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Address Book sync to Gmail?

I'm running Leopard Mail and Address Book but I'd like Gmail (via the web site) to also have my addresses. There are a lot of them - it would take forever to manage manually. Is there a way to sync them?

MacBook Pro 17, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Mar 5, 2008 3:44 PM

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Apr 10, 2008 2:53 PM in response to Kurt Anglese

Totally agree. IMAP Gmail on Apple Mail/iPhone is great. I love the fact that for no charge, you can host your personal or organization's domain's mail services on Gmail (Google Apps, to be exact). I see 3rd party apps out there for two-way calendar sharing between Google Calendar and iCal. Anything similar exist for Gmail Contacts <--> Apple Address Book sync'ing?

Apr 13, 2008 8:10 AM in response to AJLynn

About Plaxo spamming, they have changed their policy and approach. I use it successfully to keep my contacts in sync without spamming anyone.

On the GMail contact sync, Plaxo has not yet delivered a 2 way sync. Many of us current users are still waiting.

On the other hand, Plaxo does sync calendar with GMail caledar. This is not as useful to me, though.

Aug 27, 2008 6:21 PM in response to alanterra

I've been using the Google Contact Sync feature in OS X 10.5.4 ( http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2008/05/mac-os-x-1053-sync-google-contacts.html) and am confused about a couple of things.

Firstly, I can set it up via the Address Book preferences (but then can't see any way to make it sync) or in iTunes 7.7.1 (and it syncs when iTunes syncs with my iPhone).

Secondly (and more importantly), it seems to pull contacts from GMail but not sync them back after I have added phone numbers etc. in Address Book.

Am I missing something?

Sep 19, 2008 9:37 AM in response to AJLynn

If you do not own an iPhone, you may not see the option in Address Book to sync contacts with Google's Gmail. If you are not seeing the option in the preferences of Address Book > General, then read the 3 steps in the follow post on how to enable the Gmail contact option box:

http://lifehacker.com/393855/enable-google-contact-sync-without-an-iphone-or-ipo d-touch

(Excerpt:)
Here's what you do:

1. If you don't have the Property List Editor installed, download the shareware PlistEdit Pro and install.

2. Open up ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPod.plist and save a backup copy of it. Then, expand the tree to reveal "Family ID." Change that value to 10001, as shown above.

3. Save your changes. Launch Address Book and open the Preference pane. The Google contact sync option will be staring right at you.

Next, open iSync, choose iSync > Preferences, and then select “Show status in menu bar.” Quit iSync. Click the Sync menu in the menu bar and choose Sync Now. (taken from Address Book Help > Synchronizing with Google Contacts).

Voilé!

Address Book sync to Gmail?

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