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

The host editted out your link concerning USB contacts syncing returning in 10.9.3.

Please reply with link.  Cheers.

Stop asking other users to violate the TOU.

Google it for yourself!

There are bad trolls and stupid ones. You don't even rate. Goodbye

Pete

some many rude people here

Yes, and you are no 1

Pete

yourglobetrotter wrote:

 

some many rude people here

You're the one who started trying to get posters to break the rules (how cowardly) to make your life easier, then you ramble on about 'BJ's'.

Stop whining about the behaviour of others and tend to yourself..

Somewhat belatedly, thanks for this.  As it happens, my Nokia S40 phone just died, so moved on to my daughter's old Samsung GT-S5230 (which is Featurephone not Android).  The vcf transfer process worked but it took several steps:

1.  Copy all contacts from Outlook to Contacts on the Mac.

2.  In Contacts, change the vcf format for all the contacts from 3.0 to 2.1

3.  Move all the converted 2.1 version vcfs from Contacts to a folder in Finder

4.  Transfer all the contacts via Bluetooth from the Finder folder to the Samsung.

Thanks for the initial pointer in the right direction.

Its unfortunate that some here have attacked those who simply want to maintain control over their data. The most fundamental of human rights is to retain agency over yourself and your property, their is no more intimate property than your personal data. To suggest that user choice is somehow a crazed Tin Hat function is ridiculous.

It really does not matter if Apple's security and iCloud is perfect, the ultimate default should be user choice. There was no compelling technical reason for Apple to remove local sync in Mavericks. If a person has one mobile device and one laptop or desktop using the cloud for syncing has no legitimate use case.

I am not even sure what someone is supposed to do who has no Internet access. I know research scientists who do field work, they use their Apple mobiles for notes and then back them up in their tents or cabins with their laptops. What will be their solution Apple?

For whatever reason Apple made this decision, it was not for users.

I will add here that anyone who reads could not have missed the record year this has been for data breaches. Apple will not be totally immune, no one is totally immune.

I am researching and writing a book about privacy, this move will be in there, along with turing Bluetooth back on in iPhone after I have expressly turned it off. In this case, Apple cares more about iBeacons than user security and privacy.

Apple, I dearly hope you are listening to the 3,322 posts in this thread and taking note of the 308,640 views, this is a remarkably unpopular move on your part. Your soiling your brand.

Unless Apple return the function you can't 'retain control'

What to do then?

Apple will not be totally immune, no one is totally immune.

There is enough speculation in this thread already, why add more (it certainly makes your argument weaker)

Garrett Cobarr wrote:

........... along with turing Bluetooth back on in iPhone after I have expressly turned it off.

Do you mean after a software update?

Yes, missed mentioning that. Wish I could edit the post.

While finishing up the post, Apple popped a survey on me, on how I felt about their supporrt, got distracted and then it was too late.

Mines done that a couple of times too. Don't know why but I'm not so sure I'd blame it on them trying to force us cloudward. Mind you it can't be a bug either too obvious and prevalent.

At this point it's anybodies guess.

It could be a bug, I am about to do another iOS upgrade, I'll test.

The coincidental aspect of turning on Bluetooth and appearance of iBeacons, that needs Bluetooth active to work, well that's a bit too convenient.

Jumping in rather late?. Why not see if the next updates really do have the function before having another go at Apple and the "some here" .  Only those who made untrue or outrageous statements were challenged. Nobody asking for help was attacked.

Better luck with researching the book.

Garrett Cobarr wrote:

 

It really does not matter if Apple's security and iCloud is perfect, the ultimate default should be user choice. There was no compelling technical reason for Apple to remove local sync in Mavericks.

I thought about this the other day when I was sitting on a plane without internet access. My laptop was on my tray, my iPhone was right next to it, and if I had been using Mavericks instead of 10.8.4, I would've needed to hurl my personal data out across the worldwide internet in order to sync two devices that were sitting 1/4" away from each other.

Totally brainless, a huge waste of bandwidth, and an enormous waste of energy. I'd like to find out what iCloud's real carbon footprint is...