> I dearly want to resume untethered syncing Is there some reason you can't sync your phone with Google Calendar using the instructions posted earlier? -- Larry Hendricks [email protected] http://spanningbackup.com http://spanningsync.com
On Apr 21, 9:38 pm, YangYin <[email protected]> wrote: > Many thanks, Andy. You _almost_ had me convinced to proceed with the > upgrade ( I initiated it 3 times and chickened out each time) but then > an online chat with an Apple advisor confirmed the drawbacks: > > • Although MobileMe collects an annual subscription, they won't > support calendar syncing with OS 10.5.8 and they won't offer a rebate > towards the purchase of OS 10.6.x > > • The upgraded calendars won't have all the features for users of OS > 10.5.8 > > • Apple advises not to upgrade if you have more than 30,000 events > across all calendars yet they don't provide instructions for obtaining > the count. The Advisor said she could check, then came back and said > she couldn't. I asked her to provide a script for counting my events > but she couldn't do that either. > > • Calendar groups have been eliminated > > • MobileMe is still too buggy. It's sometimes unavailable, editing > calendar entries is excruciatingly slow, and the log out command on > one of my Macs using FireFox suddenly broke and no one seems to have a > fix. I have to forcefully disengage from the active MobileMe login. > > • The upgrade disrupts use of SpanningSync for sending changes to > Google. > > If the only deterrent were monetary I'd hold my nose and deal, but > there are just too many other drawbacks right now. I dearly want to > resume untethered syncing but will try to wait until the dust settles > some time after May 5th. > > Am curious if other forum members with 10.5.8 made the switch and are > satisfied with the results. > > Thank you all, > > YangYin > > On Apr 21, 3:52 am, G8TQH <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > As I undertand it you could have continued with the way you were > > working after accepting the MobileMe update! > > > My calendar resides on my Mac and syncs with updated MobileMe, my > > iPhone and my iPod. OK, I know that, in truth, it resides on MobileMe > > -- but I don't see much of a difference with that little thing -- > > other than my "To Do's" getting re-ordered every so often. I works > > just the same on my Mac and iPhone. > > > I can change entries using the Mac, the iPhone and MobileMe over the > > web (the latter is just really, really, really slow from the UK). > > Spanning Sync updates my Google Calendar whenever I let it. Changes > > made with Google DON'T go anywhere -- a bit like your description of 1- > > way sync. > > > I hope this helps. > > > Cheers > > Andy > > > On Apr 20, 6:22 am, YangYin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > So can anyone clarify the options now that I've decided to ditch > > > MobileMe calendar? > > > > Thus far, my routine has been: > > > 1) calendar entries lived locally on my desktop computer > > > 2) they got synced back and forth to the MobileMe cloud > > > 3) the cloud synced back and forth with an iPhone 3G running iOS 4 > > > 4) I periodically ran a manual 1-way sync from the desktop ("never > > > change iCal") to Google via Spanning Sync as a sort of remote backup > > > > Due to the impending changes, today I disabled MobileMe calendar > > > syncing and elected Google as the cloud. Will Spanning Sync perform > > > two-way syncs between the desktop and Google after May 5th now that I > > > took MobileMe out of the loop? Then is there any way to get 2-way > > > syncing between Google calendar and the iPhone's calendar app --- or > > > have I just doomed myself to launching and signing into the Google > > > mobile calendar every time I need to view/change an upcoming > > > appointment? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Spanning Sync" group. To post to this group, send 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/spanningsync?hl=en.
