gconsync

Thomas Brandau wrote:
gconsync
Searched the term everywhere ...but can't find anything more.

hmm, google came up with this http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=gconsync+mac&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF -8.

J GG

I think it is google contact sync. I too got the messages after the first time I synced my google contacts with my iphone. It kept asking me periodically for my password for keychain.

It is found in:

/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/GoogleContactSync.framework/Versions/Current/R esource

The command line switches appear to be:

"usage: ./gconsync [--sync clientID] [--register [0|1]] [--username foo@bar.com] [--password pw] [--syncmode fast|slow|refresh|pullthetruth] [--entitynames en1,en2,en3] [--report 0|1 [--reportusesstdout 0|1]] [--httplog 0|1]"

It appears to run periodically in the background to keep your Google contacts in sync with your Address book on the Mac.

To stop it from asking me for my password to key chain over and over, I opened Address book on the Mac, went to preferences then clicked accounts, and unchecked the "sync with Google contacts" checkbox.

This seems to have worked as I have not been prompted again for several hours.

There may be a way to keep it running without having it ask you for the keychain password over and over but I'm not a keychain expert.

Cheers...

Walter

Message was edited by: hzjpmp

This is Google Contact Sync. It will come up if you lock your keychain automatically. Had the same problem a few months ago, the answer seems to have dropped off Google search. To Fix, open a terminal window and enter the following at the prompt all on one line, replace <seconds> with the number of seconds you want to go between attempts. For example, to wait 24 hours type 86400. This line is case sensitive obviously since it's UNIX. If you ever change your Google contact sync settings in iTunes or Address Book you will probably have to do this command again, so save it somewhere on your machine for later use.

defaults write ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent StartInterval -int <seconds>

So for example:

defaults write ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.google.GoogleContactSyncAgent StartInterval -int 86400

will change it to 24 hours. You will not get a confirmation after you hit enter and it was accepted, you'll just get another prompt. Go ahead and close Terminal if you're done.

Good luck!

-Rick

Thanks, Loungefly, so much! The gconsync issue is still alive and kicking.

I suspect that it raised its ugly head after updating Entourage. Up to then, I hadn't experienced it. But, then again, it was only recently that I hooked up Gmail to sync up a very nicely, Google-cleaned address list.

Looked high and low and stumbled onto your fix. I now look contentedly at my sync circle as it just sits there and does nothing until the 86401st second!! ; ) It had quadruplicated my contact list before I adjusted it with your prescription and took my backup copy and replicated it around (e.g. MobileMe, Gmail, and Addressbook).

Don't know if that will happen again, but I think it has been contained.