Sync Iphone4 W/ IMac desktop

Why do I have so much trouble syncing ICal from desktop to I phone 4?

Can you give us an idea of what you are trying to achieve? BTW here is link that describes how to sync your iPhone with iTunes so you can get your calendar, address book etc... synced with your iMac.
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Problem syncing iPhone4 with iMac 10.6.8

I was in line to purchase the very first 8GB iPhone in June 2007. Loved the 3GS, and now I'm on the iPhone 4. Have absolutely LOVED the iPhone since the beginning! The Apple syncing was AWESOME. Much improvement (ease of use) over my old Windows Mobile phone, and Blackberry before that, and Palm Pilot before that. However, recently, since the introductino of iCloud, I'm becoming VERY CONCERNED because the syncing is not happening. I use iCal on the iMac and the Calendar app on my iPhone. I do not make calendar entries on my iPad at all. In the past, everything just worked (syncing between iCal on iMac and the iPhone). Everything stayed synced together. If I made an entry on my iPhone calendar, after a sync, it would automatically appear in iCal on my Mac. Any changes on iCal on the iMac would, after a sync, appear on my iPhone.
I've depended on this behavior for years now, and am very frustrated to learn that some calendar entries are not syncing. I am running the older 10.6.8 on the iMac, so when I tried to turn on iCloud, it didn't work on the iMac. However, it worked on the iPad and iPhone. I ran in to the problem with double entries as I've seen in other posts, and got tired of deleting all the duplicate entries, and eventually decided to turn of iCloud syncing of my contacts and calendars because I need accuracy in these two apps. Can't afford to lose any of my 3500 contacts or hundreds of calendar entries each month. I noticed today that a Feb 22nd doctors appointment was not listed in iCal on the iMac. Checked the iPhone and it was there. Synced the iPhone, and the appointment did not appear in iCal on the iMac. Checked my settings on iPhone and found it was set to iCloud being on (to use the find my iPhone feature) but all syncing to the cloud settings such as calendar, contacts, etc. is turned off. Then checked my iTunes iPhone syncing preferences and found it was set to sync to backup to iCloud. Changed that setting to BACKUP TO THIS COMPUTER instead. Also, checked to make sure that all calendars were selected, and that Sync to iCalendars was checked. Did another sync to the iPhone, and that Feb. 22nd doctor's appointment did NOT copy to iCal on the iMac. It is only on my iPhone. Does anyone know how to turn off iCoud completely (and keep find my iphone feature) and make it sync to my iPhone? I really need the old feature of just being able to sync my iPhone calendar with my iCal calendar on the iMac. Is this still a viable feature? Can it be done without updating the iMac OS?
My big problem is that I've trusted all my calendar events and contacts to the iPhone and syncing with iCal on the iMac for the past (almost) five years, and I've gotten to where I don't even worry about it because it always just works. Now that I've disovered that it is not syncing calendar entries, I'm begining to wonder if it is not syncing other calendar entries. Also, I'm very concerned about not having a backup. In the past, if anything happened to my iPhone, I was confident that I could buy a new iPhone, sync it to my Mac, and I'd have all my important contacts and calendar entries. Now, I know, if I got a new iPhone today, I would lose this calendar entry, since it does not sync. It goes through the motions, step 1 of 7, step 2 of 7, etc., but this calendar entry is not syncing. I'm wondering what other calendar entries are not syncing.
Any help with this problem would be GREATLY appreciated!
If I can't get this problem fixed, I'll be forced to go back to a paper calendar like I used back in the 1990s (unless I can find my old Palm Pilot). Also, I can't just wipe the phone or iCal on the iMac because I have important calendar and contact entries on both and assumed that they have been syncing - but, they have not been syncing recently.
Thanks VERY much for any help with this issue!!!

Not sure why you are getting duplicates if you have Settings>iCloud>Calendars set to Off. But if events added to your phone aren't syncing to iCal on your mac you might want to go to Settings>Mail,Contacts,Calendars>scroll down to the Calendars section and tap Default Calendar. Here be sure you have selected your mac calendar as your default and not, for example, the calendar under On My iPhone. If you do change this setting try adding another even to your phone and syincing to confirm that it transfers now.

