TUAW reader Dustin Johnston tipped us off that a new OS X framework is getting installed with the OS X 10.4.10 update, namely Yahoo Sync. Located in /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks, YahooSync.framework contains an embedded Yahoo!Sync application.
If you want to find it on your computer, choose Go -> Go To Folder in Finder and enter:
/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/
YahooSync.framework/Versions/A/Resources
Peeking inside the application and framework strings reveals that the synchronization will use a Yahoo! ID stored in Address Book and that you must (obviously) have a Yahoo! account set up in order to synchronize. It's not clear exactly what this application does, but it's likely to allow you to sync your Yahoo! calendar with iCal.
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6-20-2007 @ 10:22PM
Harish said...
iPhone
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6-20-2007 @ 10:32PM
Codey H. said...
#1 said it best.. iPhone.
Since Yahoo's Push Email solution will be the primary candidate for use, might as well better integrate it into the OS.
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6-20-2007 @ 10:53PM
Dimitri said...
It's not only for the Push Email, but also for Yahoo addresses and such. see here:
http://www.apple.com/iphone/easysetup/getready.html
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6-20-2007 @ 10:54PM
Dave Chartier said...
I thought Yahoo! didn't say anything about PUSH, just IMAP. There's a big, big difference.
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6-20-2007 @ 11:04PM
derek said...
it is push email. It pushes your Yahoo! IMAP mail to your iPhone
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6-20-2007 @ 11:28PM
lgc90 said...
Um...
I updated my 1st gen MacBook to 10.4.10, but this isn't on my system. I've looked manually and with Spotlight. Any thoughts?
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6-20-2007 @ 11:38PM
eastindyguy said...
More than likely it is for the new Yahoo! Go service that goes live this Friday. http://mobile.yahoo.com/go
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6-20-2007 @ 11:52PM
Alex said...
The application does not launch for some reason.
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6-21-2007 @ 12:11AM
Taylor Sternberg said...
Why? Why not sync with Google? Google, you have a person on the Apple board of directors.
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6-21-2007 @ 2:49AM
Alice said...
flickr...
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6-21-2007 @ 7:03AM
Robert Wood said...
Hmm... iCal sync for Yahoo before GCal Sync..... Hmm....
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6-21-2007 @ 1:30PM
umijin said...
I don't want stinkin' Yahoo anything on my phone.
No company that aids and abets human rights abuses should be installed on anything I own.
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6-22-2007 @ 8:11PM
Peter said...
The application also does not seem to launch when I click.
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