While Calvetica looks awesome, I’m rather annoyed that I have to spend an additional $2.99 to get a calendar app that works. I think I’ll wait until 4.2 drops to see if they improve the calendar and speed of iOS. Apple should look at these things (as Google should look at Helvetical, etc.) for ways to simplify, and improve, their interface (or at least add the options to).
So, almost one year later, I’m still using Spanning Sync. I’ll be honest, the main reason, even with all the new technologies, is that I don’t have to worry about it. It’s been running in the background on my systems for 10 months. I kept it when I moved to my Macbook Pro earlier this year. It just freakin’ works, so I had no reason to change anything.
SS is also doing a nice job of adding new features and keeping up with Google, so, again, I haven’t had any issues with compatibility or sync issues. Quite remarkable, since I had just moderate expectations.
Anyhow, if you need to sync Google and Mac and/or iPhone, I still highly recommend Spanning Sync.
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Spanning Sync 2.1 is Now Available
- Spanning Sync now sends changes to Google in small batches. Batching has the following benefits:
- Greatly reduced memory usage on large syncs
- Eliminates various timeout errors on large syncs
- Information will show up on Google faster
- Total time to finish the sync is about 25% faster
- Fixed a rare crash
- Syncs that were canceled or aborted at just the right time would miss records on the next sync
- Better UI for over-quota conditions
- Reliability fixed
- Small fix to French translation
- Human readable log now includes event dates & times
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So a couple weeks ago, I was dealing with Ike. While I was powerless and, thus, Mac-less (which made me want an iPhone even more), Spanning Sync not only released version 2.0 (now with full Google Contacts sync), but also a quick 2.0.1 update.
The new stuff I thought was substantial:
Speaking of Google Contacts, did you know there was a dedicated site for your contacts now? Pretty cool, though it’s still very rough around the edges. I’m surprised Google hasn’t done more with contacts yet. It’s a huge market for them, and no one has conquered it yet.
Anyhow. For now, I’m mainly using Spanning Sync to sync my contacts. I rarely use iCal, but I’m thinking my kids might use it more, thus making this software/service much more useful. But even if I was only using it for contact syncing, it’s worth my $20.
I wouldn’t be bragging about this software if it weren’t such a steal. If you use my coupon code, D8BYCM you’ll save $5, and, in turn, get your own coupon code allowing you to make $5 for every referral. I covered my $20 about two days after I posted my referral code. (Thank you Aaron.)
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