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address book sharing slow

hello, it is now two weeks we are running our new MACs . we are all 10.6.2 (3 clients + 1 mac mini server)

I was able to create a shared address book adding the same account on each clients.

What I see is that it is really slow, useless for business applications, you can wait for minutes after you click on one contact or jump from one group to a different one.

our database is made by 1000 contacts and approx 6Mb

any idea?

thanks.

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.6.2), macmini server - macbook - iMac 21" - macbook pro

Posted on Feb 8, 2010 12:12 AM

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Feb 19, 2011 6:36 AM in response to GM1977

I just found this thread today and can sympathize with everyone on this thread.

We purchased our Mac Mini Server and paid quite a bit to have it set up in order to avoid synching issues with MobileMe. iCal synching is inconsistent between 2 iPhones and 5 clients (logged in as same user). When I tried to implement the AB server and detach from MobileMe AB synching, my address book became practically unusable on that client machine.

I really feel let down by Apple with SL Server. The SL Server website is very misleading and my most disappointing Apple purchase.

Feb 20, 2011 7:02 PM in response to GM1977

Go to the feedback section of Apple's site and let them know. Every tech in the SLS support queue knows of the problems we all face and would love engineering to address them.

http://www.apple.com/feedback/server.html

Feb 22, 2011 6:35 PM in response to JonGoldman

Thanks. I just sent them my complaint.

Mar 22, 2011 10:19 AM in response to GM1977

It already has been suggested in this thread before to use http://www.addressbookserver.com which is not the same as Apples products. How many are actually using this in their environment. Any suggestions or thoughts about this product ?

Would be very interested to hear from you.

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Jun 18, 2011 12:28 AM in response to GM1977

Does anybody know if Lion will bring any solutions to this problem? Maybe a cloud service?

Sep 13, 2011 1:06 AM in response to GM1977

I've had this problem as well and tried a quick test with Lion client on a Snow Leopard server and the speed is not bad. It slows down when you make changes but address book is usable now. Finally but not perfect. Next test is with Lion Server.

Aug 3, 2012 6:20 AM in response to GM1977

Hello!

We have exactly the same problem.

I checked DNS - everything OK.

I checked the settings of addressbook server - everything OK.

Is Lion Server or Mountain Lion Server the solution?

Has somebody upgraded from SLS and it had an effect on addressbook server with shared clients?

As for many of us: the addressbook server is success-critical for our company and I am very sad about Apples behavior.

I hope for an answer. Thank you in advance!

address book sharing slow