Hi, I am trying to Sync Iphone4 with iTunes of my Desktop, but unable to transfer my purschases to iPhone.

Hi, I am trying to Sync Iphone4 with iTunes of my Desktop, but unable to transfer my purschases to iPhone.
On Itunes i can see that Apps are added on my iPhone, but after hitting the Sync button, it tries to do the Sync & nothing happens
I Have tried this on several times but nothing happens.
Any solutions are highly appreciated.
Thanks & regards,

Hey guys, I found a solution. I had the same problem, the sync will say "Determining apps to sync" in step 4 - 7 then suddenly just quits. So I did some research, apparently a lot of people have this problem, but everyone were just trying on their own PC, so I decided to try on my other laptop. My iPod synced perfectly with the other laptop so I knew it was the PC that was the problem, not my iPod. So basically it's just iTunes. I followed these steps to completely remove and reinstall iTunes on my PC and Viola! It syncs perfectly again!
Here's the link to the steps: http://www.imobie.com/support/completely-remove-and-reinstall-itunes.ht
Note: Before I did this, BeBuoi said to remove all the apps and resync, but that didn't work for me. So when I did all these steps, I had no apps in my iPod.
Goodluck!

Syncing Macbook with an iMac desktop?

Hello,
My husband and I are looking at purchasing a Macbook to replace his old desktop PC. The reason we're considering the Macbook is because I have an iMac desktop and want a portable Mac to take with me on the go. At the same time he wants a computer that he can hook up to his desktop monitor, and run Windows on, but that will still serve me as a portable. Kind of an all in one for the both of us. Does this sound feasible? He doesn't use my iMac, because first of all, it's just mine, and secondly I don't run windows on it and he wants Windows. I won't give up my hard drive space to Windows stuff.
So, I'm wondering, will the stuff on my iMac sync to the Macbook so I can take it with me? I'm guessing if so it would be through Back to My Mac, or if not, some other way? I do have MobileMe. Before we make this purchase I'd love to find out if anyone is using both a portable Mac and a desktop Mac and is able to sync the two of them so that you have the same, or at least some of the same stuff on both? And if you are, how are you doing it?
I'm a hobbyist with my iMac, so I'd be using mostly iPhoto, iMovie, and doing digital scrapbooking, etc., while away from home. I can do email, etc., on my iPhone.
And one more thing, my husband said he'd need some kind of docking station on his desk so that it would be easy to just lift the Macbook out of it to make it portable, and then just snap it back in when I bring it home so that he can use it in the evenings when he's home from work.
I'm thinking that would be overkill since most things he would need are built into the Macbook (speakers, keyboard, wireless internet connectivity, etc.), so all he would really need to do is attach the power cord, and plug in the desktop monitor and mouse which could be plugged into a USB hub. I also have an extra Mac wireless keyboard he could use, since I switched from the one that came with my iMac a year ago, to the new smaller slim one. I gave up on the Wireless Mighty Mouse out of frustration and went to a non-Apple brand wired mouse. I know he'll want to use a mouse and not the trackpad most of the time for comfort and ease of use.
Oh, and by the way, my husband basically just does email at home, and not even every night. He is on a computer at work all day, so he doesn't like to spend much time on one at home.
So, I guess I'm just trying to find out if this would work for us? Any comments or suggestions would be most appreciated!
Thanks in advance, Debbie and John

