Thanks Bob. I guess you're right. I do need the contacts on both my Mac, and on a portable device, ideally an iPhone which I'm yet to get, and if the iPhone won't sync contacts then I'll probably have to get a Blackberry.
I use MS Office on Mac, including Entourage, but I just don't think Entourage would cut it for business grade contact maintenance. Or am I way off on that? I have about 3,000 contacts in my file at the moment. Cheers, Steven On 28/7/08 4:23 PM, "Robert Howells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 28/07/2008, at 3:33 PM, Steven Knowles wrote: > >> Historically I've maintained my contacts in Outlook due to >> employers always >> operating on a Windows platform, and employer-supplied telephony >> being a >> Blackberry, which synchronised with Outlook, so all was rosy. >> >> Having left the world of employment, and with my contacts currently >> sitting >> on my MacBook Pro in .pst format (ie. an MS Outlook file), is there a >> solution other than, say, buying a Windows emulator and installing >> a copy of >> MS Outlook on my Mac? I prefer not to have to go to that expense >> just to >> solve my Contacts problem. >> >> I'm guessing that running Windows via Boot Camp would be too >> inconvenient, >> ie. I'd have to reboot my Mac whenever I wanted to update a >> contact, which >> is frequently. But tell me if I'm wrong on that. >> >> I haven't yet bought an iPhone - holding off as long as I can until >> I can >> get confirmation that an unlocked version will work in the UAE with >> one of >> the local Dubai carriers. And if I do get an iPhone, will the >> iPhone sync >> with MS Outlook running on my Mac? >> >> Would be grateful for any solutions. I do like Outlook for managing >> contacts >> - maybe just what I'm used to. What would you guys do? > > Sorry , but that is a bit like asking how long is a piece of string ? > > Question for you .... What would you like to do ? > > Do you need to have these contacts portable ? On what sort of device ? > Do you need them also on your Mac ? They probably need to sync ! ? > > What Mac software would you prefer ? > > > Bob -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
