Given that majority of the people on this planet, who have a web-mail account, have a gmail-id, it's natural that almost all of our contacts are residing on gmail's address book. But there are obvious advantages associated with using a desktop client for tracking your mails. (http://familyemailhosting.com/advantages-of-using-an-email-client.php)
But it becomes a pain when your Address book on the Mac OS X(Snow Leopard) doesnt contain all the addresses you have on the gmail address book.
( To the contrary, I found this article on the web that hotmail and yahoo mail have a larger user-base when compared to gmail - Incredible!, I say http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20022793-501465.html )
Inorder to access the gmail address book en masse on your Apple Mail client, do the following.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/mac/syncing-macs-address-book-and-ical-with-google-apps/266
1. Open Address Book App; Accounts tab - Enable Google Sync
2. Then force sync, for the first time alone by choosing the sync icon from the Finder Bar.
Now you should be able to see the contacts in your gmail address book, from your Apple Mail client!!!
PS: mrplow pointed out that this doesnt work on OS X Lion, and so I have edited the post accordingly. Thanks mrplow for pointing that out. (I havent tried it myself, I am trusting mrplow to be a Lion user, here :) )
Edit 2:
[Update] Kara Moss pointed out (in the comments section) that the solution mentioned here works on OS X Mountain Lion too. \m/. Looks like it doesnt work only on OS X Lion, AFAIK. It works like a charm on both OS X Snow Leopard and OS X Mountain Lion.
GT
But it becomes a pain when your Address book on the Mac OS X(Snow Leopard) doesnt contain all the addresses you have on the gmail address book.
( To the contrary, I found this article on the web that hotmail and yahoo mail have a larger user-base when compared to gmail - Incredible!, I say http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-20022793-501465.html )
Inorder to access the gmail address book en masse on your Apple Mail client, do the following.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/mac/syncing-macs-address-book-and-ical-with-google-apps/266
1. Open Address Book App; Accounts tab - Enable Google Sync
2. Then force sync, for the first time alone by choosing the sync icon from the Finder Bar.
Now you should be able to see the contacts in your gmail address book, from your Apple Mail client!!!
PS: mrplow pointed out that this doesnt work on OS X Lion, and so I have edited the post accordingly. Thanks mrplow for pointing that out. (I havent tried it myself, I am trusting mrplow to be a Lion user, here :) )
Edit 2:
[Update] Kara Moss pointed out (in the comments section) that the solution mentioned here works on OS X Mountain Lion too. \m/. Looks like it doesnt work only on OS X Lion, AFAIK. It works like a charm on both OS X Snow Leopard and OS X Mountain Lion.
GT
