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• Other Programs. Even if you still keep your contacts in a Jurassic-era
program like Palm Desktop, you may still be able to get them into the
iPhone/iTunes sync dance. If you can export your contacts as vCards (a
contacts-exchange format with the extension .vcf ), you can import them
into the Windows Address Book or the Mac’s Address Book.
In Palm Desktop 4.1 for the Mac, for instance, choose FileÆExportÆ
Addresses, select vCard for the export format, and then click OK. Export
the file to your desktop, open the Mac Address Book, and then import
the same file.
It’s trickier on the PC version of Palm Desktop 4.1, since you can only
export one contact at a time. But a handy little freeware program called
Palm2iPod can do it all for you. It’s available from this book’s “Missing
CD-ROM” page at www.missingmanuals.com. Chapura’s $20 PocketCopy
program is another option at www.chapura.com/pocketcopy.php.
Now you can sync to your heart’s delight.
Syncing Bookmarks
Bookmarks—those helpful little point-and-click shortcuts that save you countless
hours of mistyping Web site addresses—are a reflection of your personality,
because they tend to be sites that are important to you. Fortunately, they
can make the trip to your iPhone, too. In fact, any bookmarks you create on
the iPhone can be copied back to your computer, too; it’s a two-way street.
iTunes can transfer your bookmarks from Internet Explorer or Safari (Windows),
or from Safari on a Mac. In iTunes, on the Info tab, scroll down past Contacts
and Calendars and Mail Accounts until you get to the section called Web
Browser. Then:
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