be seeing these two screens, among others, if you are on the right track ...

After a sucessful recovery reboot:

http://657b072aab060d50f8ce-d7abb53cb376b4947d77643d4b4a48d3.r79.cf1.rackcdn.com /24760_Options.png

During a selection of the archive to restore (point 5 in the instructions):

http://www.macobserver.com/imgs/tmo_articles/20121003restore3.jpg

Tried it 3x before, I get both of those screens. when I get the one showing my time machine backups, just like your second window, it says there is no complete back up to show. I have many and was going to back up to Oct 21 which should be before the upgrade came out. I am running Maverick now, and want to go back to my lion. Are you sure I dont have to erase my disk in the disc untility first and then restore with the time machine? I looked at the disc untiity and it says my time machine is good. This is a copy of the end of my time machine and I see many backups to use but none show up like in the window of your, its all blank.

Apple, why are you making me do this.

hands off, any help appreicated

these are teh instructions I used:

what I can read on teh net, looks like i have to clean my disk, install mountain lion again, then do teh time machine backup. I think maverick cannot read my lion backups.

this looks like what I should do but I sure would like some conformation

I had for long trouble with iTunes controlling everything. I refused to go for iCloud.

I had a bad feeling about Mavericks "free".

Now confirmed.

I will NOT install Mavericks. I had in mind buying an iPad. If iCloud is mandatory to synchronize, I will NOT buy an iPad. If I have to change my mobile phone, I will NOT buy an iPhone.

I was faithful, now I feel cheated. The end of a long story ? Apple has gone here one step too far.

To all those that bought new Macs (or might still contemplate, but do not want to loose local syncing):

I'm not sure, but if you bought SL before couldn't you perfom a clean install to get rid of M?

By the way, does anyone know where are the Address Book and the Agenda now hidden on a Mac ? It appears to me that Mountain Lion already hides them. Hope I am wrong ! Was it a sort of preparation to the worst ?

A friend of mine installed M, but suppressed iCloud after installation as he just had a Mac. He lost Address Book and Agenda.

Another one just went for iCloud, lost his Address Book, and recovered I don't yet know how. He still used Moutain Lion. He will not install M, and never use iCloud.

There are probably many others. Apple, there is a real issue here...

Ptit-Loup wrote:

By the way, does anyone know where are the Address Book and the Agenda now hidden on a Mac ? It appears to me that Mountain Lion already hides them. Hope I am wrong ! Was it a sort of preparation to the worst ?

On my computer, with both Mountain Lion and Mavericks, they're called Calendar and Contacts. Did you try searching for them with Spotlight?

Thank you Meg, but I didn't mean the application. I was looking for the data files.

Inbetween, I found them. The trick is that Mountain Lion hides the User Library...

Finder + Option-Go provides the missing link to this Folder, and then to the Application Support Folder. Address Book is there.

Ah, yes, that was a feature that was introduced in Mountain Lion. Glad you sorted it out.

By the way, you might also know where to find data file(s) concerning the Calendar ?

This would be great !

Sorry, haven't use the Calendar app on my Mac in years. For my needs, Google calendar works better.

Well, after decades of Apple ownership, Apple no longer "just works" Something as simple as USB syncing now gone has lead me to realize that Apple wants total control. "My way or the Highway" if you will.

I have had the feeling over the last 5-6 years that I was uncomfortable with the direction Apple has headed. My experience with mobilme/icloud has been horrid and now Apple gives me no other option to sync.

I will be investigating other options and hope to find one that allows local syncing, NOT through a cloud.

I will never use iCloud either. It's my choice and it's my right.

This is what I found but it's not very comfortable and it's difficult to use our devices this way for a long time.

I found 3 apps (one for calendar, one for notes and one for contacts) and I make a backup with each of the app that I mail to myself. I keep it on my MBP and I can work on the files.

Then I replace the old folders by the new ones.

It's just a backup but if I have a problem with let's say my iPhone, i have the backup on my MBP.

Of course it's not very easy and I have to work almost the all time with my iPhone...

I'll do that for a certain time until I'm bored with it.

Then if Apple solves the problem, OK. If not I'll buy a Samsung or something else, change my iMac, my iPad, my iPod, my iPodtouch,my MBP.