![]() Oddly, even though I have a Twitter account set up on my Mac and I follow most of my contacts, Bus圜ontacts’ built-in Twitter feed always displayed a “Follow” button, even for contacts I already followed. This isn’t difficult to do, but can be a mite confusing if you don’t take the time to go through the documentation. This merge doesn’t actually combine the contacts into a single record, it just changes the way contact information is displayed. ![]() If you have the same contacts in each source the application lets you link them within Bus圜ontacts, but in order to avoid displaying duplicate contacts you also need “combine” the linked cards to change the way you see them. The upside of this option is that you can see all your contacts and their related social media feeds in one place. This makes sense, because for most Facebook feeds you can’t see information unless you’re logged in.Īdding social media has the effect of importing all contacts from each of your sources into Bus圜ontacts. I say “may” because Bus圜ontacts will pull someone‘s Twitter feed without requiring that you have your Twitter account set up, but it cannot pull Facebook information, even if you have your contact’s Facebook account information, without your having set an account up. If you’re usingĪpple’s 2-factor authentication for your iCloud data, you may need to create and use anĪpp-specific password for Bus圜ontacts to gain access to your personal information.įor Bus圜ontacts to pull information from your contact’s social media feeds you may need to have related accounts set up in the application’s Accounts preference. Open the app and you’ll be walked through a multi-step process that gives Bus圜ontacts access to your to your contacts. Getting started with Bus圜ontacts is a snap. (Bus圜al is $50, and a bundle of Bus圜al and Bus圜ontacts is available for $80.)īus圜ontacts captures and centralizes email and event information for all your contacts. It’s a curious shortcoming, and one that may make it a deal killer for those simply looking for a good, basic CRM tool. Hassle-free connectivity to your Apple stock software, such that you always have your info available even on computers that do not have Bus圜ontacts or your iOS devices.While Bus圜ontacts is great at using OS X’s existing apps for most of this integration, there’s one small and somewhat annoying caveat when it comes to calendar info: If you want to pull your upcoming schedule into the application you’re going to have to commit to using BusyMac’sīus圜al calendar app-Bus圜ontacts offers no direct integration with Apple’s Calendar app or any third-party calendar applications. A nice entry introduction to CRM-like activities without the steep learning curve. You have the control of what is presented in that last view.Ī nice, clean and easy to learn interface. The other nice feature is the last column (#4) view which provides an overview of upcoming (or pass) events and meetings that you have with the currently selected contact, as well as any e-mail exchanges or iMessages, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter Entries. You can further add directly Events, Meetings and Tasks (that will sync to iCal or Bus圜al) from within Bus圜ontacts. You can add any Tags/Keywords as you wish. This is where the “simple” CRM portion of the software kicks in. ![]() All of your various mailing lists inside Contacts will appear as Tags or Keywords (see Item 1 in the image below) in Bus圜ontacts and individual contact (zone #2) will inherit all Tags or Keywords it was associated to in Apple Contacts (see at the bottom of column 3 below – “mot-clés” in French!). BusyMac have an excellent Getting Started guide. Again, did I say that the final results get sync across Apple services…įirst time running the app, you will be guided to guided via the set-up assistant to access your contacts and so on. This behavior is somewhat similar to Cobook (which I had been using since it came out). It further connect to Google, Exchange, Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, aggregating in a single all of your contact information. It also means full compatibility with all Apple services including iCloud. The software is now out of beta and V1 is available to buy…and you do get a reduced price (“Sidegrade” they call it) if you are a Bus圜al user!įirst the application sync seemingly with Apple Contact app and presents its full contents and more! Any addition or editing gets sync back to Apple software, so no loss of information. Much easier to set-up and deal with than CRM software such as Daylite and others. I have been using the beta version for the past few weeks and I must say it turns out to be a very stable, useful and easy to use piece of software. The guys that brought you the famous OS7 Now Up-to-Date, followed by Bus圜al, have done it again with a contact application on steroid: Bus圜ontacts.
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