Address book and google syncing

I would like to sync my google contacts with address book. I have gone into the preferences of address book and set it to "Synchronise with google" and entered my info. It will pull the email address', however that is all that it will pull. The names and other contact information does not come over. So basically in google contacts it says Joh Smith [email protected] When it syncs over to address book all that I see listed is [email protected] I can of course edit it and put in the user's name but then what is the point of synchronising? If anyone has any insight into this, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you,
Kris

Huh. Apparently I have to have my iPhone connected, then it will sync everything including the Google contacts. Funny that it wouldn't sync without it.
So I guess the moral of the story is to make sure that everything is connected and if you have an iPod/iPhone, initialize the sync through iTunes. Bizzare.
Now to go through and the duplicates...

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I use macbook and lion os. I want to sync gmail contact with address book. For this i goto preference in address book and select "sync with google". I put my gmail details. However, the sync does not happen. Please help.

i use macbook and lion os 10.7.2.
I want to sync gmail contact with address book.
For this i goto preference in address book and select "sync with google".
I put my gmail details.
However, the sync does not happen.
Please help.

You should have signed in with that address in the first place, but there is a workaround: go to System preferences>Mail, Contacts@ Calendars and add your @me.com address as an account there.

Address book to google sync does not work

I use Google apps as my primary calendar and address book. I have them synced to the Mac OS X ical and address book (to use off line). I have the Mac OS X ical and address book synced to mobile me to update other computers and my iphone.
The net result is everything matches the Google apps calendar and address book.
Well, not so fast.
The calendar does work as expected.
In the Mac OS X address book, the Google sync option does not sync (you can enter in your user name and password fine, it appears to make connection fine, but it does not sync). The mobile me does sync as expected.
It is simple, there is not a lot you can do wrong, it just does not work.
As a work around, I am using Googles over the air sync to iPhone which does work, but that means the mac address book is getting skipped.
When does the checked Synchronize with Google happen in address book? When you open address book? Why does the option only appear if you have an iPhone? How do I get the address book to google sync to work?
Any ideas?
thanks
bob

Mine actually performs the sync, but after a few rounds of syncing, some contacts get deleted, some get their photos removed, some get duplicated, and some get removed from groups. The sync basically puts my address book through a blender. I'm syncing both with MobileMe and Google. Well, that is I tried to. I've decided not to sync with Google since that's what seems to initiate the mess.

Address book and calendar sync from Mac to Google

Hi,
I have a HTC Desire phone and wish to sync my Contacts and Calendar items to it via Google.
I have pulled my Address Book and Calendar from my old p1i phone on to my old Power Book and exported these. I have then imported these onto my Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard.
I now want to sync these up to a Google account.
In my address I have ny contacts and also my girlfriend's. I wish to sync only my Contacts up to Google. Is this possible?
I have tried configuring iCal to sync with Google via calDAV but I am not seeing my Calendar entries in Google (or a way of doing a manual sync from Mac -> Google)
Apologies if these questions have been asked and answered previuosly.
Mike B.

This might be of interest for you
http://markspace.com/products/windowsmobile/mac/windows-mobile-sync-software.htm l

2nd Laptop causing Syncing Problem between iPhone, Address Book, and Google

I sync my iPhone with my Macbook Pro at home, which allows me to sync my Address Book with Google. However, since buying a Macbook Air and syncing everything via MobileMe, I no longer can sync with Google. I think I could solve this problem with syncing my iPhone with my Macbook Air, but I don't want to (all my media is on the Pro).
Since Address Book isn't allowing my to sync with Google, several problems have manifested:
• iChat no longer shows any of my friends (if I try to manually add them they simply show as "off-line" even when they're not).
• Google Chat no longer shows any of my friends
AIM still works fine in iChat, so this is definitely a Google-Address Book problem.

Never received help, so I gave up.

Syncing only Address Book and Google Contacts - nothing happens?

