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Maybe somebody can find my contacts synchronization scheme useful. All my searches on the subject did not throw the light I would have so much appreciated and that would have spared me quite several tests.

The Problem

To transfer/synchronyze Address Book and Names between a [[PowerBook]] G4 (i.e. no serial, no [[IrDA]]) and a Newton [[MessagePad2100]] through TCP/IP on a direct Ethernet connection. Entries have multiple e-mails, multiple telephones, multiple addresses.

A possible solution (it is more straightforward than what it looks like)

After numerous tests with other synchronization/transfer applications (none of which was successful or acceptable, at least for me), this is the method I follow now with [IC/VC | http://40hz.org/ICVC/] by Eckart Köppen to transfer contacts from the [[PowerBook]] to the Newton on a direct Ethernet connection with [DockTCP/IP | http://www.kallisys.com/newton/dcl/] from Paul Guyot. So far I am happy with this solution and I still have to test the opposite stream (on the other hand I can only envisage some issues in merging the entries in Address Book as I do not recall it has as many options as IC/VC ).

Unsurprisingly: (N) is Newton and (PB) is [[PowerBook]].

  • (N) Let's consider the Newton already prepared for Ethernet, loaded with [DockTCP/IP | http://www.kallisys.com/newton/dcl/] and [IC/VC ](http://40hz.org/ICVC/], and connected to the [[PowerBook]) through an Ethernet connection.
  • (PB) For ease of use I created a "Local TCP/IP" Location that I use for any direct Ethernet connection between PB and N: in this Location I just assign an IP to the PB. Maybe you don't need to but I do.
  • (N) Again for ease of use, I created a "Local TCP/IP" Internet Setup where I set the Ethernet card and a local IP address, of course different than the PB one; this "Local TCP/IP" Internet Setup is used in my "Local TCP/IP" worksite.
  • (PB) In Address Book I prepare a single vcf ("contacts.vcf") with all my contacts: Select All-Export vCard.
  • (PB) I set the PB web sharing to active (System Preferences/Sharing/Personal Web Sharing)
  • (PB) I paste the "contacts.vcf" in /Library/![[WebServer]]/Documents/.
  • (PB) I activate the "Local TCP/IP" Location.
  • (N) In/Out-Receive-[[FetchURL]] to !http://IP.of.PB/contacts.vcf, using the "Local TCP/IP" Internet Setup from the "Local TCP/IP" worksite, i.e. connecting to the IP of the PB.
  • (N) The vcf is transferred to In/Out, then I select the entry and Put_Away-IC/VC
  • (N) All the contacts are transferred to Names (duplications are managed according to the preferences set), maintaining the multiple telephones, multiple addresses and multiple emails of each contact. As far as I know and tested, this is not possible with any other synchronization/transfer system (it was not possible with me... Italian OS X and English speaking Newton?).
  • A small drawback: organizations in Address Book become "Untitled Person" under Names and their name is the first entry of the card but I can either not to use "organizations" contacts in Address Book or duplicate their name in the "Surname" field (I am going with this option and I see organizations as "persons" under Names).
  • Another small drawback (at least for me): notes entry in Address Book are not transferred. I did not investigate this issue any further.

The suggestions

Are welcome!

The stuff

  • [[PowerBook]] G4 17", 1.33 GHz, 512 MB, OS X 10.3.9, Address Book 3.1.2
  • Newton [[MessagePad2100]] with OS 2.1 (717260-1)
  • Ethernet 3Com Megahertz 3CCE589ET
  • The "Ethernet cable that was coming with the [[PowerBook]] G3 Series 233MHz in '98"
  • IC/VC Version: 2.4.1
  • DockTCP/IP Version 1.2
  • contacts.vcf is 156kB with 179 entries

Many, many details and other tests are still to be studied, I know, but I hope this may help for the meanwhile. Many, many thanks to Eckart Köppen and Paul Guyot for [IC/VC | http://40hz.org/ICVC/] and DockTCP/IP respectively!

Greetings and salutations from Italy %%%

Editor

20050715 Giulio emfdb_at_tiscali_dot_it

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