How to add Facebook but not download contacts etc

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How to add Facebook but not download contacts etc

From what I've read adding a Facebook account downloads my Facebook contact info (and on iOS it also says it syncs both contact and event info) to my Mac.

I would like to add FB so I can send stuff to FB but I do not want to download stuff from FB, especially not contact or event info. It also seem that I can turn off this once I have done the initial login ... but then I've already downloaded this stuff that I don't want to download.

Is there a way to add FB without downloading/syncing info? I've tried to find some info about this but so far I've failed.

Posted on Oct 2, 2012 12:25 AM

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RáNdÓm GéÉzÁ

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Oct 2, 2012 1:08 AM in response to jemostrom

Once you activate the FB link you should get a message asking if you want to sync contacts... Untick this!

Nothing is downloaded and your original contacts list will stay as it was... Likewise on your iPhone or iPad. I'm not sure what you mean by saying that it is already downloaded. It isn't...

Best of luck and make a back up of your Address Book, before you proceed, in case something goes wrong.

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jemostrom Author

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Oct 2, 2012 1:12 AM in response to RáNdÓm GéÉzÁ

The "downloaded" comes from the dialogs I see when I click on the add facebook button (same with sync on iOS), so based on this I was afraid that it would mess up my calendar and contact list. OK, so it will actually ask me about this, thanks.

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Oct 2, 2012 2:14 AM in response to jemostrom

I agree that the wording is very ambiguous, I had the same concerns as you when I first activated it...

And thankfully, I have had no issues.

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