Newbie Entourage questions

[nickravo]

1. I managed to import my mail from Apple Mail, but how do I import my
contacts from Address Book and my calender dates from iCal?
2. How do I make Entourage my default email program?
3. Are there any cell phones that synch with Entourage?
4. Is Entourage going to disappear and I might as while stick with
ICal, Mail and Address Book?
5. Is there an upgrade to Entourage 2004 11.2.1?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Barry Wainwright [MVP]]

1. I managed to import my mail from Apple Mail, but how do I import my
contacts from Address Book and my calender dates from iCal?

At the moment, drag & drop from one app to the other is the easiest way.

Paul Berkowitz has a couple of shareware scripts to do this, which you can
find at scriptbuilders:
http://scriptbuilders.net/show_author_script.php?a_id=767

2. How do I make Entourage my default email program?

Open apple Mail.App and set the default mail programme in it's preferences
(I know, crazy, isn't it?)

3. Are there any cell phones that synch with Entourage?

There are utilities that add entourage syncing to the OS sync system, that
will also allow you to use a phone to sync to - check out e2sync at
http://www.e2sync.com

4. Is Entourage going to disappear and I might as while stick with
ICal, Mail and Address Book?

Not in the foreseeable future. MS have already committed to supporting both
motorola and intel macs in future versions of office.

5. Is there an upgrade to Entourage 2004 11.2.1?

Not yet...