Several Smuggers in the recent past have reported duplicate entries on their iPhone calendars, contacts, bookmarks and notes.
Here is a brief extract from ³Take Control of iCloud² ebook which explains one reason for these duplicates (this assumes iCloud is set up on your iOS device) Paul Owen Beware Sync Loops In the earliest days of the iPhone and iPod touch, the only way to keep calendars, contacts, bookmarks, and notes in sync with your Mac or PC was to do wired syncs via iTunes. MobileMe later made wireless push synchronization possible, and iCloud maintains that feature. Even so, syncing these types of data via iTunes is still possible with a wired sync or a new-in-iOS-5 wireless sync. And that¹s a problem, because if you sync an iOS device both with iTunes and with iCloud, you¹ll almost inevitably encounter sync loops that lead to endless duplication of data‹especially calendar and contact items. So, it¹s not enough simply to turn iCloud syncing on; you must also turn iTunes syncing off for these types of data, if it isn¹t off already! To do this, follow these steps: 1. Connect your iOS device to your computer. 2. Open iTunes. 3. Select your device in the sidebar on the left. 4. In the main part of the iTunes window, click Info. 5. If any of the following items are checked, uncheck them: Sync Address Book Contacts (Mac) or Sync Contacts with (Windows), Sync iCal Calendars (Mac) or Sync Calendars (Windows), Sync Safari Bookmarks, and Sync Notes. 6. Click Apply. The selected data types stop syncing via iTunes and instead sync via iCloud only. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to smug@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to smug+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