I've been trying to set up Address Book/iSync to sync my contacts between Google Contacts and Address Book. I have the Google account information configured correctly in Address Book Preferences -> Synchronize with Google Account but when I go over to iSync and hit "Sync Now" as the instructions tell me to, nothing seems to happen. That is, the sync icon spins for a couple of seconds and then stops, but no changes have been made to either set of contacts.
Have I missed a setting somewhere? I used to have a palm device configured, but I deleted it because I got an iPhone - could something be screwball because of that?
Message was edited by: drlynn

Huh. Apparently I have to have my iPhone connected, then it will sync everything including the Google contacts. Funny that it wouldn't sync without it.
So I guess the moral of the story is to make sure that everything is connected and if you have an iPod/iPhone, initialize the sync through iTunes. Bizzare.
Now to go through and the duplicates...

Address Book and Google Contacts syncronization

I am trying to sync my Address Book and my Google Contacts with each other. I followed the guide on Google to import contacts using the application "A to G" but that doesn't include photos, which are a big part of why I wanted to do it.
I have in the past synced my address book with my facebook so that has a photo for each of my friends (their profile pics at the time) and since I have deleted my facebook account for privacy reasons.
I just tried to export a single contact in either 2.1 or 3.0 format, and neither imported correctly.
On looking it up online, I see one version had an option to sync with Google dynamically, but I don't see it in the preferences area - there is an option for Exchange, Yahoo, MobileMe but no Google - also I don't know if that will work with my Google Apps so cleanly.

Now I'm no longer using the address book application, so answering this question would be pointless.

Numbers/Address Book and Google Maps

I would love to integrate my spreadsheet of addresses or my Address Book with Google Maps.
Is this possible? Somehow?
I take a lot of trips across the country and don't always know when I will be driving by my friends. But if I had a map I could glance at to see where they all are, I would know that I could schedule a lunch with a friend halfway or something like that.
I have heard about MapPoint, but don't know if there is anything like this that is free/affordable/non-MS.
Thanks!

Integrating in Numbers would not be automatic. You'd have to format links to assign to each address.
I've seen plug-ins to use Google maps with Address Book. Try a search on MacUpdate or VersionTracker for Address Book.
I think one of the features for Address Book in Leopard is integration with Google maps.

Address Book and Google Contacts...?

What's the story with syncing Address Book with Google Contacts?
I set it up once, but since then it has not been able to syncronise changes made to either AB or GC (nb. even after clicking the sync button).
Is there a trick to maintaining syncronisation???

Now I'm no longer using the address book application, so answering this question would be pointless.

Address book and iPhone sync... two issues

Hi,
I have two problems. The first is that every time I add, edit or delete contacts on my iPhone, the changes are never reflected on my computer no matter how many times I sync. This has not always been the case but I am unsure how long this has been going on as it is not easily noticed due to the fact that I have over 1500 contacts.
I decided to bite the bullet and allow my address book on the computer to wipe my iPhone contacts. When I did I ended up with 1513 cards on my address book and only 1510 cards on my iPhone!
How is this possible? Is anyone else suffering from the fact that the iPhone does not update the computers address book?

The most plausible explanation is that you have 3 contacts on your computer that have corrupted data and could not be transferred. In addition, ANY corrupted records on the computer prevent a normal sync from happening.
You need to find the bad records. One way to do this is to create a new group in Address Book, and put some of the contacts in this group. Then sync the group to the iPhone. If it works, continue adding more until it stops syncing. You then know the set with the bad data. One neat trick is called "binary search". Add half you contacts to the group. If it works, the problem is in the other half, so swap the halves. If it doesn't work, move half of the contacts OUT of the group and try again. Follow this process, halving each time to keep bad contacts in the group until you have located them.

Sync between address book and google

I have been driving myself nuts all day with this. Here's the scenario:
a) I do not use mobile me.
b) I have my address book on the mac setup to sync with google contacts (10.6)
after it is initially setup:
1) if I add a new contact to my google contacts -- it shows up on my mac address book
2) if I add a new contact in my mac address book -- it NEVER shows up on google contacts
3) if I change a contact in my mac address book -- it NEVER shows up on google contacts
This is driving me nuts.
Any suggestions?

