AddressBookSync
AddressBookSync is a free Mac OS X application to download profile pictures and other Facebook data to Address Book cards. This is a handy tool to keep your contacts' pictures updated if you have numerous Facebook friends in your Mac OS X Address Book.
If your phone supports synchronization with Address Book your contacts' profile pictures show up when they call you. AddressBookSync will also attempt to synchronize birthday (nice for iCal b-day calendar) and current location information to Address Book.
AddressBookSync supports the automatic matching of many common short/alternate first names between Facebook and Address Book (i.e. Michael and Mike, William and Bill, Jessica and Jess). AddressBookSync also supports the manual matching of any Facebook/Address Book pair, as well as the ability to add a new contact to Address Book from Facebook data.
AddressBookSync does not and will not support the synchronization of phone numbers or email addresses as Facebook does not allow this by their Terms of Service.
Download AddressBookSync 1.6.1
Mac OS X 10.4 - 10.6 (Some issues reported on Lion)
AddressBookSync version 1.6.1 fixes a localization bug dealing with how birthdays are formatted in some countries.
New in version 1.6 release:
- Sync options moved to preferences and used application-wide instead of on a per-match basis
- Sync option changes have fixed the issue some were having enabling birthday syncing
- Added a new sync option to overwrite existing birthday enteries in the Address Book
- Added a new option to match yourself if you would like to sync your own data to the user account in the Address Book
AddressBookSync version 1.5 fixes various bugs and adds a minor feature to birthday syncing.
New in version 1.5 release:
- Fixed major issue causing application hang during "Processing Friend Information" which affected many users.
- Added a new sync option to ignore syncing birthdays of friends who omit the year of their birthday on Facebook (the current year is usually used as a placeholder when the year information is not available).
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Inspiration for AddressBookSync came from several other photo synchronization Facebook applications I tried out for both Address Book and Outlook to keep my friends' Facebook photos up to date on my iPhone. I was not satisfied with the matching ability, complexity, and cluttered appearance of the other applications so I decided to make my own in some spare time. This is my first Cocoa application and my first time working with the Facebook API. Any comments or feedback are more than welcome!
Features
- Downloads the Facebook profile picture, birthday, and current location into Mac OS X Address Book for any matched contacts.
- Crop/Scale tool to pick the best portion of your friend's picture to use in Address Book.
- Automatically finds matches between your Facebook friends and your Address Book contacts.
- Handles name matching discrepancies for most common short/alternative first names.
- Allows you to manually match any Facebook friends that were not automatically matched to contacts.
- Ability to select which friends you want to be synchronized to the Address Book.
- Ability to customize what data (picture, birthday, location) gets synchronized for each person.
- Sparkle integration for automatic updates to the application.
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Terms and Conditions
- I assume no responsibility or liability for any damages caused by this software. Please back up your Address Book before running the application.
- This software is provided "AS IS" without warranty.
- This software does not transmit any data or private information to me.
- You may not host this software and/or distribute it without prior written permission from me.
- I reserve the right to change these Terms and Conditions with any software update, and you will have to agree to them again in order to continue using the software.