Article:		Sync Services Framework (How It Works and What You Can Do)
Subject:		Address Book and iCal examples
Date:		2006-11-20 08:22:57
From:		jaharmi
I don't really see how your Address Book and iCal examples show the use of Sync Services. They both look like application or .Mac-specific publish and subscribe techniques rather than the actual synchronization of data. I'd really like to see more about how Sync Services and iSync fit together architecturally, now that less emphasis is being placed on iSync. Is iSync just a Sync Services client in Tiger?

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• Address Book and iCal examples
  2006-11-20 13:18:46  norburym [View]
  
  
  There will be more in depth coverage of this topic when Leopard is released!
  Thanks,
  Mary
• Address Book and iCal examples
  2006-11-22 09:39:48  jaharmi [View]
  
  
  Thanks for the reply and I'll look forward to an update in the Leopard timeframe.
  
  However, I didn't get much out of this article beyond what was already provided in the first page of the developer overview on the ADC site.
  
  Couple that with the way the Address Book and iCal examples don't seem to have anything to do with Sync Services at all, it looks like the article is just an explanation of Missing Sync, a third party product. Frankly, I'd lost interest by that pont.
  
  I'm not trying to be harsh but I am looking for more information than Apple provides publicly. I'm particularly interested how system administrators and end users can work with and troubleshoot Sync Services. That means that an architectural diagram would be useful, and so would some info on file locations, backups, how you can rollback (if you can) in a disaster, etc.
  
  Thanks!