An iSync question

[Thomas Sørensen]

Hi,
Can I get the addressbook in Entourage to syncronize with iSync.

I would like to get the addressbook from my mobile phone into the
addressbook in Entourage.
I did it by going through the Apple Addressbook and then copying it into the
addressbook in Entourage, but I would like to skip this step when I keep the
information up to date on future syncronizations - is this possible?

If I need to use another sync tool please let me know, or if there is some
way of doing this with iSync.

I must warn you I am completly new to Mac and not exactly a computer expert
(to put it mildly)

Thanks in advance
Thomas

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Hi,
Can I get the addressbook in Entourage to syncronize with iSync.

I would like to get the addressbook from my mobile phone into the
addressbook in Entourage.
I did it by going through the Apple Addressbook and then copying it into the
addressbook in Entourage, but I would like to skip this step when I keep the
information up to date on future syncronizations - is this possible?

Well it should be.

If I need to use another sync tool please let me know, or if there is some
way of doing this with iSync.

I must warn you I am completly new to Mac and not exactly a computer expert
(to put it mildly)

To try to summarize the current situation:
- you currently use iSync to sync the phone to your system address book.
- you dragged the contact to ENtourage to get them in the ENtourage
address book

Is that right??

iSync uses what's called the Truth Database to store the data. The
System address book reads the data from there,
The latest version of Entourage can sync to this database automatically
in Tiger.

You need to activate the synchronization to Sync Services in the
Entourage Preferences. ENtourage will then sync its default address book
to the Truth Database. You wil then have the possibility to keep all
address books in sync: The Entourage one, the System one and the one in
the phone.

Corentin

 

[Thomas Sørensen]

Thanks - it works!

Well it should be.



To try to summarize the current situation:
- you currently use iSync to sync the phone to your system address book.
- you dragged the contact to ENtourage to get them in the ENtourage
address book

Is that right??

iSync uses what's called the Truth Database to store the data. The
System address book reads the data from there,
The latest version of Entourage can sync to this database automatically
in Tiger.

You need to activate the synchronization to Sync Services in the
Entourage Preferences. ENtourage will then sync its default address book
to the Truth Database. You wil then have the possibility to keep all
address books in sync: The Entourage one, the System one and the one in
the phone.

Corentin

 

[Corentin Cras-Méneur]

Thanks - it works!

I'm glad it does. THanks for posting the result back THomas,


Corentin