Duplication galore when syncing
I'm looking for a good way or application to help me keep my Address Book and iCal synchronized across a Mac Mini, a MacBook Pro, an iPod Touch and my Blackberry. Currently I'm using Apple & iCal, Sync and Blackberry's Desktop manager. I think part of the problem is that I have my accounts set to sync with Google and Yahoo, which seem to create duplicates and excess data. Speaking of which, I'd love to find an application that would help me eliminate all those duplicates and keep my Address Book nice and organized. These days I have to go through and check it manually which can be very time consuming. Any ideas? Thank you!
I have the same problem. Using an iPhone 3G.
Events made on the iPhone multiply every time the iPhone is synced with the Macbook. Events made in iCal on the Macbook pro do not seem to double up when synced with the iPhone.
When creating events on the iPhone I usually set the events to repeat every day (until i complete the event and then I delete it)
Hope some one can offer some insight.
using a Macbook Pro 5.1 2.66Ghz. OSX 10.6.6. 4GB Ram. 500GB HD.
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Source
iTunes
Summary
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Date
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Status
Report sent
Description
Faulting Application Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\iTunes\iTunes.exe
Problem signature
Problem Event Name: BEX
Application Name: iTunes.exe
Application Version: 9.0.2.25
Application Timestamp: 4afca401
Fault Module Name: StackHash_0a9e
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 00000000
Exception Offset: 00000000
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Data: 00000008
OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.768.3
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Extra information about the problem
Bucket ID: 830098715
Anyone know how to help???Hi Zainabe_nachaby,
If you are having issues with iTunes unexpectedly quitting when syncing, you may find the following article helpful:
iTunes for Windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows 8: Fix unexpected quits or launch issues
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1717
Regards,
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juiceb0xk signing out for the night. Bye. >:( -
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Hi,
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You configure that in Settings > icloud
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http://www.wideanglesoftware.com/touchcopy/index.php
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2. Make sure you have one contact & one event in the supported applications(Address Book & iCal or Outlook, Windows Address Book) on your computer. These entries can be fake, doesn't matter, the important point is that these programs not be empty.
3. Connect your phone, iTunes running, DO NOT SYNC at this point.
4. Store>Authorize this computer.
5. File>Transfer Purchases(To make sure all purchased content on your phone will be in your itunes library).
6. Right click in the device pane & select reset warnings.
7. Right click again and select backup.
8. Right click again & select restore from backup, select the backup you just made. When prompted to create another backup, decline.
9. This MUST be followed by a sync to restore your itunes content, which you select from the various tabs, You'll get a popup regarding your contacts & calendars asking to merge or replace, select merge.
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3) sync the device
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My daughter bought a new ipod touch and when synced received the contacts from my iphone. She deleted the ones she didn't want on her ipod and now they are gone from my iphone. I have the cloud and i thought back up on itunes. I have tried to re-sync and no luck. How can I get my contacts back?
Your problem is that she used your icloud ID to connect to icloud and thus had all your data synced to her device. Contacts are not saved in a backup to icloud, since they are stored independently in the Contacts section of icloud. If someone deletes them, they are gone. If you had them on the PC would they be available in some backup you frequently make of the PC?
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Hi! I've just bought a bluetooth adapter so I can sync my phone with ical. I'm convinced this will bring me one step closer to a digital synchronized heaven, but (of course) I encountered a problem:
When I have added an event to my phone (Sony Ericsson T610) and syncs the calendar with my laptop (iBook G4 933 MHz), the event is "postponed" by two hours. For example: I have an appointment with - say - Pamela Anderson from 12:00 to 15:00 which I add to my phone. When syncing with iCal, the event has changed to 14:00-17:00.
When I add the event to my laptop first, and then syncs it with the phone - the time of the event is set two hours earlier . To take my great example again, the event would then appear to be from 10:00-13:00.
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