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21 Apr 2015, 01:46 PM | #197 |
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24 Apr 2015, 06:40 PM | #198 |
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Hello,
Are (Fastmail subscribers) at the point yet of being able to use iCloud contacts as our central contact database with Fastmail? Right now, I have to routinely download the contacts file from iCloud, delete my existing Fastmail contacts, and then upload the contacts file to Fastmail if I want to update my contacts. Pretty annoying and laborious. Any updates? Thanks! |
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25 Apr 2015, 04:50 PM | #200 | |
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25 Apr 2015, 08:25 PM | #201 | |
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So if I do not want to use Fastmail to manage my contacts, I have to regularly upload a new export from my contacts database. This was the only annoyance I've had with Fastmail, but I held on because I thought there was a fix. Now I have to go figure out another solution. Bummer. |
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26 Apr 2015, 12:13 AM | #202 | |
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27 Apr 2015, 09:34 AM | #203 | |
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If I use Fastmail to manage my contacts, can I still sync my iPhone and Macbook contacts with Fastmail? With iCloud, I keep my contacts in one repository and any changes I make from my devices - macbook, iphone, ipad, etc. - are reflected on each device. Is there a way to manage my contacts at Fastmail, and be able to sync my devices as well as make changes on those devices and have the changes appear everywhere? Thank you! |
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27 Apr 2015, 06:00 PM | #204 |
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Not sure how it works on iPhones, but for me all changes are propagated to all devices (Android and Webinterface) over cardDAV. I can add a new contact in the Fastmail web interface, add a new number on my Phone and upload a new contact image from my tablet. So if an iPhone can communicate via cardDAV, the effect should be the same.
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27 Apr 2015, 10:15 PM | #205 | ||
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In order to preserve the labels I use in iCloud, I found an app (Contacts Sync) that would do one-way syncs from iCloud to Google, and I continue to use that approach to this day. So yes, Google does--or at least it did--sync contacts with iCloud, and even if it didn't, there are third-party apps that do. Quote:
But okay, let's say I'm willing to trust FM to be the only place with up-to-date contacts data. Would there be a loss of functionality by not syncing with iCloud? Would tapping on an address in Mail result in the opportunity to add the address to an existing contact or to create a new contact in FM. Perhaps--I haven't tried it. Does the iOS Calendar app have good support for non-iCloud CalDAV calendars? There are advantages to using the native apps on my iPhone if the apps meet my general needs, and I'm concnered that not going completely outside iCloud will reduce or eliminate some of those advantages. I don't actually know, because I haven't tried it. I may be worrying about nothing. I also don't know how easily I can share the FM calendar with someone who is not an FM customer. It probably works fine--again, I just haven't tried it. I do know that iCloud works well. |
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Then if I make changes on the FastMail website, on my iPhone or on my MacBook, changes to those contacts will be synced with my contacts on the FastMail website, and my other devices. Quote:
This is the same for calendars. I have my FastMail calendars set up to sync on my Mac and iPhone, and it's syncing between my devices without any problems. Quote:
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https://www.fastmail.com/help/calend...tml?u=b8e44114 I feel like I've waded right into the middle of something. I hope I've done so helpfully. J |
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1 May 2015, 03:44 AM | #209 |
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.... for something different...
I am using FM carddav with my android mobile few months already... it is working great, but have one question: what about photos/pictures of contacts and other carddav fields... is there any chance to see items stored in carddav server by others? When i was changing my mobile it was great to have carddav working, i had to only log into carddav and thats all, all photos of contacts were updated, all its data, numbers.... it would be great to have some photo support in web UI... I think that it has something to do with different standards, but... maybe you can do something? |
1 May 2015, 06:55 AM | #210 | |
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For other fields, we may add more in the future, but we'll never show everything. CardDAV/vCard is completely open-ended, so there's no way for us to show everything, and many fields (eg anniversary or relationships) are not standardised and incredibly difficult to round-trip through the web client without losing data. Of course you'll always be able to store and retrieve these extra fields via CardDAV. We just won't display them all. |
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