Lots of ways to sync data back and forth - take a look at Chrono sync for a good file level backup/sync program. It is what I have used for the last 4 years to keep my desktops and notebooks all relatively synced. (I say relatively because I found that iPhoto and iTunes in particular caused some trouble, I'll detail later.) I also found that .Mac (now Mobile Me) was helpful in keeping my calendar & bookmarks synced, not to mention several programs use it to keep their data synced.
I've seen at least one dock advertised for the MacBook and my first, second and third thoughts were: too darn expensive just to connect a couple cables! He'll be connecting a display, keyboard, power, and maybe external drive and speakers. Not too onerous at all. Get him a USB hub and be done with it.
iPhoto and iTunes: the problem can surface other places too, but it hit me most with these two. Say you grab a few pictures and put them into iPhoto on the MacBook and then promptly forget. Later in the week you grab a few more and import them into the iMac. So on Saturday you sync. You can't copy one iPhoto library over onto the other - either way you lose. Same issue with iTunes and any file you might create - but it is less likely to happen with normal word processing files. The solution I found was this: I import photos only on my desktop, never on the MacBook. If I just have to download music on my MacBook I put them on my thumb drive immediately.
Mail: all my email goes to my Gmail account and I never erase anything. IMAP makes life easy because it appears on each computer.

My iMac desktop is not syncing with iCloud. Any suggestions?

All of a sudden, my iMac Desktop stopped syncing with iCloud. My mail, notes, etc. Have logged off, deleted the account and tried to start over, but to no avail. Any suggestions would be appreciated. BTW, it syncs with my iPhone and iPad, just NOT with my Mac Desktop.

Hello, John!
I see that you are not having and issue with the syncing between your computer and iCloud. So we would need to look into the device settings to make sure all settings mirror what is set in the iCloud Control Panel. I have included a couple articles that will assist you in troubleshooting your iPhone 5. See the sections in the articles below referring to your iOS devices.
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Contacts
http://support.apple.com/kb/ts3998
iCloud: Troubleshooting iCloud Calendar
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS3999
Cheers,
Jason H.

How come my ipad diary is syncing to mobile me calendar but not to ical on my imac desktop?

How come my ipad diary is syncing to mobile me calendar but not to ical on my imac desktop?

On your Mac open System Preferences > iCloud
Deselect the box next to Calendars & Reminders then reselect it.
Do the same for Notes
On your iPhone and iPod. Tap Settings > ICloud
Switch Calendars off then back on. Same for Notes.
Give iCloud a few minutes to sync data.

My account names for iCloud and iTunes is different, is this why my Iphone4 is not syncing with my iMac?

My account names for iCloud and iTunes is different, is this why my Iphone4 is not syncing with my iMac?

No, perfectly normal to have a separate iTunes account for music/app purchases to the one you use for iCloud syncing of contacts, notes, etc.

Trying to Sync my iPhone4 to my desktop with Windows XP, I get a message saying cannot sync because the device is not connected.

I need help with an error message I receive when trying to Sync my iPhone4 to my desktop using Windows XP.
It says unable to sync, as the device is not connected. I've changed the usb ports, and tried again to no avail. Anybody have any suggestions?

This support community is focused on iTunes U. Please post your question to the iTunes for Mac or iTunes for Windows communities or iTunes Support.
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If I buy a Macbook Pro, can I sync it with my desktop iMac?

If I buy a Macbook Pro, can I sync it with my desktop iMac?

If what you mean is whether you can move all your files to the new Mac, SURE -- that is easy.
Daily Local sync-ing seems to have been removed from 10.9 Mavericks, which would come pre-installed on a new Mac.
You can sync through iCloud or a Server you control.
File Sharing between Macs on a network remains available.

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I have a iMac Desktop and MacBook Pro laptop. I generate my work related files on both of these machines. What is the best way to keep the files in these machines synchronized?

I have a iMac Desktop and MacBook Pro laptop. I generate my work related files on both of these machines. After a few days or weeks, I have new files on some folders on either of the machines that is not on the other machine. What is the best way to keep the files in these machines synchronized?

