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cwacha [Setting up an iPhone running iOS 7]
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-====== CardDAV Interface Documentation ======+====== CardDAV/iCloud Interface Documentation ======
  
  
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 As of version 3.0 the iAddressBook comes with a CardDAV interface that As of version 3.0 the iAddressBook comes with a CardDAV interface that
 allows you to use the iAddressBook as your personal iCloud alternative. allows you to use the iAddressBook as your personal iCloud alternative.
-Just hook up your iPhone, Android phone or OSX Addressbook to your+Instead of using Apple's iCloud to sync your contacts you can sync your 
 +contacts into the iAddressBook and back. 
 +Just hook up your iPhone, Android phone or macOS Addressbook to your
 installation and the contacts will sync automatically between all the installation and the contacts will sync automatically between all the
 connected clients. Including Photo sync of course. connected clients. Including Photo sync of course.
 The iAddressbook uses SabreDAV (http://sabre.io) as the backend interface. The iAddressbook uses SabreDAV (http://sabre.io) as the backend interface.
-Authentication and CardDAV support must be turned on. The client can then use the same user+//Authentication// and //CardDAV Support// must be turned on. The client can then use the same user
 credentials used for login as defined in ''conf/auth.php''. credentials used for login as defined in ''conf/auth.php''.
 You can test the settings by going to your iAddressbook installation and adding ''/carddav.php'' You can test the settings by going to your iAddressbook installation and adding ''/carddav.php''
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   - Select tab Accounts   - Select tab Accounts
   - Click the (+) symbol to add a new account   - Click the (+) symbol to add a new account
-  - Choose "Other account..." and click continue +  - Choose "Other contacts account..." and click Continue 
-  - Type in your use name and password +  - Type in your User Name and Password and Server Address 
-  - Type in the server address and click create+  - Click Create
  
 The settings for other OSX versions might change slightly. OSX can deal with the simple form (given you have activated the shipped .htaccess file). The settings for other OSX versions might change slightly. OSX can deal with the simple form (given you have activated the shipped .htaccess file).
  
-<note warning> +{{gallery>:docs:osx}}
-Apple seems to have introduced buggy code in OSX Mavericks 10.9 (up to 10.9.5) that suffers from race conditions. Some of the contact +
-photos are correct, others show up on the wrong contact yet others are distorted. If you remove the account and re-add it the situation +
-"shuffles" and other contact photos are wrong. I never got all the contacts to be correct again. The only workaround I found is to +
-extract all cards from the website using vCard extract, then importing them directly to the OSX Addressbook. It will complain that you +
-have duplicates but you can select "update all" and dismiss the message. +
-</note>+
  
 ===== Setting up an iPhone running iOS 6 ===== ===== Setting up an iPhone running iOS 6 =====
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 {{gallery>:docs:ios7}} {{gallery>:docs:ios7}}
-===== Setting up Android using CardDav-Sync =====+===== Setting up Android using CardDAV-Sync =====
  
   - Go to the Play Store and buy/install [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dmfs.carddav.Sync|CardDAV-Sync]]   - Go to the Play Store and buy/install [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dmfs.carddav.Sync|CardDAV-Sync]]
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   - Close the "Congratulations" dialog by tapping Done   - Close the "Congratulations" dialog by tapping Done
  
-<note info>+{{gallery>:docs:android}} 
 + 
 +<note warning>
 Contact photos from the iAddressbook are synced to the phone correctly. But for some unknown reason, contact photos set on the device are not synced back. Contact photos from the iAddressbook are synced to the phone correctly. But for some unknown reason, contact photos set on the device are not synced back.
 </note> </note>
  
-{{gallery>:docs:android}} 
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