Instead of another tutorial on syncing MobileMe, I thought I’d try a video! Check it out.
Something Ain’t Right
The connection between MobileMe, my iPhone and my iMac has been a little rocky lately. Not sure what the problem is, but the data is not flowing between my Apple love triangle like it used to. You might say poor communication is killing the relationship.
Contacts Not Syncing
I added new contacts to my iPhone 2 days ago. They didn’t show up on my Mac or in MobileMe.
Today I added a new contact to MobileMe, hoping it would push the info to my Mac & iPhone. Unfortunately, it didn’t work either. I checked my iPhone about 50 times to make sure. Now what?
Backup Everything Before Doing Anything
It’s time to get intimate with my Apple electronics. Big changes must be made to get the system working again. And you gotta protect your data!
Knowing I’ll be rolling the dice with my precious contact list, email settings and everything critical to my ability to communicate with another human, I backed up everything. iPhone backup via iTunes. And backing up my iMac with Time Machine. (By the way, if you’re not using Time Machine… Shame on you!)
Scary System Preferences
It can be a little frightening to go digging around in your Mac’s system preferences. But, syncing my data is critical to survival – so you’ll have to be brave and be ready to get your hands dirty.
Plus, we’re only dealing with the MobileMe settings, which can easily be reversed. But you should backup everything just in case!
I was going to write out all the steps, but I already did that once. You can read my MobileMe sync tutorial, but the video up top is quicker and easier to follow.
It Works
Good news : The sync worked and all of my Apple products are best friends again. They talk all the time. In fact, it’s kind of annoying. You know what I’m sayin’.
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Tony Stocco is a total Apple fanboy - addicted to his iPad, iPhone, iMac, MacBook Pro, Hackintosh and iPod Shuffle... And anxiously waiting to see the new iPhone 5.