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

I have been an internet user since 1969 and an Apple user since ~1991. I have several apple devices. I have always chosen to store nothing in iCloud or anywhere else online, just because it makes no sense for me. The only reason (besides brand loyalty) that I purchased an iPhone is that I could sync my contacts and calendar between my laptop/desktop and iPhone/iPad. This leaves me with a problem, since I can no longer locally sync between devices. I am hoping Apple offers a solution in the near future. I guess I will try syncing by hand for the time being. It will be a major disappointment and very inconvenient if I have to eventually sync via iCloud.

Csound1 wrote:

Obviously the Moderators read the threads, how could they do their job otherwise.

Actually, they rarely do. They rely, as Tim pointed out, on reports from members who are Level 2 and above.

I have the same concern. I do not want to share contact data with a "cloud" environment. The previous version of the OS worked perfectly - syncing contacts across all my devices to my MacBook Pro - and Calendar and other aps to iCloud. Apple needs to redress this problem and restore the approach used previously.

macogif wrote:

I have the same concern. I do not want to share contact data with a "cloud" environment.

You do not have to use a "cloud" environment. You must use a CalDAV and CardDAV server, but that does not have to be a "cloud." It can be on your own Mac, safely walled up behind your router.

doctorsuess wrote:

I have been an internet user since 1969

By the end of 1969, there were exactly 4 notes on what was then the ARPANET. There were a handful of people with access to any of them at the time.

Please, tell us, which location were you in, and what was your position at the institution where the computer you used was located? Personally, I suspect you're full of bull excrement.

I have always chosen to store nothing in iCloud or anywhere else online, just because it makes no sense for me. The only reason (besides brand loyalty) that I purchased an iPhone is that I could sync my contacts and calendar between my laptop/desktop and iPhone/iPad....

Your statement that using iCloud makes no sense for you makes no sense. It accomplishes exactly what you want to do, which is sync contacts and calendar between all of your devices, and it does so with absolutely 0 intervention by you once it's set up. You don't ever have to plug the phone back into your computer again. Or the iPad.

Surely users like snozdop, petermac87, Meg St._Clair and KiltedTim are not to be taken serious and I agree with everybody who suggests to ignore them. Unfortunately the Bad Fruit has equipped such users with the right to report the posts of those who object Apple's policy - be it for the sake of usability, privacy or both.

Apple does remove "unpleasant posts" (reported by Apple's henchman in this forum) as well as established features in their software. While we can only speculate about the reasons for this, it should be clear that Apple is not interested in improving the security of its products but it rather does try to sell stylish, overprized hardware to a broader public.

As for me, I have made my decision in such that I will not buy any Apple products anymore. As I have said before, it is not about this missing feature; it is about the way that Apple chose to go. I accept their decision.

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伊藤R wrote:

] Unfortunately the Bad Fruit has equipped such users with the right to report the posts of those who object Apple's policy - be it for the sake of usability, privacy or both.

Anyone Level 2 or above can report. To get to Level 2, you have to have helped your fellow users enough that they award you points. Rising in levels is solely at the discretion of other users.

It is clear to me that it is possible to establish syncing locally without going outside one's own home, and without internet access. I am bugged by the fact that the previous service has gone without any user focussed warning, but I am keen to find a way of solving the problem. My guess is that a CalDav and CardDav server hosted on my own Mac can be set upt to sync with my iPhone either on a Computer-to-Computer (ad hoc) network or via my own home LAN. The trouble is I am not network/Apache savvy enough to use it.

I am reluctant to fork out an additional amount for the Mavericks server as I don't have any other foreseeable need for it, but Mavericks comes with Apache pre-loaded and there is a very light, simple and free open source CalDav and CardDav server in Baïkal. The trouble is I am not apache/network savvy enough to make use of it, and basically I am stumbling along in the near dark with terminal.

There are some good resources for setting up Apache and for setting up Virtual Hosts which would host my personal 'cloud', and Baïkal also comes with setup guides as well. The trouble is, I don't quite have enough knowledge to marry the two together. Is there anyone contributing to or watching this thread who has the know-how to do a proper step by step guide for running Baïkal on Apache as installed in the Mavericks OS, and setting up a local 'cloud'.

AFAICT the problem with the resources I have found is that the Apache stuff I've found doesn't particularly focus on running Baïkal, and the Baïkal documentation is not specific to Apache on Mavericks. Is there anyone out there who can give me some help with this?

I am aware that there is a certain amount of heat on this thread, and maybe I might be better off starting a new thread, but this really is the obvious place to try and get hodl of the information I need.

Can anyone help - please? 😐

Meg St._Clair wrote:

Csound1 wrote:

Obviously the Moderators read the threads, how could they do their job otherwise.

Actually, they rarely do. They rely, as Tim pointed out, on reports from members who are Level 2 and above.

And when they get the report the thread is read, or do they rely merely on hearsay?

Csound1 wrote:

And when they get the report the thread is read, or do they rely merely on hearsay?

Yes, of course. What I meant is that they don't read preemptively. They only read after the report. Sorry if I misunderstood what you meant. 🙂

James Richards wrote:

I am aware that there is a certain amount of heat on this thread, and maybe I might be better off starting a new thread, but this really is the obvious place to try and get hodl of the information I need.

I'd suggest that you do start that new thread.

Best of luck.

Ah, I meant after a thread is reported, maybe I wasn't clear 🙂

This is the beginning of a non-Cloud workaround (although, as noted, it required a wireless connection via a wifi device). Similarly discussed here, http://www.macworld.com/article/2061183/itunes-ios-syncing-gone-solve-it-with-se rver-.html But, both ChrisWL's and the one discussed at MacWorld just don't seem to offer the play-by-play of how to set this up. While this is a sub-optimal solution (I prefer wired sync myself and hope it comes back!), this might work, if someone explained it better.

Csound1 wrote:

Ah, I meant after a thread is reported, maybe I wasn't clear 🙂

No worries!

OK That's probably a good idea as users might trawl through a lot of other stuff on this thread before they get to it. I've started a new thread here

Thanks for the advice 🙂