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

'But and miss' should read 'Hit and miss'.

He has a jailbroken phone, are you sure you want to discuss that here?

I can guess what the word was. It is against the terms of your licence with Apple to "modify" iOS. Hence a forum paid for my Apple understandably does not tolerate it. There are probably forums that will.

I'm not discussing it. You are.

If I'm right it's to do with what you do and don't see after updating. There are reports regarding stock installs on a number of forums. Not just this one.

gumsie wrote:

 

I'm not discussing it.

Good.

Dear Gerrit7, 

Please consider updating to 10.9.3. That might help you with your problem.

Gerrit7 has not been here since October. (s)he is simply the thread's spiritual leader.

Threadjacker!

CT wrote:

 

Dear Gerrit7, 

 

Please consider updating to 10.9.3. That might help you with your problem.

This answer to the original post is the right answer at this time.  I if was Gerrit7 I would click this as Answered.

Actually the "right answer" was posted in response to Gerrit7 four pages ago - within minutes of OS X 10.9.3 being released publicly:

https://discussions.apple.com/message/25794275#25794275

Yes I  am sorry for not giving that post the credit for that and will goback and give a thumbs up.

Opps a problem that post says "<Edited by Host>"

snozdop wrote:

 

Actually the "right answer" was posted in response to Gerrit7 four pages ago - within minutes of OS X 10.9.3 being released publicly:

 

https://discussions.apple.com/message/25794275#25794275

The thread is over TopSteve. If you have issues with 10.9.3 the. Please start a new thread. You are off topic here, as the OP's question has been answered.

Cheers

Pete

Topsteve, the first solution was posted on page 3 and many other alternatives since.

Gerrit7 had chosen not to credit any of the answers because that was never the point of the thread, it was a thread against iCloud, pure and simple. If (s)he wants to mark any post as the solution that is the OPs perogative. Your thumbs can go elsewhere.

The return of local sync is not a solution or a victory, it simply obviates the need for a workaround but that seems not to satisfy Gerrit7.

Congrats Apple for giving the people that support you what they wanted - which is the old functionality they loved.

i can now unsubscribe from this thread.

This thread is not quite dead yet!

Not sure how 'back' USB sync is:  I stupidly updated to 10.9.3 today, trusting everything I'd read, connected my phone, and.....no info tab.  No way I can see to choose to sync Contacts and Calendars--no way I can see to choose not to sync them, for that matter.  I hope it means it is an automatic sync (not always good, but better than nothing), create a test change to a contact, sync, and no change to contacts on the iOS device. 

I have seen references to turning OFF iCloud syncing in iCloud settings to restore USB sync, but I have never used iCloud.  Can I restore syncing or do I have to go back to 10.8.5 again?  That was not a joyous process.