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Originally Posted by Jeremy Howard
OK, I think I have a solution for you. Please take backups first in case this doesn't work.
To Sync when you already have GMail and FM contacts:- Download your FM addressbook (probably vCard / Mac OS X format would be best)
- Upload that file to GMail contacts
- Use GMail's "Duplicates" command to merge all your contacts together
- Delete all your FM contacts
- On the sync service screen, clear all sync state (if you've ever used it before)
- Sync!
It would be great if you could try this, and let us know how it turns out. It doesn't matter whether it's FM or GMail that's empty to start - it's just important to realise that on the first sync all contacts are copied in each direction, without attempting to merge duplicates. |
I'll give this a try. However with all the upcoming Jewish holidays (plus trying to stay caught up at work) it may be a while before I try it, since I want to make sure I have everything backed up and all before taking the dive. ;-)
As for your suggestion of possibly going the other way (delete contacts in Gmail, not fastmail), not a chance, I have all the addresses, phone numbers, etc. in my contact book there!!
Fastmail it's basically just the email addresses.