# Sync mac and windows contacts and address book?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sync-mac-and-windows-contacts-and-address-book/346427>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 28, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sync-mac-and-windows-contacts-and-address-book/346427 "2006-02-28T06:35:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carnick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Carnick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnick)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sync-mac-and-windows-contacts-and-address-book/346427/1 "2006-02-28T06:35:47Z")

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Is there a simple, magical one-click utility out there that can seamless sync between macintosh (iCal, Address Book) and outlook both ways?

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**Author:** ![broken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@broken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broken)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2006, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sync-mac-and-windows-contacts-and-address-book/346427/2 "2006-02-28T16:19:09Z")

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Let’s hope someone comes along to this board and has a 1-click solution. From everything i’ve read thus far, syncing outlook and ical/address book is a headache unless you are either a) using microsoft exchange server to sync all of this stuff (i.e. your employer is running this type of server) or b) you are using a PDA. PDAs appear to be pretty good at syncing cross-platform. At any rate, there are scripts that assist you in exporting your address book/ical to an outlook compatible format, but it sounds like reliability (and useability) are both issues with those scripts. Good luck.