MobileMe Sync Deleted Contacts
For those of you who don't know, MobileMe is a service from Apple that syncs your various devices with the cloud. You can sync your iPhone and computer and then access the information from a browser as well. It is a great idea in theory and for a time, until we sold the company, I was also using it to back up my QuickBooks files automatically.
But we sold the company and I decided to let my MobileMe subscription run out in February. I am a longer user of Gmail and Google's services like Google Docs, so it didn't seem to make sense to pay $99 for a service I can get for free elsewhere. No problem, as I already had all my contacts on my phone and computer. I just lost the ability to sync them with the cloud. Since my phone is with me everywhere I saw no issue with this.
However, last week, the opportunity arose for me to reactivate my MobileMe with a family member who was getting the family plan. So I accepted, nothing is better than free, right? My old account still existed, I just couldn't access it. It was reactivated and all seemed to be fine.
Then come Monday, mid-way through the day, suddenly all contacts disappeared from my iPhone. And since my computer was also set up with the MobileMe account information, it also wiped them out completely. Yay! Oh for joy, now I get to re-enter 500+ contacts.
If anyone has any ideas on an easier recovery than trying to import from spreadsheets and check each one by hand, let me know! I would be happy to try anything at this point.
But we sold the company and I decided to let my MobileMe subscription run out in February. I am a longer user of Gmail and Google's services like Google Docs, so it didn't seem to make sense to pay $99 for a service I can get for free elsewhere. No problem, as I already had all my contacts on my phone and computer. I just lost the ability to sync them with the cloud. Since my phone is with me everywhere I saw no issue with this.
However, last week, the opportunity arose for me to reactivate my MobileMe with a family member who was getting the family plan. So I accepted, nothing is better than free, right? My old account still existed, I just couldn't access it. It was reactivated and all seemed to be fine.
Then come Monday, mid-way through the day, suddenly all contacts disappeared from my iPhone. And since my computer was also set up with the MobileMe account information, it also wiped them out completely. Yay! Oh for joy, now I get to re-enter 500+ contacts.
If anyone has any ideas on an easier recovery than trying to import from spreadsheets and check each one by hand, let me know! I would be happy to try anything at this point.
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