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I’ve used iSync only a little bit since I got my Macs, mostly just to sync the Address Book and Bookmarks between the two machines. But tonight I really saw some of its power…

I have trouble remembering when my wife is going to be working, since she has several part-time jobs and a very confusing schedule. So today she told me her schedule for the week over the phone and I entered them into iCal. Just double click when the event starts, enter the details, then drag down the pretty little block until the event ended. Couldn’t have been easier. I actually learned how to use the program while I was talking to her on the phone. The basics of the program of course, I’m sure there is a lot more to it. But anyway… I plugged in my iPod to the eMac to charge it up for the trip to work tomorrow, and thought it would be cool to have all that info I entered in iCal, on the iPod so I’d have it with me everywhere. So I first ran iSync on the Powerbook where I entered the dates, which synced my calendar to my .Mac account on Apple’s servers. It also uploaded my bookmarks, address book, and files while it was at it.

Next I ran iSync on the eMac, where the iPod was plugged in. It downloaded all of the new info from the .Mac account, added it to iCal, or Address Book, or Safari, depending on the info. Then it added all the relevant info to the iPod, which was my Contacts, and my new calendar info. Then I picked up the iPod a second later and was able to browse my wife’s schedule for the coming week right in the palm of my hand. Pretty amazing stuff! The info went from the Powerbook, through the internet to the eMac, then through a wire to the iPod. All completely seamlessly. “It just worked” you might say. Making the hardware and software for a computer really does have its advantages… Way to go Apple!

do you know, that youre are the ONE person that keeps moving me into going the mac-way .. i dont know if i should love you or hate you ^_^