What's new in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.3.3

Jul 21, 2023
  • Implemented high resolution syncing of contact photos
  • Restored missing search bar on the "Confirm Sync" screen
  • Restored missing search bar and delete button on the "Sync History" screen
  • Google contacts are completely refetched following the occurrence of a 400/404/412 error
  • MacOS 10.13 is no longer supported
  • Various other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.2.1 (Feb 8, 2023)

  • Contacts Sync is now compatible with macOS Ventura

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.1.7 (Oct 30, 2022)

  • Minor fix

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.1.6 (Mar 14, 2022)

  • Runs natively on Apple Silicon as well as Intel

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.1.4 (Aug 11, 2021)

  • Integrated all of the recent improvements made to the iOS version of Contacts Sync

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.1.2 (Jun 11, 2021)

  • Further improvements to sync between 2 Google accounts, and to usage of Google's new contacts service

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.1.1 (Apr 20, 2021)

  • Fixed additional issue with sync between 2 Google accounts

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.1.0 (Apr 16, 2021)

  • Fixed issue with sync between 2 Google accounts
  • Improved handling of Google "over quota" errors
  • Further improvements to how Google's new contacts API is used
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.0.9 (Apr 14, 2021)

  • Further improvements to how Google's new contacts API is used

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.0.7 (Apr 5, 2021)

  • Further improvements to how Google's new contacts API is used

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.0.5 (Mar 31, 2021)

  • The "starred" contact group is now synced
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.0.4 (Mar 28, 2021)

  • Further refinements to how Google's new contacts API is used

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.0.3 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • Fixed issue with prior update on macOS 10.13 & 10.14
  • Other minor refinements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 8.0.1 (Mar 26, 2021)

  • The app now supports syncing 2 Google accounts with each other, in addition to syncing a Google account with a Mac account
  • The app now uses Google's new modern API for contacts
  • The app now uses Google's latest API for signing into accounts, offering enhanced security

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.2.2 (Jul 1, 2020)

  • Fixed issue with contact photos not appearing in Google when syncing Google with certain CardDAV accounts

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.2.1 (Jun 28, 2020)

  • Introduces many of the latest improvements from the iOS version of this app, such as dark mode

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.1.4 (Apr 24, 2020)

  • Minor fix

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.1.2 (Apr 23, 2020)

  • Fixed issue with restoring purchases
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.0.3 (Feb 15, 2018)

  • Addressed crash that occurred when syncing several thousands of contacts.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.0.2 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Better addressed crash that occurs if an Exchange contacts account is active.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 7.0.0 (Nov 16, 2017)

  • Optimized for Mac OS X High Sierra.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.5.3 (Mar 11, 2017)

  • Improved error handling.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.5.2 (Sep 26, 2016)

  • Compatible with MacOS 10.12 Sierra
  • Zen Desk integration
  • Improved Performance

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.5.1 (Apr 19, 2016)

  • Users can sign into their Google accounts using SSO (single sign-on).

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.5.0 (Apr 7, 2016)

  • Improved Exchange and Google Sync.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.4.8 (Apr 2, 2016)

  • Improved Exchange and Google Sync.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.4.5 (Mar 29, 2016)

  • Minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.4.2 (Mar 20, 2016)

  • Minor improvement

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.4.1 (Mar 12, 2016)

  • Minor improvements.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.4.0 (Mar 9, 2016)

  • Minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 6.3.9 (Mar 3, 2016)

  • Various improvements integrated from iOS to Mac
  • Read only accounts such as Facebook can be synced
  • Addressed some issues with in-app purchases
  • Other various improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 5.1.4 (Nov 3, 2015)

  • Retina icon for menu bar
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 5.1.2 (Oct 11, 2015)

  • Compatible with OS X El Capitan (10.11)
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 5.1.0 (Sep 11, 2014)

  • Updated to use Google's OAuth2 authentication protocol for improved security & support for 2 step verification

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 5.0.3 (Sep 4, 2014)

  • Fixed in-app purchase issue and other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 5.0.2 (Aug 28, 2014)

  • Free to download

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 4.1.6 (Jul 2, 2014)

  • Removed unnecessary alerts during auto syncs

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 4.1.5 (Jun 19, 2014)

  • Removed prompt about lost Internet connection that would appear when Mac was awakening from sleep.

