Mavericks, OS X Server, and local sync accounts
I've installed OS X Server under OS X 10.9. Among other uses, I wanted to use it for local sync of contacts and calendars, in place of iCloud. For the most part I've followed the beautifully clear instructions posted at securityspread.com (Setting up your own sync server). Everything has worked as documented, right up to the point in Configuring OS X to connect and sync with the server where Jay writes
[...]select ‘All on My Mac’ (this is where all the originals should be), select all of your contacts and drag them to ‘All OS X Server’.Whenever I would drag to 'All OS X Server', the green "+" badge would not appear on the drag icon. I could not drop my local contacts onto the "All OS X Server" group. Eventually it occurred to me to try to set up a CardDav account – the approach described in the section on configuring an iOS client. So, instead of adding a new OS X Server account, I'm doing as follows: In
System Preferences > Internet Accounts
, select "Add Other Account...". Then instead of selecting "Add an OS X Server account", select "Add a CardDAV account".


