powermail-discuss Digest #2944 - Friday, January 23, 2009
address book sync
by <[email protected]>
address book sync
by "angel" <[email protected]>
Re: address book sync
by "Alan Harper" <[email protected]>
Re: address book sync
by "Dave Nathanson" <[email protected]>
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Subject: address book sync
From: <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:11:22 -0600
greetings,
i'm having trouble with Address Book syncing.
When i first did a sync, new groups were created in PM that matched
the groups in Address Book, but there were no contacts in the groups.
i thought it was because the PM groups were inside of folders, so i
removed them from the folders, added contacts to several of the empty
groups and then re-synced.
PM re-created any new groups I made in Address Book, but again, with
no contacts. WORSE though, is that it deleted the contacts i added to
each group in PM before the sync.
it also creates folders called Apple Address Book Contacts with
contacts in it and i don't understand why those particular contacts
get put in those folders.
i have the following checked in preferences:
- Update from Apple's Address Book on PM startup
- Update Appe's Address Book from PM automatically
- Open contacts in Address Book by default.
Under "advanced..." for both of them, I have everything checked except
for "delete..." because i didn't want to take a chance of losing any
contacts.
does anyone have any experience with getting PM's address book and
Apple's to keep good sync with each other? any documentation anywhere?
i should note that i put most of my contacts within folders in PM for
organization's sake. that way, when contacts are "loose" i can file
them later and everyone gets categorized in a folder.
any help or pointers would be much appreciated.
thanks, angel
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PM 6.0.1 | OSX 10.5.5 | PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz 2G
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Subject: address book sync
From: "angel" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:02:57 -0600
greetings,
i'm having trouble with Address Book syncing.
When i first did a sync, new groups were created in PM that matched
the groups in Address Book, but there were no contacts in the groups.
i thought it was because the PM groups were inside of folders, so i
removed them from the folders, added contacts to several of the empty
groups and then re-synced.
PM re-created any new groups I made in Address Book, but again, with
no contacts. WORSE though, is that it deleted the contacts i added to
each group in PM before the sync.
it also creates folders called Apple Address Book Contacts with
contacts in it and i don't understand why those particular contacts
get put in those folders.
i have the following checked in preferences:
- Update from Apple's Address Book on PM startup
- Update Appe's Address Book from PM automatically
- Open contacts in Address Book by default.
Under "advanced..." for both of them, I have everything checked except
for "delete..." because i didn't want to take a chance of losing any
contacts.
does anyone have any experience with getting PM's address book and
Apple's to keep good sync with each other? any documentation anywhere?
i should note that i put most of my contacts within folders in PM for
organization's sake. that way, when contacts are "loose" i can file
them later and everyone gets categorized in a folder.
any help or pointers would be much appreciated.
thanks, angel
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PM 6.0.1 | OSX 10.5.5 | PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz 2G
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Subject: Re: address book sync
From: "Alan Harper" <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:15:02 -0800
Hi Angel
First, I asked about the same question in 2006 and got the following response:
Sean McBride ([email protected]) said on 10/12/06:
>Alan Harper ([email protected]) on 2006-10-11 19:50 said:
>
>>SHORT QUESTION:
>>
>>Has anyone figured out a way to keep the PowerMail address book and
>>Apple's AddressBook synchronized reliably?
>
>Short Answer: no.
That being said, here is the recipe I use, and it seems to work pretty well.
1) Delete every contact in your PowerMail address book
2) Set your Synchronization in PowerMail to:
Update PowerMail from Apple's Address Book
? On PowerMail startup
? When PowerMail is brought to the front (this is optional,
uncheck if you wish)
Click on "Advanced" and check every check box
3) Leave unchecked "Update Apple's Address Book from PowerMail"
4) Never use the "Add to Address Book" menu item
That has worked for me. But when it fails, repeat step (1) above and
then resynchronize.
PS--Back up your address books (in PowerMail and Apple's Address Book)
before you start!
angel ([email protected]) said on 1/22/09:
>greetings,
>
>i'm having trouble with Address Book syncing.
>
>When i first did a sync, new groups were created in PM that matched
>the groups in Address Book, but there were no contacts in the groups.
>i thought it was because the PM groups were inside of folders, so i
>removed them from the folders, added contacts to several of the empty
>groups and then re-synced.
>
>PM re-created any new groups I made in Address Book, but again, with
>no contacts. WORSE though, is that it deleted the contacts i added to
>each group in PM before the sync.
>
>it also creates folders called Apple Address Book Contacts with
>contacts in it and i don't understand why those particular contacts
>get put in those folders.
>
>
>i have the following checked in preferences:
>
>- Update from Apple's Address Book on PM startup
>- Update Appe's Address Book from PM automatically
>- Open contacts in Address Book by default.
>
>
>Under "advanced..." for both of them, I have everything checked except
>for "delete..." because i didn't want to take a chance of losing any
>contacts.
>
>does anyone have any experience with getting PM's address book and
>Apple's to keep good sync with each other? any documentation anywhere?
>
>i should note that i put most of my contacts within folders in PM for
>organization's sake. that way, when contacts are "loose" i can file
>them later and everyone gets categorized in a folder.
>
>any help or pointers would be much appreciated.
>
>thanks, angel
>
>
>---------
>PM 6.0.1 | OSX 10.5.5 | PowerBook G4 1.5Ghz 2G
>
>
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Subject: Re: address book sync
From: "Dave Nathanson" <[email protected]>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:27:43 -0800
Even if you get it sync-ed ok, it adds "work" or "home" as comments to
all your PowerMail addresses - and it will not be right. A mess. In
the past most people have suggested not to use this feature.
Best,
Dave Nathanson
> i'm having trouble with Address Book syncing.
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