Luckily enough, I hesitated before upgrading to the wonderful, new Mavericks--and when I heard about Sync Services no longer being supported, I thanked my lucky stars!
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Calender and Contact sync only via icloud - are they crazy
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Luckily enough, I hesitated before upgrading to the wonderful, new Mavericks--and when I heard about Sync Services no longer being supported, I thanked my lucky stars!
itunes no USB cable sync in OSX 10.9
petition is ok, but more of an effect has direct feedback bombardment:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
* read a page back, you can copy/paste if you don't want to write your own.
petition is ok, but more of an effect has direct feedback bombardment:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunesapp.html
* read a page back, you can copy/paste if you don't want to write your own.
Done.
Apple's currently giving those of us with both OS X and iOS devices security theatre, rather than security.
Yep, done that. There's now a 125 page thread on ASF about it. If it bothers you also rate Mavericks in the App Store.
Don't forgot Apple and NSA are working together now and Apple need hard cash from NSA. That is unfortunately. 
Just what I needed to read on the 1st day of a new year. I know I should not be surprised, and I'm not. From what I've read everything that's come out so far is just the tip of the iceberg ..uuugggg.
Thanks for the link though. I'll add it to my collection of things I'm leaving to the grand kids so then can have copies of news items to share with their kids.
On a brighter I came across something the other day that looks promising regarding getting local sync back. I'll create a new post for it below.
Jon
Getting local sync back - This may work.
I came across this the other day and wanted to pass it on.
Note: I have not tried it myself.
Hosting your own CalDAV and CardDAV server using Baïkal Server
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6311
To be honest it looks really complicated to me. And I/we should not have to go to all that trouble just to "not" use Apple's cloud. But I wanted to share the info for those that might want to give it a try.
Jon…
I came across this the other day and wanted to pass it on.
Note: I have not tried it myself.
Hosting your own CalDAV and CardDAV server using Baïkal Server
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6311
To be honest it looks really complicated to me. And I/we should not have to go to all that trouble just to "not" use Apple's cloud. But I wanted to share the info for those that might want to give it a try.
Jon…
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Yeah I heard about this before and Apple still denied it. Because Apple can't afford to lose customers if they admit it.
Neither can Google, Nokia or Blackberry.Because Apple can't afford to lose customers if they admit it.
You know since the "Summer of Snowden", and the recently revealed security issues with OSX and iOS, I really wish Apple would return local sync to OSX Mavericks.
Although I did not expect a reply, I have contacted Apple more than once asking for local sync back. I like Apple a lot more than I ever liked Microsoft but I only trust them slightly more than Google at this time when it comes to keeping my data safe.
It's really frustrating since there are things I like about Mavericks but have remained on Mountain Lion because I want to be in charge of my data.
-- My Solution (I hope) --
Since my last post I tried a few options to have local sync on my network but my old Windows-7 box was not up to the task and the cost of building a server with new parts just for syncing my data was close to a base Mac Mini that could also be used for other things.
So I finally broke down and bought a base model Mac Mini and paid the $20.00 for server (yes Mavericks Server….LOL).
For anyone who is considering doing the same thing but has never configured a server before I came across these videos by Todd Olthoff that I have found to be very helpful.
Mac 10.9 Mavericks Server Tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9lCFXVZfRNJx3S2dqM3h0NEZ5Xto2iZ
He keeps adding to them and is up to configuring VPN as I write this.
-- Anyway, back to Apple and no more local sync in iTunes --
I've thought a lot about why Apple and other manufactures would do this and the paranoid side of me keeps going back to "them" wanting access to all our data. There does not seem to be any other explanation since it costs money to store that data. And I'm not just talking about Apple. It's all the big players in the industry. We all know what Facebook and Google do with the data they collect but what is Apple doing, or planning to do, with it? And as far as I know Apple has never provided an explanation for removing local sync.
What concerns me the most is with the exception of this thread and a few others, the issue of forcing users to "The Cloud" has pretty much become a non-issue for most people and they are willing to give up control of their data for the convenience of accessing it from anywhere in the world.
Sorry for rambling...once I get started on the topic of personal privacy/security I can get carried away.
Maybe I should have posted some of this in the political section.
Jon…
Although I did not expect a reply, I have contacted Apple more than once asking for local sync back. I like Apple a lot more than I ever liked Microsoft but I only trust them slightly more than Google at this time when it comes to keeping my data safe.
It's really frustrating since there are things I like about Mavericks but have remained on Mountain Lion because I want to be in charge of my data.
-- My Solution (I hope) --
Since my last post I tried a few options to have local sync on my network but my old Windows-7 box was not up to the task and the cost of building a server with new parts just for syncing my data was close to a base Mac Mini that could also be used for other things.
So I finally broke down and bought a base model Mac Mini and paid the $20.00 for server (yes Mavericks Server….LOL).
For anyone who is considering doing the same thing but has never configured a server before I came across these videos by Todd Olthoff that I have found to be very helpful.
Mac 10.9 Mavericks Server Tutorials
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP9lCFXVZfRNJx3S2dqM3h0NEZ5Xto2iZ
He keeps adding to them and is up to configuring VPN as I write this.
-- Anyway, back to Apple and no more local sync in iTunes --
I've thought a lot about why Apple and other manufactures would do this and the paranoid side of me keeps going back to "them" wanting access to all our data. There does not seem to be any other explanation since it costs money to store that data. And I'm not just talking about Apple. It's all the big players in the industry. We all know what Facebook and Google do with the data they collect but what is Apple doing, or planning to do, with it? And as far as I know Apple has never provided an explanation for removing local sync.
What concerns me the most is with the exception of this thread and a few others, the issue of forcing users to "The Cloud" has pretty much become a non-issue for most people and they are willing to give up control of their data for the convenience of accessing it from anywhere in the world.
Sorry for rambling...once I get started on the topic of personal privacy/security I can get carried away.
Maybe I should have posted some of this in the political section.
Jon…