UPDATE 3 - 6/19/09 3:45p
It’s a feature, not a bug. I hate that…
Apple Discussions thread “Apple - Support - Discussions - Double contacts? …” shows people with similar symptoms. Why I had trouble getting iTunes to disable local syncing, I now don’t know – but I will no longer be spooked by the option to enable local syncing remaining visible. And I will notice the new text which used to say “Over-the-air sync settings can be changed on your iPhone” now says “You can also choose to sync contacts/calendars with this computer.”
I guess Apple removed the either/or restriction on MobileMe syncing. I suppose this could allow you to sync with a home-based MobileMe account while also syncing with a work-based desktop account.
UPDATE 2 - 6/18/09 5:45p
I think I’ve fooled iTunes. It’s not “fixed”, but here’s what I did to get back on track:
- I created a blank new Calendar and a blank new Address Book group.
- I deleted all mail accounts on my phone, along with all their data.
- This left a bunch of calendars and contacts still on my phone, so
- I unchecked “Sync Mail Accounts” (for now).
- set my phone to sync Calendars and Contacts to those empty groups I just created, and checked the corresponding Reset buttons. (The idea being that I reset all my data to nothing, the only way I could find to erase just the Calendars and Contacts.)
- Then, after the Calendar/Contact sync finished (erasing all Calendar/Contact data on the phone), in a separate sync I re-added the Mail Accounts.
- I ejected the phone and disconnected the USB cable.
- On the phone, in the Settings for my MobileMe account, I turned on Contacts, Calendars, and Bookmarks sync. I also had to launch the Contacts and Calendars apps to initiate the data being pulled in from the MobileMe cloud.
- After that all finished and I had the correct data on my phone, I deleted the blank Contact group and blank Calendar from my Mac (sync cable still unattached) to verify the Push connection was alive and working.
- Only once the blank group and calendar disappeared from my phone via a true MobileMe push did I then reconnect the cable to my phone for another sync. iTunes does not show the MobileMe override for Contacts and Calendars, but at least it knows enough and disabled the local syncing.
Let’s hope they address this, although a quick scan of the Discussion Forums and other online notices seems to suggest I’m the only one on the planet having this issue. Lucky me!
UPDATE 1 - 6/18/09 3:09p
Apple Discussion forums are back online. Weird they would go offline right as the download started. Saving bandwidth, or what else…
ORIGINAL POST
I’m 2 hours into my upgrade and having problems.
Also, Apple’s discussion forums (http://discussions.apple.com/) are closed…
My specific problem is that my phone shows MobileMe sync is enabled, but the iTunes “Info” tab does not agree. As a result, iTunes resyncs my entire Contacts and Calendars every time, despite MobileMe push sync being enabled. I also end up with two sets of Contacts and two sets of Calendar events – one for On My Mac and the other for my MobileMe account.
Notably (or not?), after the upgrade finished, my phone was renamed to just “iPhone”. Developing…