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Google Sync over MobileMe

Let me just start off by saying that I’ve been a loyal MobileMe (.mac) user since 2001. I’m not any kind of guru, but I’ve been around long enough to notice that my MobileMe account really hasn’t been worth the $100 it used to be.

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Google Sync has been out for quite a while at this point so I’m pretty sure I’m not going to say anything new so I’ll just give a quick outline of what I did and why. (not to mention, I’m really not that great of a writer.)

One thing to note, I used my visualcoma.com Google Apps Account for all of this so if you only have a gmail or simple Google account some things will be a smidg different.

A Second thing to note is that I have ditched iCal and moved to BusyCal. BusyCal has made connecting to Google so simple it’s retarded. Perhaps iCal is easy too, but the “How To” has more than one step so,, nope…

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Google Sync: Setting Up Your iPhone

This step was a little confusing, and a little scary.. I synced my phone with itunes before I went any further, and I suggest you do the same. Before I continued with the full set up, I had to import my Calendars & Contacts into my Google Account. Once I had everything in my Google Account I completed all the steps for the sync including “Deleting Contact” & “Deleting Calendars”. Keep in mind that you have everything backed up on your computer and you have imported everything to Google so you technically have two backups.[clear]

I will fully admit that this was a little stressful when it came to hitting that red delete button, but once I was done and checked my Calendar and my Contacts on my phone I took a huge sigh of relief.

Here are a few factors to keep in mind.
  1. The iPhone will only allow for one Microsoft Exchange Account, so be sure you set up this system with the Calendars that you use the most.
  2. Back up your iPhone before you do anything!!!
  3. You will have to Sync your Phone with your Computer one last time after you have updated your Calendars and Contacts to Google
  4. Don’t forget to “Sync Google Contact” from iTunes/Info/Contacts
  5. Try out BusyCal unless you just have a thing for iCal.
  6. You can export you Mac Address book into a VCard and import it to Google Contacts.
  7. Halfway down this page you’ll find instructions on how to sync more than one calendar using Exchange.

What Happens to Old iPhones? Does Anyone Really Know?

This morning I went to the apple store and ended up walking out with a new 3g model. The story goes, I got an iPhone, Apple updated to 3.0, My iPhone WiFi broke, Apple gave me a new phone…

Here’s how it went at the Store… in short

You’re going to need a new phone

Well that sucks!

Why? Are you not under warranty?

No, It’s just, Where to the old Phones Go?

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I mean, do they open them up and [...] Read More

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Restart Your Computer

When was the last time you did this?How many times a week to you do this?

For those of you out there that know all the serious reason why this is important please tell everyone else your secrets!!! I’m a strong believer that it’s a common miss-understanding that computers were built to run for eternity with out ever having to Restart Your Computer.

For those of you that have the question of “How Offten Should I Restart [...] Read More

Our Kids Technology

Over time I don’t think any one could deny the fact that the technology we’re worinkg on right now are just play things to our Kids.

What will happen over the next 20yrs as these kids develop. Yeah, yeah, flying cars and microchips blaw blaw blaw… Let’s move past that typical crap and be realistic. What happens to a generation that uses communications and plays with technology from the time their able to hold it in [...] Read More

Mac Future

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new phone

I did it, i went out and got a new phone it’s a Palm Centro. Sounds cool right!!? Well it’s a big step for me, ive always had just a standard phone and nothing more. Thing is, im too hard on my phones so i just keep it simple.

Ive been avoiding the new phone for about a month because im scared that i’ll break it. I figured that since everyone started to sound like robots [...] Read More

I upgraded

Yes thats right i upgraded, I finally did it. Its been about 7yrs since i bought a computer. Thats a long time in the computer world. If it was a dog it would make it around 50yrs old. Im totally exited because this thing is so fast im amazed, but some of the system operations are a little different and i some things have moved. Not much but sometimes it the little things that count. [...] Read More

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