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We're using a PC and a MacBook at home which are connected via a local network. We'd like to have a "master" address book for both computer, so that when contact information is changed on one of the computers, the change can be automatically also synced with the other computer.

How could we do that?

At the moment, we're using the MacOS X 10.6 AddressBook.app and Outlook XP on Windows XP for managing addresses, but we'd be also willing to switch from outlook to something different, if it would make things easier...

Would there be a way to sync between MacOS X and Linux? I'm asking, as I'm currently considering replacing Windows XP by Linux and using Windows on the PC only if there is no alternative in a virtual machine.

MostlyHarmless
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You should be able to do this by syncing both computers with gmail contacts. Not an ideal or elegant solution, but it should work. You can also probably do it through itunes on both machines.

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If both machines are on a LAN you could set up an LDAP server on one of them and make both system's email clients use it. Wikipedia has a List of LDAP software for various platforms.

martineau
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If you used the Mozilla Thunderbird email client on both systems, there are extensions to sync them via the Internet.

Here's some additional information about sharing address books using Thunderbird.

martineau
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