Re: BBDB sync with MacOS Contacts

There is a Google Contacts client for Emacs on melpa, but I think so far
there is no bridge to bbdb.



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Pieter van Oostrum <[email protected]> 于 2022年2月12日周六 18:48写道：

> Hi,
>
> I want to synchronize my MacOS contacts with bbdb. I have done this in the
> past, but it doesn't work anymore. So I am looking for a new solution to
> this.
>
> My previous setup was as follows: I have an app 'Contacts Sync for Google
> Gmail' on my MacBook, that syncs the MacOS Contacts with my Google
> Contacts. And then I had the ASynK program to sync the Google contacts with
> bbdb. The former works flawlessly, but the latter (ASynK) had a lot of
> problems, often ruining my .bbdb, but fortunately making backups first.
>
> ASynK no longer works, first because I upgraded to a newer version of
> BBDB, which uses file format 9, whereas ASynk only works with file format
> 7, and secondly because the Python Google libraries for the sync have
> changed and ASynK is no longer compatible with them.
>
> So now I am looking for a new way to do this. I really don't need the
> intermediate step with Google Contacts, as I don't use Gmail, so a direct
> sync between BBDB AND MACOS Contacts would be preferable, but if the only
> possibility is to use Google Contacts that is OK.
>
> I haven't been able to find a solution. Maybe I should switch to another
> Emacs Contacts manager? Does anyone know how tp do it?
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