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

I understand that from Apple standpoint how to locally sync my iPhone with Mavericks without relying on iCloud is not a technical issue.

Wether technical or not is not the point. Unfortunately for Apple, it is an issue. I foresee three solutions :

- don't sync anymore, after all I use my iPhone for phone calls and my computer for everything else, non real need to sync,

- sync my iPhone on my future PC,

or

- sync my future non-Apple mobile phone on my Mac.

- sync my future non-Apple mobile phone on my Mac.

People randomly come up with this... I'd like to ask... exactly what will you be syncing it with?  Via what method?  An android phone will just laugh at you, a blackberry needs the same SyncServices that Mavericks removed.

Is it just posturing?

What is this non-Apple mobile phone the paranoids are threatening to buy?

Marc Wilson wrote:

 

What is this non-Apple mobile phone the paranoids are threatening to buy?

Black only

a blackberry needs the same SyncServices that Mavericks removed.

Actually correcting my own information... if you have a BB10 device, some features are still available through Blackberry Link, which doesn't use SyncServices.

So I suppose the paranoids could buy a Q10.

http://btsc.webapps.blackberry.com/btsc/viewdocument.do?noCount=true&externalId= KB35311&sliceId=2&cmd=&forward=nonthreadedKC&command=show&kcId=KB35311&ViewedDoc sListHelper=com.kanisa.apps.common.BaseViewedDocsListHelperImpl

Actually in my case it is the iPad that I cannot locally sync with my iMac computer. My iPhone is not a problem as I sync it on my PC using iTunes...

Interesting that Apple led me to believe that OS X was an add-on to the up date of the Mountain Lion versus a total replacement for the Mountain Lion OS... Very bad stuff here! Sort of a wolf in sheep's clothing....

There was a time when we were proud of Apple.  But when they decide to invade our privacy this way, we are not. Now they are pushing us to submit private information or keep it  outdated.  Shame on you.  Please, Steve... come back!

Your necromantic skills are severely lacking... I'm afraid your plea will go unanswered.

Since the local sync problem on this forum is about privacy and iCloud (as well as about the convenience of local sync), forum members might find the following article pertinent:

NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) to Review Standards After Cryptographers Cry Foul Over NSA Meddling

The federal institute that sets national standards for how government, private citizens and business guard the privacy of their files and communications is reviewing all of its previous recommendations.

The move comes after ProPublica, The Guardian and The New York Times disclosed that the National Security Agency had worked to secretly weaken standards to make it easier for the government to eavesdrop.

http://www.propublica.org/article/nist-to-review-standards-after-cryptographers- cry-foul-over-nsa-meddling?utm_source=et&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailynews letter

What is Apple's point of view on this since iCloud is a security/privacy/encryption issue?

User's reliance on cloud security is a critical issue. Since current encryption standards look to be reviewed and changed shouldn't local sync be available as an alternative, and ongoing user choice?

I totally agree w/drowningindata's point regarding we should be given the choice to use iCloud or sync locally... Other thatn Apple wanting ot get into everyone's contacts for their own personal gain to push their products what other reason might they want us to use iCloud to sync contacts, etc.???? Big "Apple" Brother!

I was NOT happy at all about this, but have figured out a workaround. I checked "contacts" in my mail Settings (having already checked "calendars," and of course "mail." It automatically synced all of my contacts without any problem. (I removed the contacts on my iPhone when asked after checking contacts so that I wouldn't have any duplicates.

The other benefit of this is that I will no longer have to use iTunes to do the syncing.

Aneil

I'm not sure where you checked contacts Aneil. Could you explain that in more detail please?

There might be yet another option besides setting up a server.

It's called DiskAid from DigiDNA. It does all sorts of syncing but not calender for some reason. Turns your iphone into a storage device as welll. Available on Macupdate.com. It's more expensive than OSX server though.

Here's the link to diskaid

http://www.digidna.net/diskaid

Has anyone used this yet? Don't want my hopes to be dashed again.

This new post-local sync osx platform model with users having to rely on 3rd party core apps is starting to resemble windows circa 1998. And we all know how well that model played out in the end.

1. Apple has removed sync services in OS X Mavericks. Therefore, you cannot sync Outlook 2011 with Contacts or Calendar.

2. Apple has removed the ability to sync through iTunes in OS X Mavericks, so that, even if you use Contacts and Calendar on the Mac, you can only sync them with your iPhone through iCloud, thus exposing all your contacts and calendar information to the mercies of the Web.

3. Microsoft does not not support CalDAV and CardDAV in Outlook, so there is no way to sync directly through iCloud, except perhaps by setting up a Microsoft Exchange account.

4. Apple makes it extremely difficult (virtually impossible) to revert to a version of OSX that is earlier than OS X Mavericks once Mavericks is installed.

In short, we are screwed and neither company seems to care.

1. Apple has removed sync services in OS X Mavericks. Therefore, you cannot sync Outlook 2011 with Contacts or Calendar.

2. Apple has removed the ability to sync through iTunes in OS X Mavericks, so that, even if you use Contacts and Calendar on the Mac, you can only sync them with your iPhone through iCloud, thus exposing all your contacts and calendar information to the mercies of the Web.

3. Microsoft does not not support CalDAV and CardDAV in Outlook, so there is no way to sync directly through iCloud, except perhaps by setting up a Microsoft Exchange account.

4. Apple makes it extremely difficult (virtually impossible) to revert to a version of OSX that is earlier than OS X Mavericks once Mavericks is installed.

I tried migration also, it woud not show my time machine at all.   I called apple and they went all the way up to a senior guy to help

for some reason my TM did not save my applications, but saved everything else.  without the appllications saved you cannot see the TM on recover or migration.  You can see it on the desktop though.  I had to download lots of programs I had and set them up.  I coud slide my info in so it was saved on TM.   I have been working on this two days, a nightmare but I am getting close.   All this just to sync my contacts directly to my computer, maybe worth it since it works. 

If you are gonna do a TM backup, make sure the applications shows up also

thanks for the help I have gotten, appreciate it

brollyjohn wrote:

 

It's called DiskAid from DigiDNA. It does all sorts of syncing but not calender for some reason. Turns your iphone into a storage device as welll. Available on Macupdate.com. It's more expensive than OSX server though.

 

Here's the link to diskaid

http://www.digidna.net/diskaid

 

Has anyone used this yet? Don't want my hopes to be dashed again.

 

I just updated my DiskAid and it still does not support calendar. Besides, it is not a sync application, more like a document viewer that can move documents, archives, and apps between Mac and i-devices.

You can downloaded a free version just to explore.