Syncing calendar & contacts

When I add calendar items to my iPhone, they automatically go to my computer.  When I add calendar items to my computer, they do not show up on my iPhone until I manually sync them.  Contacts are never synced until I manually sync.  Since syncing manually takes a very long time, is there an easier way for my iPhone and my computer to sync up??  I do not have iCloud, because I don't have a .me address (that I am aware of).

If you don't use iCloud the only way to transfer data between your phone and your Mac is by syncing.  If you update your mac to OS X 10.7.4 or later you can set up iCloud and sync automatically without connecting your phone to your computer.  This article describes how to set this up: http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html.

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    Hi all,
    sorry for my bad english. I´m from germany.
    since the itunes 9.2 update my contacts, calendar, notes and bookmarks (the hole tab, its called "Info" in german itunes) wont sync with my iphone 3G (iOS 4.0) and iPod Touch 1G (3.1.3). Other media like music, books, videos etc. working fine.
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    the mdcrashreporter.exe appears for a short time in taskmanager.
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    - reinstall office (outlook)
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    - new calendar, contacts, etc.
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    - hard/soft reset iphone
    - restore iphone (with and without backup)
    - sync only contacts (without music, videos, bookmarks etc)
    - sync all
    - troubleshooting article from apple.com
    - user help from here
    - repair MobileDeviceSupport/ApplicationSupport
    - sync windows contacts
    System:
    iPhone 3G @iOS4
    iPod Touch 1G @3.1.3
    iTunes 9.2
    Outlook 2007 (all patches)
    Win7 (all patches)
    no hacks/third-party-software/jailbreaks or something else
    no other device-backups in itunes so I need to sync with outlook or windows contacts. a phone without contacts is useless...more than one week after this ** itunes update theres still no fix
    need help please. I read all the other posts here but nothing fixed my problem. someone out there with an idea?

    Update:
    *C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\Logs\MobileSync\AppleMobileSync.exe.00.log*
    2010-07-08 >22:55:42.520|AppleMobileSync.exe|1948:3938184|DeviceLinkListener.c:DLDeviceLis tenerCreateWithCallbacks| ERROR: Can't listen for mobile devices, error -402653085: (null)
    Same error with different dates.
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    reinstalled MobileDevice Driver (from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Apple\Mobile Device Support\Drivers). nothing.
    reinstalled AppleMobileDeviceSupport. nothing.
    reinstalled office 2007/itunes 9.2. nothing.
    changed USB port. nothing.
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    btw: itunes diagnostic from "?" menu says:
    Microsoft Windows 7 Business Edition (Build 7600)
    ASUSTeK Computer INC. P4GPL-X
    iTunes 9.2.0.61
    QuickTime 7.6.6
    FairPlay 1.8.20
    Apple Application Support 1.3
    iPod Updater Library 9.2d4
    CD Driver 2.2.0.1
    CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
    Apple Mobile Device 3.1.0.62
    Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.49.0.0
    Bonjour 2.0.2.0 (214.3)
    iTunes-Seriennummer // censored //
    Aktueller Benutzer ist kein Administrator.
    Aktuelles Datum und Uhrzeit sind 2010-07-08 23:08:28.
    iTunes befindet sich nicht im abgesicherten Modus.
    WebKit Accelerated Compositing ist aktiviert.
    HDCP wird nicht unterstützt.
    Info zu Video-Anzeige
    ATI Technologies Inc., ATI Radeon X1950 GT
    ATI Technologies Inc., ATI Radeon X1950 GT Secondary
    ** Info für externe Plug-Ins **
    Keine externen Plug-Ins installiert.
    iPodService 9.2.0.61 arbeitet zurzeit.
    iTunesHelper 9.2.0.61 arbeitet zurzeit.
    Apple Mobile Device service 3.1.0.0 arbeitet zurzeit.
    ** Synchronisierungstests für Geräte **
    Sync-Tests erfolgreich abgeschlossen.
    *(english: sync-test completed successfully)*
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  • TS4118 how to sync calendar/contacts with imac, ipad, & iphone

    I am having issues syncing with all of my products and would love some assistance, please. 
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  • Why has apple removed the ability to sync calendars, contacts, notes, and what ever by hard wire and is forcing people to use iCloud?

    Removing this ability has to be one of the worse moves that apple has made.  Beleave it or not some people may not want to connect to use iCloud.

    I hate iCloud, too
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  • Unable to set Outlook to override iPhone when syncing calendar/contacts

    Hi, I connect my 3GS iPhone via USB and sync calendar and contacts. I make ALL changes in Outlook. Is there any way to enable one way sync? i.e. to allow the computer to automatically delete/change previous entries on the phone?

    I just dealt with this issue a few hours ago. I too couldn't figure out how to adjust any settings for two way syncing.
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  • Can you:  Sync Calendar, Contacts, & Tasks over the internet?

    Hey!
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  • IPod  won't sync calendar/contacts with outlook???

    My iPhone syncs it's calendar with Outlook fine on two (windows) computers.
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    I have the same problem since I updated to iTunes 10.2 Sue (I think). For me this was somewhere in January.
    I wasn't sure iTunes was the issue, until I read your post. I tested syncing a note, and that works fine.
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  • IPad stopped syncing calendar, contacts

    I am not sure when it started, but my contacts and calendar are no longer synced to my iPad. My contacts on the iPad are completely blank and my calendar has a few dates that have been on the iMac calendar for a while but not all or even some that were in the calendar when the dates that do show up on the iPad were entered.
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  • TS1347 Itunes is no longer syncing calendar/contacts

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