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| Synchronise thunderbird address book with Google contacts Posted: 03 Jul 2013 06:47 PM PDT Ever since I started using thunderbird (many years ago), its always bothered me that I would have separate contact lists in Google, Thunderbird, MYOB, and my customer mailing list (PHPList). It was much worse, before I started using Google for contacts. Back then, my phone would also have separate contacts that needed processing with each new phone! Now, with Android, I just use google! I once looked at synchronising google contacts with thunderbird, but I didn’t get very far. But recently, I found a thunderbird app called gContactSync. I was a bit hesitant at first, and looked over the instructions very carefully, as this has the potential to backfire and wipe out all my google contacts. So the first thing I did is use google contacts to export a backup of all my contact (more -> export) Then I installed and configured gContactSync into thunderbird I’t always reassuring to know that gContactSync can be setup to sync my google contacts in a separate address book from the default (I named mine google Contacts. After the initial sync (it took a few tries, and a few restarts of thunderbird to make it all happen), everything went very smoothly. I’ve been using it now, for over 1 month, with 2 computers running thunderbird, with no problems. Now: if only MYOB and PHPList would sync with google (i’m not holding my breath on that!), then I won’t have to triple-enter customer details! |
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