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synchronize TB addressbook with gmail contacts

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I can't get my TB addressbook t synchronise with gmail. Calendar works fine. Prevoiusly I used Zindus plug in but it does not work with Firefox. Any advice is appreciated

I can't get my TB addressbook t synchronise with gmail. Calendar works fine. Prevoiusly I used Zindus plug in but it does not work with Firefox. Any advice is appreciated

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Hello,

Go to you Gmail Accout, click in the Gmail drop down menu and select Contacts >> in the action bar click on the More button and press Export then press Export button, go to your Thunderbird >> click on Address Book >> Tools >> Import >> select Address Book >> Next >> select Text FIle(LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt) >> Next >> in the kind of archive change to All Files then select the file that you download from google.

Modified by Diego Victor

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Thanks, but this is only sending from gmail to TB. The thing is I work on my PC in TB and when I update my addressbook in TB I want to synchronise it with gmail contacts, so I get the same addressbook on my mobile devices. I've been trying to export from TB to gmail, but it apperas gmail only accept CSlV- or vCard... Any idea?

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Ohh i'm sorry, it's simple, go to Thunderbird click on Address Book >> Tools >> Export change the kind of file to Comma Separated then save the file will save a .csv file then now go to Gmail and import(I think you know how to do this, case not say and i will help you)

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Thanks! I understand how to export the file now. However, when I export I get an old verion of the addressbook... If I "print" the addressbok i get the new version, but when i export it i get an old version... Im confused now... do i need to do anything to "save" the current version before exporting?

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No, maybe you have some contacts in Personal and Collected folders

In old version is missing contacts??

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The old version has contacts +1600 When I add a new contact in my "personal" adddress book it does not export. Same goes for the "collected" contacts I find an .Idif file but that appears to be the "original" addressbook (=old contacts), looking at the file details for time and date All updates of the .Idif file appears as shortcut to the the old one... Make sense?

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Have you tried synchronizing? See

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Thanks! But Im using Mozilla Firefox 27.0.1 and it is apparently not compatible... Do you know if any work around exists?

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gContactSync is a Thunderbird add-on. You'll need to install it for Thunderbird, not Firefox. Why would you want it in Firefox anyway?

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Thanks everyone for the support! I finally got it to work now!