Make your mobile and your Mac best friends
Previously we looked at, how to enter data into iCal and Address Book. Entering all your contacts sounds like a boring thing. Yes, it is boring!
The good thing is: you don’t have to do it!
iSync is the rescue in this situation. It will enable you to synchronize your mobile phone contacts with your Address Book, so that all the contacts you have on your mobile, will show up in Address Book. This will be just great.
The only thing you need is a mobile phone with bluetooth support, that is supported by iSync. Click here to open the listing of supported phones.
In case your phone is not supported, don’t cry, leave a comment and we will see what we can do for you (Leopard offers a way to add support for unsupported phones).
iSync setup
iSync does not live in the Dock, so we have to use Finder to open it. Go to the Application s folder and locate it in there.
Simply double click it to start iSync. You are presented the main window.
Make sure, bluetooth is set to “On” on your phone. In iSync from the Devices menu select Add Device…
The Bluetooth Setup Assistant starts up. It will take you through the process of pairing your phone with your Mac. Click Continue, select Mobile phone from the list of devices to set up.
Your Mac is now searching for mobile phones. Select yours and click Continue.
Click Continue to make your phone and your Mac “become friends” (i.e. pair them).
After successful pairing, you will be asked what services you want to use your phone for:
Note, that your list of options may vary, depending on your mobile phone. Check the boxes for the services you want to use.
Make sure that you enable Set up iSync to transfer contacts and events, otherwise this whole thing won’t work.
Finish the Bluetooth Setup Assistant.
It might happen, that the following window shows up - just close it, we don’t need it for now:
Now, the view of iSync has changed. You see your phones icon at the top of the program and a couple of options to set up.
The options are quite self-explaining. You can select to synchronize your contacts from Address Book and/or Calendars from iCal.
Attention! It’s very important to leave the setting for first sync on Merge data on computer and device, otherwise all the data on your mobile phone will be erased.
Clicking on More Options… brings up another window, allowing you to adjust the way data is synchronized.
Adjust the synchronizing options to your needs.
Synchronizing
When you are finished, just click on Sync Devices in the upper right corner to synchronize your Mac with your phone.
After the synchronization has finished, open up Address Book and see all your contacts from your phone in Address Book! Yeah!
From now on, every time you synchronize your phone with your Mac, all the data that has been changed on either device (your mobile phone or your Mac) is put on the other device.
The setup process was a one-time-thing, so when you start iSync now, your phone is already in iSync ready to be synchronized. Just hit Sync devices and you are good to go.
So make sure, you use iSync before you leave the house, to have all your contacts and your schedules on your mobile, ready to use, where ever you are.
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For all the people who love to sue web sites, hear this word of warning:
Disclaimer: Mac Kindergarten can not be held responsible for any data loss, described above. If you don’t follow our steps, it’s your own fault.
For all the others: Enjoy your new found mobility!
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Tags: Address Book, iCal, iSync, synchronization
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August 19th, 2009 at 4:30 am
I just bought a motorola hint QA30 and it is not supported by isync. Could you please help me out with it?
Thanks,
Eric
February 22nd, 2010 at 5:40 pm
I also am looking for a way to sync the Hint QA30.
Thanks!
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