It is being just disgusting not to be allowed anymore to use our computer/mobile without going through iCould !!!
Jeremy_I wrote:
By the way, this is not comparable with Rosetta Stone, that was always a bridge between old and new hardware implementations.
Rosetta Stone? What on earth has a linguistic program got to do with this issue? 😕
Pete
Ok, so let me get this straight—you do your calendar and contacts synching on the external / virtual drive. Then you export both, run Mavericks, import into your contacts and calendar. Next sync, you do the process all over again, export to external / virtual drive, import in snow leopard, run synch, etc ... or is there a quicker way?
Installing Mountain Lion on an external hard drive when my Macbook Air runs on Mavericks was a complex procedure employing 3rd party freeware (I don't recall the name)--all guided by a senior Apple CPU Tech. You cannot sync your iPhone to two different computers. So esentially, I moved the entire functionality of iTunes to the external hard drive running Mountain Lion. This involved copying the iTunes folder (Home/Music/iTunes) to iTunes on Mountain Lion. To my surprise, Mountain Lion works compatibly with the latest version of iTunes (11.1.4). When you open this version of iTunes on Mountain Lion, the "Info" button appears when you attach an iPhone or iPad via USB. Of course, the disappearance of the "Info" button (i.e., "Sync Services") in Mavericks is the crux of my complaint. The procedure is: when I make changes/addtions to my Calendar or Contacts on Mavericks (i.e., my MacBook Air), I export them to a USB thumb drive. Then I shut down my laptop, plug in the external hard drive and boot the MacBook Air to Mountain Lion. I then import the Calendar and Contact databases from the USB thumb drive, plug in my iPhone, and sync as usual. Once this is set up, all new changes to iTunes (Music, podcasts, etc) need to be done on iTunes running on Mountain Lion. This is ****** nuisance. I had hoped that could sync only my Calendar and Contacts on Mountain Lion, and sync everything else in iTunes on Mavericks. But again, you can't sync your devices to two sources.
Whether you choose to do this or not, I urge all readers to write a brief, pointed complaint urging Apple to just fix this nonsense. Several Apple Techs told me that the "powers that be" at Apple take comments, complaints and suggestions posted on "Feedback" very seriously. Click here: http://www.apple.com/feedback/macosx.html
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Thanks for the update. I still have to decide what to do here. This could be simplified greatly if I could run Mountain Lion in a virtual machine, avoiding the reboot. Might just make it workable ... really appreciate the time you took here to get this down. Another option is to use local cloud synch http://michaelgracie.com/2013/11/13/getting-ios-7-calendar-and-contacts-syncing- directly-with-os-x-10-9-mavericks/ which I have not able to get to work, with limited networking knowledge. And YES — no local synch for something as sensitive as contacts is unacceptable. Apple needs that feedback.
Oh, my word! I was just thinking of finally upgrading my 2013 MacBook Air to Mavericks this weekend. Now, I won't! Shame on you Apple for removing the local synching option!
And, yes, I have left feedback. Hope others , including those in the tech pass, start excoriating Apple for this. For the fist time, I'm starting to believe what those Apple-bashing Android freaks say about Apple and its locked system!
AstroMacMan wrote:
For the fist time, I'm starting to believe what those Apple-bashing Android freaks say about Apple and its locked system!
The system is not locked, you can use any compatible sync service of your choice.
It's what *they* say, not me! If you prefer, it's also what they say about Apple and its desire for control; or, what long-time Apple users have said about recent *arbitrary* software decisions--e.g., what got stripped from Numbers and Pages until they restored things after an outcry; or, the forced installation of the iOS installer on i-devices even if one hasn't OK'd it!
Removing the obvious, easy, and long-standing local synching solution is just one more example of reducing user choice and options.
Is there a compatible sync service that is local, free, backs up apps, eBooks, ebook notations, app user databases, calendar info, reminders, etc. and is as compatible as iTunes is? Hope there is because, if so, I'd upgrade to Mavericks in a flash.
The irony of all this is that anyone who uses Siri already has agreed to share *all* their contacts (and music collection info), too! One more example of the unnecessary transfer of personal info. What is troubling is that it gives Apple *other* people' s information (name, phone, etc.) without their consent! Do you have an alternative solution for that? One that integrates into the keyboard?
AstroMacMan wrote:
It's what *they* say, not me!
That is completely untrue,
Why don't you post a link to where *they* say this?
Is there a compatible sync service that is local, free, backs up apps, eBooks, ebook notations, app user databases, calendar info, reminders, etc. and is as compatible as iTunes is? Hope there is because, if so, I'd upgrade to Mavericks in a flash.
Several methods of syncing locally have been posted in this forum (3 so far I believe)
Use one of them.
Try these threads re syncmate 5 (five) which is in beta therefore currently free.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5981935?answerId=25155426022#25155426022&tstart=0#25155426
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5460803?answerId=25159774022#25159774022&tstart=0#25159774
... By the way, I just turned off Siri, thanks for the heads-up on nature and extent of the data sharing, I obviously did not read the small print when I turned it on, which I should have.
peter_watt wrote:
Try these threads re syncmate 5 (five) which is in beta therefore currently free.
But it will cease to be free when it comes out of beta, don't forget that.
Syncmate 5 is working for me, like a charm. No errors / conflicts really, though I noticed some duplication in calendar entries that went away after I cleaned things up once. I'm instantly more organized than I was moments before. Best to backup your Mac contacts, calendars, and reminders (and your whole iDevice of course) before running it, though.
Here’s a great link: John McAfee has had enough of excessive app permissions – introduces Cognizant app a security app to remove spying apps on our mobile devices.
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Yes and who could you trust more than John McAfee?
Pete
How does Android software that shows you what permissions all apps get from the OS have anything to do using iCloud?
sync iPhone/Maverick WITHOUT iCloud
