iSync Beta Released

OrangeHairMan writes "iSync, 'the cutting-edge synchronization software from Apple,' has been released in beta, with support for Bluetooth phones, iPods, Palm OS-based handhelds, and .Mac (for synchronizing multiple Macs). Now only if I had any of these products... ;)"

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Getting warmer ...

[esemplastic]

I've been holding out on .Mac for some time, but today I finally took the plunge (not because of iSync, but because my $50 discount was about to expire). Some cool stuff included, one of which is that iSync can sync up the Calendars and Address books of two macs. Very nice (if I had 2 macs).

What I'm really looking for it to do, and what it doesn't yet do, is sync up my desktop stuff (cal, address, etc.) with web versions of the same (the way that MAPI lets email be synchronized between the web version and any number of desktop mail readers). Right now, when you sync to .Mac, your data gets sucked into some invisible location at Apple's NOC, never to be seen by anyone by the iSync application. Instead, I want it editable -- I want webtop versions of iCal and Address Book, at least very rudimentary ones. They've got webtop Address Book as part of .Mac email, but that doesn't sync. Yet.

My guess is that Apple is working on it, but they just haven't gotten that far. But come on! I need it now ... :)

Re:Needs a little work.

[Alex Thorpe]

Thanks for the tip.

I've also discovered that iSync stores all the Address Book info in one file, rather than one per contact. Saves a bit of space that way, with 4k allocation blocks meaning that each file is at least 4k, but with one file for all of them, all of my contacts are in 12k now.