[Leica] OT: Address book for both Windows or iOS

[Spencer Cheng]

Peter,

The absolute easiest way is to drink the Apple/Google/Microsoft Koolaid and use the same application across all platforms or use the same platform.

If you need auto-synchronization, one of the Web-based methods (LDAP, Google) is probably the only practical way to go. Thunderbird contacts doesn’t play too well with the other kids on the block otherwise.

If you just need to sync them once in a while, you can usually export your contact list from one application in vcard format and import it in another application.

If I want to do this, I would setup my own LDAP server on an Linux box (for privacy reasons) but that’s not necessarily recommended for everyone. Apple and Microsoft certainly supports using LDAP servers for contacts. Google is Google and don’t play very well with the other kids.

/sc

> On Jun 14, 2015, at 3:51, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote:
> 
> Is there a way to keep one common address book which can be downloaded/updated to both Thunderbird on a PC and the iOS email client on an iPhone and iPad? Or am I going to have to go to a Web-based client and use that on all devices?
> 
> For years I've relied on my PC email client's "memory" of previously typed addresses, or   searched for the last email I received from someone. So I never bothered to keep a real address book for email. But now my emails are scattered between three devices, my paper address book is falling apart,  and I'm going to have to re-create it somewhere else anyway. So maybe it's time to unify things and join the 21st century.
> 
> I know I'm mixing matter and antimatter by using both iOS and Windows, but that's how things turned out, and it ain't gonna change for the foreseeable future. :-)
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> --Peter, dictating to my iPad
> (If it misconstrues, please excuse)
> 
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