Google Sync v. MobileMe
September 29, 2009
i’m finally giving up, after trying for the bazillionth time, switching from MobileMe to Google Everything. maybe its just that i’m furiously working on a project at the same time as i was trying to get things in order, but it just created a huge mess across the board. late last night, before i went to bed, i got everything in order to make the switch for a week: calendars exported/imported, contacts imported/exported, etc, etc.
what i wound up with was a giant mess. maybe Apple is partly to blame for this, but why in iCal, when i add my Google account does it give me this whole “delegate” nonsense? i just want my calendars listed like they are in MobileMe. and contacts aren’t really in “groups” unless you force them to in Address Book. when organizing contacts via gmail, “groups” are basically useless as far as sorting and making rules. on the iPhone side of things, Google Sync only allowed for one calendar to sync up properly. one. out of six. that’s just useless.
as it is, i’m likely missing something. in fact, i’m certain of it. but think about: shouldn’t it just work like its supposed to? in MobileMe, i simply type in my username and password, check off the things i want synced (Contacts, Bookmarks, Calendars, Mail Accounts), and let it take care of itself across all the different platforms i have a hand in: my iPhone, Jac’s iPhone, my work Mac, and my home Macs.
i’m really not trying to be a homer, although it sounds like it. and if you’ve been keeping up with me for awhile, you know this isn’t the first time i’ve written about this. i was really excited about Google Sync this year, as i thought it would fix everything and i could finally, finally get MobileMe off my back.
oh well. maybe next year.
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I’ve tried Sync too and I’ve looked at other options that will allow me to drop MobileMe, but it’s so difficult to find that complete package. I end up using bits of everything – Sync, DropBox and Mobile – and I’ve now got a fairly manageable system in place.I should add that I’ve never been able to get MobileMe to sync on my old white MacBook…
yeah, that’s been the thing: the “complete package.”i’ve also been using DropBox in place of iDisk for keeping work files synced and love it.
Yeah, same here re. DropBox/work files (uploading 60Mb of video to it right now!)