I guess that's because I have push set in iTunes. As it is it says my last sync was in December yet if I add a test contact or calendar event it appears on my phone quickly. Okay, my computer is usually the most up to date but due to whatever reason I seem to have to reset my sync data nearly every time I hit the sync button on my computer.
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Before I can suggest how to proceed, which has the most accurate, up to date data? Your Mac or Me.com? As for the 25% error message, that is a threshold that you have set up to alert you that it is about to change a significant portion of your data and a friendly warning asking if you're sure you want to proceed. Syncing of MobileMe data on iOS is handled directly through the device itself.
When you "sync now" from the MobileMe preferences it is just referring to syncing your Mac, not your iOS devices.
Think of iTunes and MobileMe as a one of the other thing - not both (in terms of data syncing). If you are using MobileMe already and sync your iPhone in iTunes, it will not even look at your contacts or calendars as it knows you are using MobileMe for this. All data is stored locally (not in the cloud) on that person's computer. For those who do not have MobileMe, they can use iTunes to sync their contacts over the USB cable. ITunes is used for synchronizing your iOS devices only. MobileMe allows you to have all your data current by comparing it with it's master copy on their servers. It keeps your data "in the cloud" (a buzz term that has been thrown around lately that really means remotely on Apple's servers, not locally on your computer). MobileMe is a conglomerate of services, one of which is synchronizing between all your iOS devices (iPad, iPhone) and your Mac. Is there anywhere that explains it? I've been trying to understand it for years!! I've never understood it and I just want everything to have the same contacts and calendars on it but it seems the mobileme sync preferences thing always give me (more than 25%) error messages or tons of duplicates even after I reset sync data. Since you've been so helpful maybe you can steer me in the right direction for me to truly understand the difference (if any) between syncing (between mobile me, my phones, pads and macs) via iTunes settings & device settings and via the mobileme sync preferences & sync now. Before I did the initial sync I set up a group just for him in contacts and after I attached the iPhone I selected in iTunes for any contacts added via the phone to be the that new (currently empty) group and it worked like a charm! it was even easier than setting up a smart group. Setting him up in his own group is the solution.īy the way, for anyone else trying to do the same thing. He knew where everything was and has used it that way for years. I know about nicknames, I just know my husband will want things just the way they were as well as adding all our family contacts. If you really want to use Groups you could make a Smart Group of all the ones that were recently added and then use that group to sort things out. YouĬould use groups but it seems like there are more effective ways to approaching this if you just want a way to get it rid of the duplicates.
This will present all your identical contacts in a list for you to evaluate. If you use Address Book to manage your contacts, when they all merge after your initial OTA sync, you can select Card > Look for Duplicates. Has anyone tried merging two sets of contacts and then separate them via groups? Is there another way? If you plan on having your contacts (and calendars, etc) sync Over The Air (OTA) iPhone will present you with an option to merge the data on your phone with your current MobileMe data the first time you enter your account details. but will this be possible when we first sync? I know many of his will be duplicates of our Mac contacts but that's okay if I can make his contacts a separate group which he'll select and I will de-select.
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