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		<title>OutSync: Sync your Facebook Friends with your Outlook Contacts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 04:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeremyS</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Free Software]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[OutSync is a small little Windows application that is used to pull the pictures from your Facebook friends and apply that to the matching contacts in Outlook. *Note: I have blurred the bulk of my contacts names, pictures and information for their privacy. You can download OutSync from the link above, and installing is quick [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.melsam.com/outsync/" target="_blank">OutSync</a> is a small little <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/" target="_blank">Windows</a> application that is used to pull the pictures from your <a href="http://www.facebook.com" target="_blank">Facebook</a> friends and apply that to the matching contacts in <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/outlook" target="_blank">Outlook</a>.</p>
<p>*Note: I have blurred the bulk of my contacts names, pictures and information for their privacy.</p>
<p><span id="more-597"></span>You can download <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outsync/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with OutSync">OutSync</a> from the link above, and installing is quick and painless.  The first time you launch <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outsync/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with OutSync">OutSync</a>, it can take a minute or so to even show up.  While you may think you misclicked or perhaps think the app didn&#8217;t launch, give it a minute or two depending on the speed of your machine before you get too impatient.</p>
<p>Once <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outsync/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with OutSync">OutSync</a> is up and running you&#8217;ll see a window like this prompting you to login with your <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/facebook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with facebook">Facebook</a> credentials:</p>
<p><img title="Facebook login" src="http://www.restoraider.com/outsync/login_fb.png" alt="Facebook login" width="476" height="352" /></p>
<p>Once you have logged in <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outsync/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with OutSync">OutSync</a> will start pulling your friends list ( this can take a while depending on internet connection speed and number of friends ):</p>
<p><img title="Building Lists" src="http://www.restoraider.com/outsync/building_lists.png" alt="Building Lists" width="480" height="338" /></p>
<p>Once that&#8217;s done you should see something like this:</p>
<p><img style="float: left;" title="Overview" src="http://www.restoraider.com/outsync/overview.png" alt="Overview" width="480" height="338" /></p>
<p>This window lets you check off contacts that you want to sync and ones that you don&#8217;t want to.  The only difficulty I had was that contacts in <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outlook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Outlook">Outlook</a> and in <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/facebook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with facebook">Facebook</a> have to match EXACTLY.  So, if your friend on <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/facebook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with facebook">Facebook</a> displays a middle initial or their entire middle name, you have to have it like that in <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outlook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Outlook">Outlook</a> for the match to be made.  I&#8217;d like to see the ability to &#8220;link&#8221; a <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/facebook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with facebook">Facebook</a> profile with an <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outlook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Outlook">Outlook</a> contact as well, without the name having to be a perfect match, but maybe that&#8217;s a future enhancement.</p>
<p>Once you have selected the contacts that you want to sync you press the &#8220;Sync&#8221; button and the screen will change to something like:</p>
<p><img title="Updating" src="http://www.restoraider.com/outsync/updating.png" alt="Updating" width="480" height="338" /></p>
<p>Followed by:</p>
<p><img title="Updated" src="http://www.restoraider.com/outsync/updated.png" alt="Updated" width="480" height="338" /></p>
<p>Once that is done you can open up <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outlook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Outlook">Outlook</a> and see that the matched contacts do indeed have pictures now:</p>
<p><img title="Outlook" src="http://www.restoraider.com/outsync/outlook.png" alt="Outlook" width="675" height="370" /></p>
<p>If you have an iPhone that syncs to <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outlook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Outlook">Outlook</a> or a Windows Mobile phone where you can use ActiveSync, you can easily then sync your <a href="http://www.phasetoground.com/tag/outlook/" class="st_tag internal_tag" rel="tag" title="Posts tagged with Outlook">Outlook</a> contacts to your phone.</p>
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