First, on Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard), only contacts in the My Contacts group in Gmail are synced. Second, groups are not synced to Gmail. Third, contact Sync can't sync a contact with Gmail if another contact has the same email address. If an Address Book or iPhone contact contains an email address already present in a different Gmail contact, this contact will not be synced.
Any of the above apply to you?

Address Book Version - Google Sync

I have my iMac address book synced to Google Contacts and wanted to set up my Powerbook the same way but didn't find the same setup screens. When I checked, the Address Book version on my iMac is 5.0.1 (864) and on my Powerbook it is 4.1.2 (702). I thought Software Update would keep my Address Book software current. Maybe it is and I have the latest version on my Powerbook.
Before I try it, does anyone know if Address Book Version 5.0.1 (864) will work on a Powerbook? If so, I can just Firewire it over there. For those of you who know the Apple website, could I have found the answers to these questions there? I looked but was unsuccessful.

Address Book 4.1.2 is the version that runs in OS X 10.5.8, the last OS version any Powerbook can run. Your iMac is apparently running Snow Leopard and its later version of Address Book. Because SL requires an Intel processor, I doubt that its version of AB will run on a Powerbook.

Address Book and Google

Hey,
I have just set up address book syncing with google, and then set up google to sync my contact to my iPhone,
When i make a change to a contact on google it pushes this straight away (and the other way) which is perfect, but when I plug my iPhone in and hit sync the latest information on google doesn't seem to sync with my address book.
I have checked to see if every thing is set up right, and it seems to be but every isn't fully synced. Is there any way to get it to sync two ways.
I would really like every thing to be synced but i don't want to go over to mobile me as it costs so much and I can't get on me.com at work (stuck with IE 5 at work).
Any help would be good on this contact thing would be grate.
Jay

If you correctly setup Google Sync to your iPhone then you shouldn't need to plug in your phone. In fact, plugging in your phone wouldn't sync anything because you have it set up to wirelessly sync. So, I'd redo your iPhone sync setup:
http://www.google.com/support/mobile/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=138740

ISync crashes when syncing Address Book and Google contacts

"20/03/2009 11:32:29 gconsync[506] ISyncSession record validation failure: Value other pushed for enumeration property service on com.apple.contacts.IM is not an allowed value.
20/03/2009 11:32:29 com.apple.syncservices.SyncServer[340] 2009-03-20 11:32:29.248 gconsync[506:10b] ISyncSession record validation failure: Value other pushed for enumeration property service on com.apple.contacts.IM is not an allowed value. "
This is the crash report I get in the console when I try to sync my contacts. I have my iPhone plugged in and the correct password for my Google account.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Ronan

No application crashed for me but the sync stopped working and I got the same error message when I added an "Instant Messaging" attribute of type "Skype" to one of my Google contacts. It synced again when I removed it. See my more detailed description on <http://www.google.se/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=2&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.goog le.com%2Fsupport%2Fforum%2Fp%2FGoogle%2BMobile%2Fthread%3Ftid%3D6309a13bb1296605 %26hl%3Den&ei=6PnzSds6092yBoO1icQP&usg=AFQjCNHuBorlaKyV-3xPaAyQc-sggRHB9A&sig2=d aNy61q-XUHiI-PN_Zmc7Q> 2009-04-26.

Sync address book and MobileMe

I have all my contacts in Address Book and I sync my iPhone 3GS via MobileMe. And apparently what I'd like to do it not possible.
I want to keep all my contacts in AB, but only have certain groups on the iPhone so I do have to wade thru all of them when looking to make a call, send email, etc.
Is this possible or not?

Yes it is possible, I do the same thing with my iPad. Basically you create a new Group in Addressbook that you want on your iPhone. Drag the contacts you want included to that group. In iTunes you sync only that group to the phone.
I'm not at the system I use for iPhone/iPad syncing so I can't give the specific options in iTunes at the moment.
Regards,
Captfred

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