Address book Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Vlingo adds voice control to older iPhones

by Michael Rose (Jun 20th, 2009)

Pity the poor iPhone 3G owner who now has to grapple with reality; yes, what was until Friday the world's coolest smartphone is now simply a piece of yesterday's tech, as current as a punchcard and as enduring as a wax cylinder recording on a hot afternoon. No, not really -- the iPhone 3G is just as ...

Kerio MailServer 6.7

by Brett Terpstra (May 13th, 2009)

Yesterday, amidst the SlingMobile débâcle and an OS update, Kerio Technologies released Kerio Mail MailServer 6.7. The mail and collaboration server, often used as a replacement for Exchange, has added several new features, including a few geared toward Mac users. The Kerio Global ...

Ask TUAW: Bypass the registration screen, install Leopard Server on the new Mac Mini, iPhone 2G AppleCare options and more

by Chris Ullrich (Apr 8th, 2009)

Once again, it's time for another edition of Ask TUAW: the place where we try to answer all of your Mac and Apple-related questions. This week we're taking questions about bypassing the Apple registration screen, installing Leopard Server on the latest Mac Mini, AppleCare for iPhone version 1.0 and ...

Ask TUAW: Preventing automounting, Exchange support, printing selections, and more

by Mat Lu (Feb 18th, 2009)

For this edition of Ask TUAW we've got questions about preventing an external partition from automounting, printing text selections, getting email from an Exchange server, syncing the Address Book with Google contacts, and more. As always, your suggestions are welcome. Questions for next week ...

Terminal Tips: Enable Address Book debug menu

by Cory Bohon (Dec 4th, 2008)

You may recall that Safari has a debug menu that enables some hidden features, but did you know Address Book also has a debug menu? In Address Book's debug menu, you can get options for logging, controls for metadata, printing selections, and removing orphaned images. You can enable this debug menu ...

Mac 101: Address Book A-Z

by Dave Caolo (Oct 23rd, 2008)

New to the Mac? Welcome back to our Mac 101 series, which explores the basics of Mac OS X, provides tips and tricks, and dives into key features of Apple's bundled applications. Address Book is the contact management software bundled with every new Mac. It's easy to use and well integrated with ...

Mac 101: Get a Google Map from Address Book contact

by Cory Bohon (Sep 24th, 2008)

How many times have you looked at an Address Book contact address, only to realize that you don't know where they're located? What do you do? Most would copy and paste the address into Google Maps, but there is a better way! In a contact's Address Book card, right-clicking on an address and ...

Mac 101: Back up Address Book, iCal, iPhone before MobileMe

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2008)

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 ...

New screenshots of Snow Leopard appear, show desktop web apps

by Cory Bohon (Jun 21st, 2008)

A German site, Apfeltalk.de has posted screenshots of the forthcoming version of Mac OS X, 10.6 (a.k.a "Snow Leopard"). Most of the screenshots show off the Safari 4 developer preview that will include the "Save as Web Application" option in the File menu. The website also shows off the next ...

Get Address Book Bluetooth dialing back with Nova Media Phone plugins

by Mat Lu (Jun 18th, 2008)

One of the the stranger changes in Leopard was the loss of the ability to dial (and send text messages) from the Address Book to a Bluetooth paired cell phone. Fortunately, however, Nova Media has released its Phone plugins to return this functionality to the Leopard Address Book and other ...

.Mac and Me rumors: TUAW inside look at Apple's next-gen service

by Cory Bohon (Jun 3rd, 2008)

What's next for .Mac, Apple's much-maligned online service offering for OS X users? TUAW has learned that .Mac will no longer be sold by Apple after WWDC, as new users will migrate to the new MobileMe service (not too shocking, given the swirling rumors as of late). Existing users will have their ...

Address Book - Google syncing without iPod touch or iPhone

by Cory Bohon (May 29th, 2008)

Did last night's news of 10.5.3 boasting Google contact syncing with iPhone and iPod touch owners get you down? Well, LifeHacker hopes to lift your spirits as they tell you how to enable Google syncing in Address Book.app without ever syncing an iPhone or iPod touch. The process requires you to ...

10.5.3: Sync your iPhone contacts with Google

by Cory Bohon (May 28th, 2008)

If you have an iPhone synced with Address Book.app, then you've been able to sync your contacts with Yahoo for a while now, but something that has been missing is Google sync. Sure, you can always use Spanning Sync, but we all want something free and built-into the OS. Well, those dreams are now ...

Espy: lovechild of iPhoto and Address Book

by Mat Lu (May 28th, 2008)

Espy is an Address Book replacement that focusses on pictures rather than names. Basically it capitalizes on the fact that many folks remember faces a lot better than they remember names. The interface blends an iPhoto-like photo browser with Address Book contact info. Espy is compatible with the OS ...

SyncMan handles Address Book to Gmail syncing

by Mat Lu (May 2nd, 2008)

SyncMan is a simple application for syncing your Mac's Address Book with your Gmail contacts, a feature long desired by Gmail and Google Calendar users who may have other sync tools already in place. While we have noted that a similar feature is forthcoming in the more broad-based iCal syncing tool ...