<html><head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div><br></div><div>On Apr 13, 2012, at 10:53 AM, catsoul <<a href="mailto:catsoul@thinkplan.org">catsoul@thinkplan.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><div><div>On Apr 13, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Jim Warthman wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; ">Cat, just curious why you don't want to use iCloud to keep your address books in-sync?</span></blockquote></div><br><div>I am not and have never been a fan of "solutions" which are more complex and involved than the problems they purport to solve.</div><div>In my case, a simple, 30-second transfer of data via ethernet or thumb drive would solve my problem…at least in the old, pre-cloud days.</div></div></blockquote><br><div>Makes sense. By 'complex' are you referring to the complexity for the user in setting up and executing the sync, or the 'behind the scenes' complexity?</div><div><br></div><div>I have not yet moved to iCloud, but for me, MobileMe has kept my address book in sync across multiple computers and devices for years, very transparently. 'It just works.'</div><div><br></div><div>I would be interested to hear from Lion users who have had good experiences keeping address books in sync with iCloud. How complex is it for the user?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Jim</div></body></html>