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Syncing Basics

Just because you are away from home or work, you don’t need to be without your personal information. When you sync to .Mac you can access your Address Book contacts, iCal calendars and Safari bookmarks from any computer, Mac or PC, that is connected to the Internet. 
 
Syncing coordinates your personal information using your Mac and Apple’s servers, and tracks the changes you’ve entered on your synced Macs.
 
 
 
Tips Step-by-Step
 
 

Quickly sync from the menu bar

You don’t have to open an application every time you want to sync—you can sync right from the menu bar. In Mac OS X “Tiger” System Preferences, select .Mac under Internet & Network, choose the Sync tab, then check “Show status in menu bar.” A sync icon appears in the menu bar that you can use to start syncing and check the time of your last synchronization to .Mac.

Syncing your devices

If you want to sync devices like a phone or PDA to your Mac, you will need to use iSync. iSync is synchronizing software included with OS X, which works with many cell phones and PDAs.

Set up .Mac sync.
  1. Open System Preferences, and then click the .Mac icon.

  2. Enter your .Mac member name and password, or verify that it is correctly entered.

  3. Click the Sync button and then Select the Synchronize with .Mac option.

  4. Choose the items you would like to sync.

  5. Select how often you want to Sync.

  6. When you are ready to initiate a sync session, click the Sync Now button.

  


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