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Mac 101: Back up Address Book, iCal, iPhone before MobileMe
Being the paranoid person that I am, it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to back up Address Book and iCal before all of the syncing madness begins between Macs, MobileMe, "the cloud", and iPhone/iPod touch. Here's how to do it (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard only):Backing up Address Book
- Launch Address Book
- Select File > Export > Address Book Archive
- Find a location to save the Address Book archive, then click the Save button.
- Launch iCal
- Select File > Backup iCal
- Find a location to save the iCal backup, then click the Save button.
- Just sync it
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Stephen said 5:18PM on 7-09-2008
What about Safari (or other browser) Bookmarks? Should those be archived as well?
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Kwahnoom said 5:56PM on 7-09-2008
Thanks for the reminder! I thought of doing this before but then forgot until this post.
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Steve said 6:27PM on 7-09-2008
Ditto
neil blake said 7:44PM on 7-09-2008
Should you not sync your iPhone / iPod touch BEFORE backing up your iCal and Address Book?
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joey said 10:21PM on 7-09-2008
Will I need to bring my old iphone to upgrade to the 3g? Or am I safe selling the 3g iphone now and just keeping my sim card and keep paying the bill?
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j.holtslander said 6:03PM on 7-30-2008
This is kind of a no-brainer. What I'd like to know how to do is automating this.
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RolloM said 10:19AM on 9-25-2008
Wow. Deleting your mobile-me account kills all your calendar and contact data on the iphone, too. Take care...
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