If you are using an Exchange server with Outlook and Macintosh and your other systems then you should just continue to use Outlook. Assuming current OS's on all of these systems they will all be able to keep in sync with the exchange server. You will get in trouble if you try to sync via iTunes and also another method, but I find that if you are using a profile that is unusual then you Apple will warn you.
Before changing any sync settings I highly recommend that you export any data. I have heard of multiple cases where people lost most of their contacts because tried to clean out. after a sync Jonathan Cohn jon.c.c...@gmail.com (703) 573-6956 http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn On Jun 8, 2012, at 11:17 AM, Kirsten Edmondson wrote: > Hi all, > > Probably the answer to this question is quite obvious, but I am seeking your > opinion, because I don't want to do any damage. > > I have an MBP, iPad and 4S. I would like my contacts and calendars and notes, > to appear on all of them. > > When I just had the Mac and a 3GS, I did not use iCloud. This was really > because when in my windows days a few months back, I wanted to use outlook > for keeping a record of my contacts and calendars etc, iCloud became a > massive duplication. This was very annoying. So I switched off iCloud and > left a pc and then my mac and the iPhone to do their thing. > > However, for some reason now, I am having issues syncing my contacts and > calendar properly. I think it must be something to do with my iTunes. Can > anyone help? > > I have recently used the multi edit app to sort out and organise my contacts > on my iPhone. These are not transferring to my iPad when I sync with iTunes. > It just has the old ones which have an extra 30 or 40 contacts I do not need. > Also, they are not syncing with my Mac. My address book is the same as it was > last week. Should I change a setting in iTunes? Or should I just use iCloud > and have it sort it all out for me. I'm worried about having duplications > again then. But, my major concern is my calendar, I have everything on there, > and I take it everywhere with me. However, I need it to sync on all the > machines so that wherever I am I have a clear record of what I need to be > doing. Is it likely, because my contacts are not syncing properly, that my > calendar is doing the same? > > I am worried that if I use iCloud, I will end up losing everything. > > Although iTunes is a pain, I know I can always get things back, if I lose > things, like I did last weekend. > > If I use iTunes, what do I need to make sure my settings are in order for it > to work properly? When I checked the sync contacts etc box in iTunes, there > are lots of other checkboxes, and they seem to appear twice, four example > notes, calendar, and contacts, do I need to check them multiple times in > order for it to work properly? > > Which is my dominant machine? For example my most up-to-date calendars and > notes and contacts are on my iPhone, but does my Mac think that it is the one > in charge? Is there a way of getting it so that whenever I sync to my iPhone > it replaces it on all of the machines so that that is always the latest > version? Is this what iCloud will do? I am terrified of having multiple > different versions of calendars and contacts et cetera and then ending up > with the wrong set at the wrong time. > > What should I do? How do I sort out my settings? > > > > I have sent this to both lists, so sorry for the duplications for people. > > Many thanks > Kirsten > > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