How did you transfer the files to the iMac. If you exported the files out of the MB library using Kind = Current you should get the edited version. Any other option may not.
If you want to keep the two libraries "synced" any photos you want to move to the iMac should be added to an album, connect the two Mac with a LAN, Target Disk Mode, Transferring files between two computers using FireWire, with WiFi. and use the paid version of iPhoto Library Manager to copy that album from the MB library to iMac library. It will also copy the original and edited versions, keywords, titles, etc.
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Can't sync PalmV with Imac

I have been using a Palm V with my PC for several years without problems. I recently purchased a new Imac and would like to sync my handheld with it so that I don't have to totally recreate an address book with dozens of names, adddresses and phone numbers. I have downloaded the proper version of Palm desktop and, according to the kind people at Apple Support, I have everything on the Imac configured properly and I purchased a serial to serial to USB adapter so I could attach the cradle to the Imac.
When I go to Isync it shows a picture of my Imac and a picture of my Palm V and then a window appears telling me to push the hot sync button on the cradle. I do that and the screen on the Palm V says it's connecting with the desktop. Then after about 30 or 40 seconds a message appears on the Palm V saying that it was not able to connect with the desktop "please check your settings". It appears that everything is set properly on the Imac and it is recognizing the Palm V, but the Palm V is not seeing the Imac. Is there some new software I have to install on the Palm V and, if so, how am I supposed to do that? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have exactly this problem, but I'll answer your direct question: I have Keyspan USB-19HS USB-to-serial adapter. I've installed the Keyspan drivers (version 2.5) and the Keyspan "Serial Assistant Tool" shows the adapter as being there (USA19H3a2P1.1). I've got the HotSync connection setting to look only at that port, and matched the speeds in the HotSync manager and the PalmVx at 57,600bps. I can push the HotSync button on my PalmVx (PalmOS 3.5.3) and the HotSync window (4.2.1) pops up on the Mac (OS X 10.5.4) , but then it hangs at "Establishing connection". So the PalmVx can talk to the Palm Desktop software , but then things don't proceed.
The Keyspan support people suggested this was a problem with the Palm software not finding a "User" file, or being confused among "User" files. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Palm Desktop software, several times, including deleting everything under "Documents / Palm", but that hasn't helped. I tried changing my user name on my PalmVx (via shortcut-dot-5 and syncing on a Windows box), but that didn't help, either.
I'm trying to sync with the Palm Desktop, rather than to iCal, but if iCal will work where Palm Desktop won't, I could switch. I just want to back up my PalmVx data, and don't care about the UI of the desktop.
Thanks for any help you can give me on this. If there are diagnostic logs you need, tell me how to get them and I'll post them here.
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I'm assuming when you say "iMac desktop" you are referring to Palm Desktop software, correct? I'm not a Mac user, so I'm afraid I'm at a bit of a loss here...
DTG uses a separate program on the computer to view the files that are being synced. You may need to run the T|E installation disk again to install the computer client, and to reinstall DTG on your T|E.
The other questions sound like normal capabilities for Palm Desktop. Not sure what problems you're having. I just did a search of this section of the forum for "iMac". Many hits came up that might help you.
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Not erasing history sync after disabled on desktop

Initially I had set up Firefox Sync on my desktop (Apple iMac running FF 3.6.6) to sync everything. Everything pulled up just fine on my iPhone 4 (os 4.0.1), but I hadn't realized history was being synced as well. I don't intend to use this feature and unchecked 'Sync history' in FF desktop. I re-synced and the history remained on the phone.
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That's a good point to remember. Your sync data can be made up from multiple Firefox installations. So if you want to change what's synced you have to do that on all devices.

I have a iMac desktop and a macbook pro laptop I work mainly on the desktop but when i go away for work I take my laptop. Is there any way to make it automatically back up to mirror my desktop? Like when I update a file it updates on there too etc?

I have a iMac desktop and a macbook pro laptop I work mainly on the desktop but when i go away for work I take my laptop. Is there any way to make it automatically back up to mirror my desktop? Like when I update a file it updates on there too, if I install software it installs on there too etc?
When I first got the laptop I syned it to load with all the same software etc but it hasn't continued to sync
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I use
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Both work very well. The former I use for manual, one-way synchroniziation of (nearly) entire systems. The latter for automatic syncing of very active directories through local and shared online storage.

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