Contacts take forever to sync
I just got an iPhone. I imported about 600 contacts from Now Up to Date & Contact. The contacts often have information in the Notes field (that NUDC uses), but otherwise seem unremarkable in terms of their content. Never-the-less, the iPhone never completely syncs these contacts in iTunes. If I want to sync other information, I need to temporarily by-pass them and then return to them. I should say that the majority of them are in the iPhone, but changes made in Address Book subsequently are not reliably copied over.
Other details. We have an exchange server for email that uses MAPI passwords as opposed to IMAP. Thus, I am obligated to use Entourage instead of Apple Mail. I have sync services turned on between Entourage and iCal & Address Book. Is sync services possibly implicated in my iTunes sync issues?
I have been doing a little research on this topic and
have found very little. I am about to get a
Blackberry, so I want to get it straight to make
sure it is the right thing for me (and my computer).
The program that I found that people use a lot is
PocketMac. I have seen some good reviews and some
bad. I have not heard any details on what they like
or dislike about this program though. Feedback will
be great.
Also, is this a Universal program? I don't want it to
take forever to sync if it is just for a few
contacts, addresses, etc.
If anyone knows of OTHER programs too I could look
at, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
Hi,
I have a blackberry 7100i with PocketMac SyncManager, works perfectly. I use pocket also with my PC and no problem wath so ever.
Have fun!!!
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