Hi Jason, Thanks for that.
Yes will be having some fun with those numbers. Just cant work out where the number are from. Like your ideas and thanks for the tips re TM. Will give that a bash. Thanks again. Michael On 5 Sep 2010, at 20:32, Jason Davies wrote: > Go inta Address Book and *then* activate TM. You can roll it back to where it > was when it was a full set. Then immediately go into Mobile Me and tell it > not to sync addresses through Mobile me. I think I would also do the > following: > > 1) check the TM versions are intact. > 2) delete all addresses (ie your contacts) > 3) make sure it has sync'd (eg wait for a new number to appear as they > re-enter them, to test it > 4) tell Mobile me to stop syncing addresses with that (those) iPhones > 5) repopulate your Address Book from TM. > 6) reset all other (current) devices you have in Mobile me so it has your > restored version as the master copy. > > > Frankly, I would be tempted to mess with their numbers. Change random digits > in all the new entries, watch them get corrected randomly, then swap them > round so ringing Mama also rings a pizza place or something. That's not an > official SMUG list policy, by the way. > > > and when you're bored, or if you're not as vindictive as me, tell Mobile me > to remote wipe and or remove it from your list of devices. It might have to > wait until it gets a data signal to pick up the command. > > Locking it with a pincode would also be fun. > > > > Come to think of it, maybe the current 'owner' wasn't the actual thief (but > they did a cheap iPhone, they must suspect...) > > > Are they still on your contract? presumably not. > > > > Michael Dennis - Fanchants.com wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I had my iPhone stolen in Spain, or rather I had a couple stolen in Spain. I >> have MobileMe and a message came up the other day when it was synching and i >> obviously clicked the wrong the wrong one. Anyway the robbers, or buyer of >> robbed iPhone, has been adding contacts and the end result was that i got 40 >> of his contacts, including Mama. I sent a message to him via Mobile Me, but >> I haven't had a confirm to say that it's been delivered. Unfortunately the >> Find my Iphone thing wasn't working. >> >> 2 Questions: >> >> 1. I don't suppose anyone recognises what country these numbers maybe from? >> 0672995279 >> 0661552133 >> 0670221642 >> >> The names are mostly Arabic, so my guess is it's made it back to North >> Africa somewhere maybe. These all seem to be mobile numbers. >> >> 2. I need to get my contacts up and running from my Time Machine backup. I >> just selected 'import' from the Address Book menu but iI couldn't find where >> the details for the contacts were in the Latest backup folder. >> >> I could do with backing everything up too but I'm scared I will wipe the >> address contacts. Is it right that Time Machine just copies new files and >> keeps a copy of all the old ones? >> >> Sorry for the lengthy email. >> >> >> All the best, >> >> Michael >> >> Michael Dennis >> www.fanchants.com >> Twitter: www.twitter.com/fanchants >> Facebook: www.facebook.com/fanchants >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB.
