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psualum1994

I currently use the Backup program provided with my Mac to
automatically back up my Apple email, Apple ical and Apple address
book. However, I would like to switch to Entourage. Is there away to
have the Backup program automatically back up my Entourage data?

A second question: how do I upload the contact information from the
Apple Address book to Entourage. I am surprised that there are no
options to do this. I even tried downloading as a text file but that
failed to work as well.

Many thanks

Mark
 
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Michel Bintener

Hi Mark,
I currently use the Backup program provided with my Mac to
automatically back up my Apple email, Apple ical and Apple address
book. However, I would like to switch to Entourage. Is there away to
have the Backup program automatically back up my Entourage data?
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Backup, as in the backup application that comes with .Mac? You will need to
create a new schedule that copies the following folder ([your user
name]/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2004 Identities/[name of your
identity, usually Main Identity]) to your iDisk or external drive. Note that
this can take quite a while, depending on the size of your Entourage
database.
A second question: how do I upload the contact information from the
Apple Address book to Entourage. I am surprised that there are no
options to do this. I even tried downloading as a text file but that
failed to work as well.
Click to expand...

You can synchronise your Entourage contacts with Apple's Address Book if you
use both Mac OS X 10.4 or above and Entourage 2004. First of all, make sure
both are up-to-date (10.4.10 for Mac OS X and 11.3.6 for Entourage); then,
go to Entourage, click on Entourage in the menu bar and select Preferences.
In that window, click on Sync Services and activate the desired sync
options.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

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P

psualum1994

Hi Mark,
I currently use the Backup program provided with my Mac to
automatically back up my Apple email, Apple ical and Apple address
book. However, I would like to switch to Entourage. Is there away to
have the Backup program automatically back up my Entourage data?
Click to expand...

Backup, as in the backup application that comes with .Mac? You will need to
create a new schedule that copies the following folder ([your user
name]/Documents/Microsoft User Data/Office 2004 Identities/[name of your
identity, usually Main Identity]) to your iDisk or external drive. Note that
this can take quite a while, depending on the size of your Entourage
database.
A second question: how do I upload the contact information from the
Apple Address book to Entourage. I am surprised that there are no
options to do this. I even tried downloading as a text file but that
failed to work as well.
Click to expand...

You can synchronise your Entourage contacts with Apple's Address Book if you
use both Mac OS X 10.4 or above and Entourage 2004. First of all, make sure
both are up-to-date (10.4.10 for Mac OS X and 11.3.6 for Entourage); then,
go to Entourage, click on Entourage in the menu bar and select Preferences.
In that window, click on Sync Services and activate the desired sync
options.

--
Michel Bintener
Microsoft MVP
Office:Mac (Entourage & Word)

*** Please always reply to the newsgroup. ***
Click to expand...

Thanks. This was very helpful.
 
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