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Syncing doesn't have to be an issue with mac OS x

Most of us have experienced in the past how difficult Apple makes it to sync iPods, Iphones, Itunes etc. but lets face it Apple everyone need to embrace sharing these days. Here are a few tips of how to sync some of these applications and make your life a little easier.

Calendars:

Syncing iCal between different desktops and macbook is relatively easy, however it doesn't work without a little help from our friends at Google. What you need is to sign up to Google calendar and link it to iCal.

An easy way to do this is by adding a CalDAV open protocol to iCal or Mozilla Sunbird, which allows access via WebDAV. What this does is enable you to publish and subscribe to calendars, share them and essentially sync their content between different users or computers/ handsets.

Google has a comprehensive guide as to how to set these up here: http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99355 .

There are a few limitation, such as that you can't set up new calendars and invite people to them, without manually exporting them from iCal and importing them to Google calendar, but this it's fairly easily. Also Google is working on Apple and Microsoft to get a bug fix asap.

iPhone:

GoogleSync also allows you to sync calendars, contacts and email with your iPhone http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99355. There are again still a few bugs around so maybe stick with CalDAV for now as it also syncs calendar, contacts and you are able to get your Gmail via pop3 or imap.

iTunes:

This one has several ways to sync between two machines. A good third party software that does the trick is syncOtunes which scans your itunes libraries and tells you which/ how many songs are missing from either one. Very simple and straightforward, however you aren't able to select individual tracks to sync. http://homepage.mac.com/oligrob/syncOtunes/syncOtunes.html

A more tailored approach is to hack the div file, but since almost every user license agreement prohibits this, you are going to have to look somewhere else to find out how to set this up.

My personal favorite is to simply point both iTunes libraries to the same folder on a shared drive to make sure files will be available in every iTunes library linked. Requirement for this is however that you have a networked your machines either wirelessly via your router or connected to a central server. Check this help video for further info on how to setup a home network for mac. http://www.ehow.com/video_4446178_set-up-mac-home-network.html

Feel free to comment if you have found some other/ better/ easier ways to sync your mac applications.

Happy Syncing...