Further on this one, I now see that all my contacts have been wiped
from my iPhone :-(
Plugging it into iTunes and Syncing doesn't fix it. My contacts are
still all there at MobileMe and on MBP, but now just not flowing to
iPhone (and for some reason they've all been wiped completely).
I've pondered doing a Restore via iTunes, but I don't like the sound
of that. I'm afraid it may lock up my unlocked iPhone again. Any other
suggestions regarding forcing the iPhone to sync with MobileMe for
contacts?
Cheers, Steven
Begin forwarded message:
From: Steven Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 9 November 2008 10:57:02 PM
To: "WAMUG Mailing List" <wamug@wamug.org.au>
Subject: Re: Why doesn't Address Book sync on two Macs ?
Just checked Ronni - no, the iBook Address Book addition wasn't
appearing in Contacts in the online MobileMe account.
I've just gone through all the Reset Sync Data and it does appear to
have fixed the problem, so thanks heaps for that suggestion. I
should have thought of it myself, because I think I've been down
that route before when my iPhone wasn't syncing properly. I forgot
about that fix - it's buried so deep within the bowels of System
Prefs.
Thanks again!
Cheers, Steven
On 09/11/2008, at 12:05 PM, Ronda Brown wrote:
Steven, Is the Contact you have made in Address Book on the iBook,
reflected in your online MobileMe Account under Contacts?
i.e.: Has it synced to MobileMe online "cloud"-servers?
I just had a quick look at Apple discussions and sounds like you
are not the only person having sync issues at the moment.
Apparently Apple Engineers are aware of the problem and they'll fix
it, eventually.
Some people have had success Resetting their sync data. NB. If you
try this make sure you have a backup first as resetting your sync
data deletes all the synchronised data from the other location.
You can just replace 'Contacts' in the Reset Sync Data - Replace
pop-up menu, if that is the only problem sync you are experiencing.
I have not experienced any problems syncing to my devices or my
computer, but some people have.
<http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=957&start=0>
This is worth a read:
<http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/02/25/how-to-truly-reset-your-mac-sync-data
>
Cheers,
Ronni
On 09/11/2008, at 3:59 PM, Steven Knowles wrote:
Thanks Ronni. This is the problem though - I add the contact on
the iBook, do a manual Sync (several times now), but still the new
contact does not reflect on the MBP, despite having also forced a
manual sync on the MBP also.
Just checked the MBP again - still no contact added. That's why
I'm thinking there must be something else.
Cheers, Steven
On 09/11/2008, at 2:08 AM, Ronda Brown wrote:
On 09/11/2008, at 4:51 AM, Steven Knowles wrote:
I have a MBP and a G4 iBook both running latest OS, and each set
up with a MobileMe account (the same one), and each set to sync
contacts. If however I add a contact on the iBook, and Sync the
iBook, and then sync the MBP as well, I just don't see the added
contact in Address Book from the MBP.
I've checked and double checked all the settings in the MobileMe
system prefs. Contacts is ticked in the Sync panel of each Mac,
and everything else looks fine.
Any other clues as to what might be the cause?
Hi Steven,
When you add a Contact in Address Book on the G4 iBook your
computer does not send that data immediately to the
MobileMe servers. At best, your computer checks in with MobileMe
once every 15 minutes (unless you sync it manually)—and in some
cases
the delay is much longer.
You should see the added contact on the MBP eventually, but not
straight away.
MobileMe does push sync, but it's not push from end to end - yet!
Apple has indicated that we should expect push updates from
Computers to the "cloud" at some point in the future, but for the
time being, it's only push from the "cloud" down.
Cheers,
Ronni
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