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

petermac87 wrote:

No they delete those that are against the Terms Of Use that we agreed to when joining these forums. You just don't know when to give up, after so many of your posts have been removed for this very reason. If you cannot comprehend that then I am not surprised that you have trouble with your computer.

Cheers

Pete

Don't worry Pete, I know when to give up. That's why my next computer won't have a rotten apple on it. Same goes for my phone. Besides, I don't have any trouble with my computer as I don't use Mavericks. And to prevent trouble in the future, I will stay away from bad fruit.

Thank goodness, you were giving Apple users a bad name. Goodbye.

Pete

A question if we can get back to the problem that we are supposed to be solving, I upgraded and then succesfully rolled back to Mountain Lion, my itunes is currently 11.1.1 and I am being asked to upgrade to 11.1.3.

If I upgrade, does anyone know if I will loose sync services and my ability to USB/WIFI sync calendars and contacts??

I checked this yesterday and I can confirm that USB sync for Calendar and Contacts is available when using iTunes 11.1.3 on Mountain Lion.

If I upgrade, does anyone know if I will loose sync services and my ability to USB/WIFI sync calendars and contacts??

Why would you? The SyncServices framework is part of the OS, not part of iTunes.

The Hosts delete posts that violate the Terms of Use to which you agreed when you signed up.

You may also want to look up Godwin's Law.

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Yes, you lose local sync when you upgrade to Mavericks.

Until a more elegant solution to syncing my calendar and contacts between my MBP on Maverick and my ipad and iphone (both iOS 7.0.3) is developed I have come up with a workaround that does it for me. I’m not interested in using iCloud for the reasons stated in previous post or going to the effort of adding a Mac Server.

My Outlook 2011 email accounts are POP on my MBP and mail IMAP on my iPad and iphone. I create all new calendar and contacts entries of my MBP.

For a new calendar entry in Outlook, I add my email address as an invitee, then on the ipad/iphone I open that email message and select the <meeting>.ics and select the “Add To Calendar” option. Repeating this for the other idevice, and now I have the new calendar entry on all 3 devices.

For a new Contact in Outlook, I create the contact as normal then right click on the new contact and select the “Forward as vCard” option and use my email address. On the ipad/iphone I open that email message and select the <contact>.vcf and select the “Create New Contact” option. Repeating this for the other idevice, and now I have the new contact entry on all 3 devices.

While this may seem to be a little convoluted, for me it’s works …

To everyone, especially those thinking of using OS X Server, I thought I'd let you know my experiences with this and ask if anyone knows a solution.

I installed Server, exported my Calendar as an archive, and imported it into Calendar on Server. I then had duplicate events showing but turning off the display of the 'On My Mac' Calendars fixed this.

I then set up my iPhone to use the Server Calendars, turned off the Local copy, and tested sync in both directions. It works perfectly.

Now the bad news. I can't get my Contacts onto the Server. The import option is greyed out. This seems to be another change in Mavericks because the instructions (link posted on this forum earlier) use import. It seems the only way others have achieved getting their contacts onto Server is to cut and paste them from an iCloud copy which rather defeats the object of avoiding iCloud.

Any help would be appreciated.

😉

What you're experiencing is apparently a "fury" of some sort. It's common for people whose functionality has been taken away from them in "upgrades" to experience such feelings.

This article sums the whole situation up quite well.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/07/apple_mandates_icloud_contact_syncing/

Beware the apple fine print.

I agree with Babaqum and others henceforth to ignore those who do not understand the problem.

Let me summarise the situation first, then give a few comments:

(1) summary of situation ante-Mavericks:

1.1-- possible to sync locally a variety of data (not just calendar and contacts)

1.2-- possible to sync non-iOS devices

(2) summary of situation post-Mavericks:

2.1-- sync of calendar and contacts via iCloud

2.2-- possibility to sync calendar and contacts locally only if installing calDAV and cardDav server locally

2.3-- everything else impossible (until software appears from third parties or is written by user)

(3) there are legal spaces outside the USA where the post-Mavericks situation poses legal problems for some users.

(4) some mobile devices have lost some functions because of the change.

Some Apple clients, (some long-time) are not happy with the post-Mavericks situation. They are free to stop using Apple's products and migrate elsewhere.

So far the facts as I understand them.

The "fury" brollyjohn refers to is not so much about taking away the functionality but about the lack of notice and the lack of alternatives (I repeat again that installing a server locally does not solve the problem of syncing other data, point 1.1 and 2.3).

When your own house on your own land is appropriated for some project (a new motorway, say, or a new high-speed train track) then you have ample warning, right to appeal, and right to compensation. The process also gets media coverage.

The previous changeove of this kind was when Apple dropped the PPC emulator from Lion. I lost use of the software with which I was most productive. It took me over two years to recover, and in fact I still have not got back to the level I would like. But I was warned and there were alternatives.

Babaqum wrote:

It seems snozdop, petermac87, Meg St._Clair and kiltedtim (and now Csound1) cannot understand what's goign on here and the logic behind that.

We understand the problem. We also understand that no one here can change what Apple has done. You can submit feedback, you can spring for the Mavericks server or you can continue to search for another solution. How you feel about what Apple has done, why you don't like it are really not appropriate topics for this technical support forum. Insisting that we "don't understand what's goign on" because we may not share your concerns or your passion about them is just silly.

Best of luck.

Meg St._Clair wrote:

Insisting that we "don't understand what's goign on" because we may not share your concerns or your passion about them is just silly.

Best of luck.

If you don't share our concerns, what are you doing on this forum then? It is clearly a discussion between people who DO have concerns. No-one, really no-one, is interested in your not having concerns. Again, lead, follow or get out of the way. What is so hard about that?

DiederikStaay wrote:

If you don't share our concerns, what are you doing on this forum then? It is clearly a discussion between people who DO have concerns. No-one, really no-one, is interested in your not having concerns. Again, lead, follow or get out of the way. What is so hard about that?

As has been noted before, as long as the Terms of Use are not violated, anyone is free to post in the thread. Feel free to ignore any posts you chose.