Justin Metz | Car guy | R/C Hobbyist | Computer Enthusiast | PC Gamer » Computer http://www.jmetz.net Justin's adventures, sports cars, motorcycling, computers and gaming, R/C cars and airplanes, plus more. Tue, 24 Aug 2010 05:15:57 +0000 en hourly 1 MacOSX Address Book sync to Gmail http://www.jmetz.net/2008/11/08/macosx-address-book-sync-to-gmail/ http://www.jmetz.net/2008/11/08/macosx-address-book-sync-to-gmail/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:46:27 +0000 Justin http://jackmoves.com/~justin/wp/?p=112 Ever wonder if you could sync your Mac Address Book to Gmail Contacts? Well, I did, in recent preparation for my new G1 Google phone that is in the mail :) It is a fairly simple process, it is easier if you have previously connected an iPod/iPhone/PDA or some type of handheld device to your Mac (because you’ve already setup iSync most likely). I followed the instructions here, How to Enable Mac Address Book to Sync with Google’s Gmail Contacts. It mentions using the command line to edit the plist file, but there are other GUI alternatives like PlistEditPro to make things simpler. In short the steps are:

  1. Backup your Mac Address Book!
  2. Modify the “~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.iPod.plist” file (if necessary).
  3. Open Address Book settings and check the box to “Synchronize with Google”
  4. Open up iSync and click “Devices -> Sync Devices”, or enable menubar sync.
  5. Wait for sync operation to complete, then login to your Gmail and verify the new contacts show up.

All in all it works out pretty well. I have encountered an issue if you connect say an iPod to your computer and sync iTunes, it will overwrite the changes you make to the “com.apple.iPod.plist” file. While the link I posted above says how to remedy that situation I could not get it to work myself. Here are a few additional screenshots to show the process.

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