You can run your own Exchange server or use a hosted service like Office 365, Rackspace, GoDaddy and others.
It is not supported by iCloud or Google, but you can work around it on these services by syncing with multiple accounts.įollowing is a brief description of each of the services that support Address Book sharing with Bus圜ontacts: When in Combined mode, it displays a virtual card that combines the data from each of the individual cards.įor more info, see Linking and Merging Cards.īus圜ontacts enables you to share address books with other Bus圜ontacts users.Īddress book sharing is supported by Fruux, Exchange, Kerio, Zimbra, macOS Server, and over the LAN. But you can manually link cards as well by selecting the cards you want to link (by shift-clicking or command-clicking them), then choose Link Cards from the Edit menu (or control-click and choose Link Cards from the contextual menu). If you click on one of these links, the individual card will open in a separate window where you can view and edit the information specific to that individual card.īus圜ontacts automatically links related cards that share common traits, such as the same name or email address. When cards are linked to each other, the Info Panel displays links to each of the individual cards. When in Combined Mode, the three linked cards are merged into a single virtual card that displays all of the combined info from each of the individual cards. Linked cards from multiple sources can be viewed as a single virtual card when in Combined mode by selecting View > Combine Linked Cards.įor example, when in non-combined mode, three linked cards appear for Fred Chaffee - one each on iCloud, Google and Twitter. Bus圜ontacts automatically links related cards that share common traits, such as the same name or email address. To solve this, Bus圜ontacts allows you to link related cards to each other and combine them into a single virtual card. each contact may have duplicate cards on iCloud, Google and Twitter). If you are syncing with multiple services, you are likely to have duplicate cards for many of your contacts (e.g. If you want to show the field by default, you can add it in Info Panel Preference.įor more info, see Creating and Editing Contacts While editing a contact, if you need to enter a field that is not showing by default, click the add field popup menu on the bottom of the info panel and choose a field to add. For example, typing "app" in the Company field will auto-fill "Apple". You can then tab through the fields and enter your data.Īs you type, a list of matching entries will be displayed and the text will auto-complete as you type. Or, select File > New Contact (or type Command-N) to creat a new blank contact card and go into Edit mode. Bus圜ontacts will parse the data, enter it into the appropriate fields, and put you into Edit mode where you can further edit the information.
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You can create new contacts in Bus圜ontacts via Quick Entry or manually:Ĭlick the Plus (+) button in the toolbar to open the Quick Entry dialog where you can enter some free-form contact data and press return. Linking Contacts with Events in Bus圜al.Syncing with Facebook, LinkedIn & Twitter.