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iPhone Outlook Contacts Sync

iPhone being an apple product has bigger windows user base than the mac userbase, So these users would love to sync their iPhone contacts with the Outlook contacts.

Outlook

You can sync your iPhone contacts with Microsoft Outlook Express,Microsoft Outlook 2003 and 2007. You should have a full version of the software for the sync to work. The sync may not work with trial versions of outlook.

iTunes

The usual iTunes software acts as an interface between Outlook and the iPhone and so iTunes software is mandatory to sync contacts between iPhone and Outlook. Better update your iTunes software to version 7.7.1 or later which is supposed to have fixes for all the issues relating to outlook synchronization.

Steps to Sync

1. Connect your iPhone to your PC and iTunes should automatically fire up.
2. Browse to the iTunes Info Tab
3. Configure iTunes contacts sync with Outlook appropriately and click Apply
4. Click Sync button

Only a certain contacts group in outlook can be synchronized with a particular group of contacts in the iPhone. By default all the contacts are synced with the iPhone.

Exception

The iPhone 3G can’t sync over the air with an Exchange server and also sync to a desktop outlook setup.

Reset Sync History

Supposed you buy a new phone and would like to reset your sync history in iTunes so that next time you sync your new iPhone via iTunes it will replace the contacts in the iPhone with one in the computer.

This can be configured in the Advanced section of the Info tab in iTunes software.

December 14th, 2008 Posted by kuberan | iphone | one comment