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"Unable to synchronize database with server.
Unable to find sync server.
No server could be found that matches your sync settings.
Please make sure that your sync server is awake and that OmniFocus is open.
Cancel or Retry" (this is error message on iPhone)

I use Bonjour syncing, and every time I'm "away" from my wifi connection, work on my iPhone OF, and then return to my wifi connection and Mac at home and attempt to sync, I get the above error. It usually does sync successfully if I then press the sync button on the iPhone (the 2nd sync attempt).

I know Ken has addressed this before and offered the Reset OmniFocus Keychain link that you're supposed to run from the iPhone, but I think he was addressing "The idisk.me.com server returned "forbidden"(403) in reponse to a request "PROPFIND/prudencef/Documents/OmniFocus.ofocus" in that post.

Ken (or anyone else), do you know of any fix for this happening with a Bonjour syncing iPhone?

Thanks.
 
I'm having a similar problem, except that I've never synced my iPhone before (all previous steps in the syncing process have gone off without a hitch) and that I'm receiving that error after:

1. Clicking on the link with sent settings in it.
2. Having it ask me if I want to replace my OmniFocus synchronization settings, and my clicking 'Replace.'

I'd love to hear of any fix available (esp. after just having paid for the iPhone version). Thanks much.
 
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I'm having a similar problem, except that I've never synced my iPhone before (all previous steps in the syncing process have gone off without a hitch) and that I'm receiving that error after:

1. Clicking on the link with sent settings in it.
2. Having it ask me if I want to replace my OmniFocus synchronization settings, and my clicking 'Replace.'

I'd love to hear of any fix available (esp. after just having paid for the iPhone version). Thanks much.
First, let me double-check a few details: you're trying to sync over Bonjour? Using a local WiFi network?

If you launch OmniFocus on your iPhone (without using the link from Mail), do you see the "Welcome to OmniFocus!" screen with the "Set Up Sync" button? If so, touch that button: it should list your Bonjour sync server, and you can select it to proceed to sync. (If you don't see your Mac listed, make sure your Mac is running OmniFocus, configured to be an OmniFocus Bonjour Server, and that your Mac and iPhone are on the same local WiFi network.)

If you're not seeing the "Welcome to OmniFocus" screen on your iPhone, you can get back to that initial setup screen by touching on the (i) button in the bottom left corner of the main screen to bring up Settings, scrolling down to the bottom of Settings, and touching the "Reset Database" button. This will bring you back to the welcome screen, and you can touch "Set Up Sync" as described above.

Let us know if that solves your issue!
 
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First, let me double-check a few details: you're trying to sync over Bonjour? Using a local WiFi network?
That is correct.

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If you launch OmniFocus on your iPhone (without using the link from Mail), do you see the "Welcome to OmniFocus!" screen with the "Set Up Sync" button? If so, touch that button: it should list your Bonjour sync server, and you can select it to proceed to sync. (If you don't see your Mac listed, make sure your Mac is running OmniFocus, configured to be an OmniFocus Bonjour Server, and that your Mac and iPhone are on the same local WiFi network.)
Huh . . .

So, yes, I'm able to request it to sync. I don't automatically see my Mac listed, but when I touch 'Set Up Manually' and select Bonjour as my option, it seems to list the correct server.

. . . aaaaaand it's decided that it works this morning and not last night? :D Ah well, it's working now. Perhaps something in autosync resolved the issue. At any rate, thank you!
 
I used to have this issue before switching to MobileMe - I think the issue is just that the iPhone doesn't discovered my laptop quick enough for OmniFocus, which would explain why the second attempt always works.
 
Hi Ken,

I have the same problem (Unable to find sync server) but the solutions you suggested have not worked for me.
I am using a Macbook Pro 2Ghz w Tiger 10.5.7 with Omnifocus 1.6.1 and I have just updated to Omnifocus for iPhone v1.5.
I have synced reliably in the past with MobileMe but have been trying for the past few months to sync with Bonjour with very mixed results. Every once in a blue moon I can get the sync to work (usually by resetting the database) and then nothing for ages. Eg just today I tried again and got my iPhone to sync but then when I did a test "change and sync" from my mac it could not locate the sync server it had found about 30 seconds ago.

I have tried sharing sync settings and sending sync settings from my Mac to the iPhone. I am not leaving the wireless network in between successful and un-successful sync attemtps so cannot understand why it's not working.

On a related note can you tell me how to find the Omnifocus database on my mac and where it should be located? (I am guessing it should live in the Username/documents/Omnifocus server folder, is this correct?).

Cheers,
patrick
 
I just now got the sync working one more time after 45 minutes of frustration by deleting the existing database on the iPhone quitting OF on Mac and re-starting. I expect the syncing nightmare will continue but if now I will post an update
 
Sure enough 2 minutes and one new action on OF on the mac later and the iPhone won't sync. "UNable to find sync server". Arggggh!@
 
Just thought I'd quickly answer this side question…

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On a related note can you tell me how to find the Omnifocus database on my mac and where it should be located?
You can Command-Click on the title of any document window to show where that document is located. (Select one of the parent folders in the resulting popup if you'd like to open that folder in the Finder.)
 
Thanks Ken, that's a very useful tip. Cheers! Patrick
 
 


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