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FacebookSync
Whilst trying this out, FacebookSync seems to work pretty well, though I admittedly don't spend much time on it and I only have a dozen or so friends. Still, it added the information I told it to (and for the record, I'm on 10.4.9 and have over 450 contacts in Address Book already), so I'll give it two thumbs up. Before running FacebookSync, however, I highly recommend you chose File > Backup Address Book in Address Book to create a clean, recent copy in case things go south. FacebookSync isn't likely to eat your cat or cause your Apple TV to implode, but having a Plan B is an absolute must when playing with software like this.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Astroboy said 9:17AM on 4-03-2007
doesn't work very well for me. I have 450 contacts in AB, and about 140 friends on FB. It crashes around the 40th contact every time :(
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matt said 10:03AM on 4-03-2007
It imported everything fine for me, but Adium for some reason did not add them to my buddy list. I can see the AB cards perfectly in Address Book, including their AIM SNs. When I click on the AIM SN it gives me an Adium option, so I click it. This brings up a new message window, but the contact is still not added to my buddy list per se.
Are there any suggestions (other than individually adding each one from the menu bar)?
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Jonathan Schroeder said 11:20AM on 4-03-2007
It just crashes on startup everytime for me... then again i'm on 10.3.9.
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Ahmad said 12:19PM on 4-03-2007
a dozen or so friends? what a loser...
I'm just kidding, you guys are cool.
lol
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Dave Chartier said 1:43PM on 4-03-2007
#2: Unfortunately, adding those friends to a chat app isn't the duty of FacebookSync; it merely updates their *information* in your contact cards - you still need to add those friends manually. I *think* you can drag and drop each one, or a group of them, from AB to the Adium window or maybe the Dock to do a mass-add.
To find all the ones that were recently updated, I think you could either use a smart group or possibly turn on the 'last import' option.
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zach said 1:45PM on 4-03-2007
crashed for me. 10.4.9
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Jay said 2:13PM on 4-03-2007
Are we all going to blindly install this application from a guy who made logKext?
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Tom said 5:17PM on 4-03-2007
Worked fine for me, and that's with 179 to sync.
I noticed it had logged me out of Facebook - is it possible that you guys who'd had problems had signed back in, or had another app using facebook's date (Fmenu for instance) whilst it had been processing?
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anon said 9:45PM on 4-03-2007
Worked just fine for me! Just under 400 facebook contacts to sync, running OS X 10.4.9, and address book 4.0.4...
I also have my mac address book synced to plaxo, the free online address book, and it transferred them no problem to plaxo, too.
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david said 5:03PM on 4-05-2007
Does FacebookSync give you the option to skip friends? I have quite a few facebook friends, and I certainly don't want or need all of them in my address book.
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