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how to set up a home office network/server/whatever

Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:53 am
Posted by guedeaux
Tardis
Member since Jan 2008
13616 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:53 am
My dad is semi-retired and he wants to set up his outlook on his desktop to sync with his iPhone. He is using gmail. How can he (I) set up his computer to sync everything among his phone, gmail, and outlook? The biggest issue is that he sets appointments or makes a new contact on his phone or outlook and it doesn't sync with the other.

Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks.
Posted by foshizzle
Washington DC metro
Member since Mar 2008
40599 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 11:59 am to
There are paid solutions out there but they aren't that great IMO. His fundamental problem is that he's using three different platforms supported by three big companies that don't want people to use anything other than their own stuff.
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78372 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 12:00 pm to
quote:

The biggest issue is that he sets appointments or makes a new contact on his phone or outlook and it doesn't sync with the other.



easier with an android. just add all 3 accounts on the phone and tell google to merge the calendars into one.


eta and he needs to move to a single email for all contacts. doesnt matter which, but for his sanity; unless he wants to keep personal and work contacts separate...just move them all to one account and delete them completely from the others.


i know this firsthand..i used to keep all my contacts in my WORK EXCHANGE account and finally just moved them to my gmail account and my complexity dropped dramatically.

plus i don't want to worry about not being able to keep my contacts should i ever leave this job.

always better to keep it on a personal email (iMail, gmail, live, whatever). a little messy at first, but you can walk him through it.

if you do it right, you'll only do this once.
This post was edited on 4/25/14 at 12:04 pm
Posted by jack6294
Greater Baton Rouge Area
Member since Jan 2007
4033 posts
Posted on 4/25/14 at 12:24 pm to
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