Your Creative Cloud files BusyMac BusyContacts are stored on your desktop as well as on the Creative Cloud servers. If BusyMac BusyContacts you cancel or downgrade your paid membership, you will still have access to all of the files in the Creative Cloud folder on your computer and via the Creative Cloud website. Your account will be downgraded to a free membership, which includes 2GB of storage. BusyContacts is a powerful macOS app that organizes contact information into shareable virtual cards. The mate of BusyCal, this contact manager treats your connections with the same flexibility and professionalism. Connect social networks, see the history of your interactions, and align BusyContacts with tons of cloud services and Apple utilities.
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The Contacts application in OS X has been largely ridiculed by users and reviewers alike for a long time now. It has been accused of being clunky, outdated and technically deficient with synchronisation problems being reported far more often than Apple would like. Even with the visual improvements made in Yosemite, the synchronisation problems have left people in general looking for alternatives.
Well, just as they gave us an alternative to the Calendar application with BusyCal, those talented individuals at BusyMac have gone and cracked it again with the release of BusyContacts.
So what have they been able to feature in this release that sets it above the competition?
When you open the application for the first time, users of BusyCal will be very familiar with the interface. BusyMac have stuck with a format that works. It’s got to be easy on the eye to make people want to dive into it and they’ve achieved that. All available contact lists are on the left-hand side. These lists are populated automatically based on the current configuration in System Preferences -> Internet Accounts. If you have Contacts configured to sync there, they will appear as an option by default in BusyContacts. You can, of course, add more accounts via the Accounts section in the Preferences pane.
The level to which you can customise the columns and fields that are being presented is really quite impressive. The option is also there for you to create up to ten custom columns which again, lends itself very nicely to being integrated as a CRM application.
Backing up the database is automatic and configurable via the preference pane. Simply choose location, frequency and number of backups to keep and you are off and running.
For those looking to collaborate with these address books, BusyContacts also allows you to share address books with read/write privileges or read-only through Exchange and other CardDAV servers. Navigon 310 maps.
BusyContacts has been in development for a long time, with the public beta announced last summer. Quite simply, it shows. BusyContacts is a lesson for all developers who feel the need to get their product out of the door as quickly as possible. It oozes both care and class with every feature you see and after the critical success of BusyCal, BusyMac have another winner with BusyContacts.
It’s not cheap, that’s for sure. Currently $49.99 on it’s own, although if you are a BusyCal customer you can get it for $29.99 (both together for $79.98 but I’m sure you can do that math). It’s worth every cent though in my mind, no question.
BusyMac has conquered the Calendar and Contacts market for OS X. I’m excited because I think there is definitely scope for scalability with how these applications can work together to give us a different level of service. There is a real potential for these products to be used as a CRM tool for small businesses with a few extra features installed and it would be interesting to know if this is a direction BusyMac are looking towards.
When the native Calendar app was criticised on OS X, we had BusyCal. When Contacts was under scrutiny, we received BusyContacts.
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