I was pulling my hair out with synchronizing issues with my iPhone for several weeks. Sync services kept overwriting certain information in my Apple Address Book contacts such as users AIM account information.
I am not sure that I totally understand how it is syncing but it seems like the key to solving the problem was choosing the "Merge" sync option in Entourage. This option appears in Entourage after you make a change to your sync settings in the Entourage preferences. I initially thought that the sync services was asking me how I wanted it to handle the initial sync, but it seems like what you choose in the Entorage preferences how it syncs every time sync services runs. I could be wrong on this but all I can tell you is that I have not had any more problems with data disappearing or being overwritten since I chose the "Merge" sync option. A couple of weeks ago I finally started using my .Mac account to sync wirelessly via mobile me. I was hesitant to do this at first because I had read about problems that some users were having with this and I was concerned about really screwing up all my contacts and calendar information. Mobile Me has worked great for me and I highly recommend it. I really like having newly arriving calendar events pushed to my phone without having to do a physical sync. It also is great to be able to make changes or add new contacts to my phone and have them automatically show up on my computer. That's my two cents. Best of luck! on 10/15/08 9:07 AM, Lorin Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are the best ways to have Apple's address book stay fairly closely > synchronized to Entourage's address book? > > A couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the contacts in Apple's Address Book > (AAB) disappeared. I don't know if "Messed-up Me" (Mobil Me's evil twin) > caused that, or what. > > Previous to that, as I recall, AAB was staying synched to Entourage, and > when I would go to Mobil Me all my contacts would be there. > > Entourage is fine, no problem. I don't use Apple's address book much. I use > Entourage for 95% of my email and project stuff. > > Years ago, I would use Paul's script, or manually drag vcards. > > Latest version of Entourage (12.1.3) and Leopard (10.5.5) on a G5 Mac. > > Lorin -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
