971 Macintosh users have been able to store "managed information" - calendars, contacts, podcasts, and so on - on their Macs for years. Today's challenge is to sync that information to other devices and locations so that its owner can access the data anytime, anywhere. The latest addition to the Take Control series, Michael E. Cohen's "Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard," explains how to sync data to and from a Mac, with advice for readers who have never tried syncing before and for those who need to solve syncing problems or work in complex environments. The 162-page ebook is available from:
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/snow-leopard-syncing for $10.

Cohen covers how to sync a Mac running Snow Leopard with: * Another Mac
* Microsoft Exchange
* The cloud (i.e. MobileMe or Google)
* An iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV
* A non-Apple mobile phone or PDA (i.e. a Palm or Blackberry)

Types of sync data covered include:
* Calendars
* Contacts
* Dock items
* Dashboard widgets
* Safari bookmarks
* Keychains
* Mail and Entourage notes
* iTunes media files

Types of devices covered include:
* Macs, with details on MobileMe and overviews of popular third-party options * The iPhone and iPod touch, via Google, Microsoft Exchange, MobileMe, or iTunes * iPods via iTunes, with details on USB and FireWire connections * The Apple TV via iTunes
* Mobile phones, smartphones, BlackBerries, and Palm OS PDAs via iSync and/or third-party utilities

"Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard," by Michael Cohen
http://www.takecontrolbooks.com/snow-leopard-syncing
PDF format,
162 pages,
free sample available
Publication date: November 19, 2009
Price: $10 (PDF) / $21.98 (print)
ISBN: 978-1-61542-003-2

Michael Cohen has worked as a teacher, programmer, Web designer, multimedia producer, and certified usability analyst. He's the author or co-author of several other books, including "iLife '09: Apple Training Series," "iMovie '09 & iDVD '09 For Dummies," and "AirPort and Mac Wireless Networks for Dummies."

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