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Sync your iPhone with Microsoft Entourage

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jul 20th, 2007



I must admit I'm a bit surprised that this slipped past me, so I hope I'm not the only one that didn't realize Entourage can sync with the iPhone via its oft-forgotten ability to play well with Mac OS X's Sync Services. According to this Apple support doc, switching on the preference you see above in Entourage 11.3.5 or later will break down the barriers between Entourage, Address Book and iCal, allowing iTunes to unite your iPhone and Entourage in beautiful synching harmony (however, as far as I can tell, iTunes won't be able to sync your actual email accounts from Entourage).

How well this bridge will work in practice I can't tell you; I'm not an Entourage man myself. But this might be great news for those still on the fence between an iPhone and something like a BlackBerry for whom Entourage synching is a deal maker or breaker. If anyone has been using their iPhone with Entourage, please sound off on how this setup's been treatin' you.

Tags: entourage, iphone, itunes, microsoft, office, sync, sync services, synching, SyncServices

Filed under: Software, Productivity

Actiontastic 0.9 raises GTD bar with iCal syncing

by David Chartier (RSS feed) on Jan 15th, 2007

Sure, our OmniFocus preview included details of the Omni Group's intentions to bake in iCal syncing when their GTD app lands but the latest version of Actiontastic has it now, complete with Apple's Sync Services for that 'done the right way' goodness (don't forget, not long ago it also gained iPod syncing). Hawk Wings has the low-down with some screenshots of what this new iCal syncing is all about, and I award Actiontastic's developer Jon Crosby bonus points for adding a UI into the preferences for removing his app from the Sync Services directory (Yojimbo, Transmit, SOHO Notes - are your devs reading this?).

Head over to Jon's site for the latest beta-ware version, but be sure to stay on top of Actiontastic's development news - this version expires Feb. 28th.

Tags: actiontastic, gtd, ical, sync, sync services, syncing, SyncServices

Filed under: Software, Apple, Universal Binary

Yojimbo: Made possible by Tiger

by Scott McNulty (RSS feed) on Aug 8th, 2006

The Apple Developer Connection spoke with the folks at Bare Bones about Yojimbo, their application for organizing just about everything, and how Apple technologies made it possible. Core Data, Sync Services, and Cocoa created the perfect storm, in the form of Tiger, that combined to form Yojimbo, after some work in Xcode and Interface Builder that is.

An interesting article about a very clever app.

Tags: apple developer connection, AppleDeveloperConnection, bare bones, BareBones, core data, CoreData, sync services, SyncServices, yojimbo

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