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 4.1.4 (Jun 9, 2014)

  • View past synchronizations using Sync History
  • Local notifications are shown if changes occur during an automatic sync
  • Fixed issue in which updated passwords wouldn't save on Mac OS X 10.6.8
  • Many minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 4.0.2 (Feb 5, 2014)

  • “My Contacts” group is synced
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 4.0.1 (Dec 12, 2013)

  • Restored 32-bit compatibility
  • Redesigned confirm sync screen
  • Minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.9.0 (Jun 28, 2013)

  • An error message is shown when a Google CardDAV account is detected
  • More detailed error messages are shown when a sync fails
  • Exchange Server contact field labels are synced properly
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.8.9 (Apr 2, 2013)

  • App is no longer shown in the dock if it's visible in the menu bar
  • "Sync Status" window is no longer shown at startup if the app was automatically launched
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.8.8 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • New setting for turning off the menu bar icon
  • New setting for using a black & white menu bar icon
  • App can be hidden
  • Username & password fields support copy & paste
  • Fixed issue with passwords not getting saved on Mac OS X Snow Leopard
  • Upon startup, the user is shown the Google Account window if their credentials are missing. Otherwise, the sync status window is shown
  • Other minor usability improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.8.7 (Mar 9, 2013)

  • Upon launching the app, a popup window is shown that indicates the location of the app on the menu bar

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.8.6 (Mar 2, 2013)

  • App is now accessible via the menu bar (see 1st screenshot)
  • Minor bug fix
  • App now sandboxed

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.8.3 (Jan 26, 2013)

  • App translated into Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, & Spanish
  • Custom fields & social profiles are synced
  • Improved detection of contact photo changes
  • Photos are only uploaded to Google when they actually change resulting in much faster sync times
  • Duplicate contacts are detected
  • More comprehensive user guide
  • Other minor improvements & bug fixes

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.8 (Nov 6, 2012)

  • Facebook contacts are automatically ignored
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.7 (Jul 31, 2012)

  • Fixed problem with some contacts not getting synced to Gmail when created from various business card scanning apps
  • Exposed option to optionally turn off batched Gmail updates
  • Updated user guide

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.6 (May 3, 2012)

  • Implemented "exponential backoff algorithm" to deal with Google's quota on how quickly you can send contact/group/photo updates to their servers

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.5 (Apr 25, 2012)

  • Contact changes are batched to Gmail in groups of 100 since submitting them individually tends to lead to "503" errors from Google
  • Fixed bug that meant that changes in groups in Gmail weren't always synced immediately
  • Sync history is cleared when user changes Gmail accounts

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.3 (Apr 3, 2012)

  • Increased rate at which contacts are synced
  • Fixed bugs

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.2 (Mar 16, 2012)

  • Ability to override whether each contact is merged
  • More informative sync confirmation screen
  • Bug fixes

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.1 (Mar 8, 2012)

  • Increased rate at which contacts are synced
  • Backend improvements to sync engine

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.7.0 (Feb 29, 2012)

  • Contact deletions are automatically synced
  • New automatic "contact update mode" determines whether each contact should be merged or updated
  • Dramatically increased the rate at which contacts are synced
  • Updated user guide
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6.8 (Feb 11, 2012)

  • Implemented "Confirm Sync" screen
  • User can select to manually sync contacts

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6.7 (Feb 1, 2012)

  • Ability to filter sync by groups
  • Instant messaging accounts are synced
  • Events such as anniversaries are synced
  • Nicknames are synced
  • Various bug fixes

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6.5 (Jan 5, 2012)

  • Custom labels for emails, addresses, phone numbers, websites, & relationships are synced
  • Phonetic names are synced
  • If the contact update mode is set to merge, groups will be merged as well

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6.4 (Dec 20, 2011)

  • Restores compatibility with Mac OS X Snow Leopard
  • Contact photos are more reliably uploaded to Gmail
  • Option to "force update all contacts"
  • Job title & department fields are synced
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6.3 (Dec 17, 2011)

  • Option to ignore Gmail's "Other Contacts"
  • Option to save password
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6.2 (Dec 14, 2011)

  • Contacts merge by default
  • Updated user guide
  • Other minor improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.6 (Dec 1, 2011)

  • 2-way sync mode
  • Option to either replace or merge contact fields
  • Addressed bug that meant groups weren't always properly assigned in Gmail when updating from Mac to Gmail
  • Syncing photos is optional
  • User guide
  • Numerous bug fixes and improvements

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.2 (Oct 27, 2011)

  • Contact photos are synced

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3.1 (Oct 18, 2011)

  • Improved performance and responsiveness when updating address books with more than 1000 contacts
  • Improved categorization of phone numbers, email addresses, web pages, and postal addresses
  • Relationships are synced

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 3 (Sep 5, 2011)

  • Changed name of the app to "Contacts Sync With Groups For Gmail"

New in Contacts Sync For Google Gmail 2 (Aug 17, 2011)

  • Improved user interface
  • Progress bar
  • Increased speed
  • More alerts
  • New icon