Can Bittorrent Sync synchronise iPhone contacts?

[ashtreex]

Hello, Bittorrent Sync looks great for the iPhone / Mac syncing. It would be good if one could sync contacts - is there a way? Apple doesn't let one see a folder or file for that in the iPhone.

 

This would be specially handy as in Mavericks, OS X 10.9, contacts are only synced via iCloud , which has caused some outrage among iPhone users.

[dms2013]

Good luck for btsync to access that on your iPhone.

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[GreatMarko]

Remember that Sync is a file synchronization tool - it's not designed for synchronizing arbitrary "settings" or "contacts", unless these are stored in a physical (and accessible) file.

[TimCinel]

Unfortunately, I don't think it's likely.

 

Contacts are represented as files in OS X's Contacts application:

/Users/{User}/Library/Application Support/AddressBook/Sources/{Address Book Hash}/Metadata/{Contact Hash}\/ABPerson.abcdp

However, I think contacts are only stored in sqlite databases on iOS:

/var/mobile/Library/AddressBook/AddressBook.sqlitedb

There were no results for files ending in "*.abcdp" on my iOS 6 file system =(

 

 

Therefore, even if you could sync arbitrary files on iOS (i.e. jailbroken), it wouldn't work because storage mechanisms differ between iOS and OS X.

 

Mac OS X 10.9 and iOS 7 both allow CardDAV syncing. Worth noting that there a bug in the account setup process in iOS 7, a simple workaround[1][2] is required to get CardDAV working again.

[1]: https://discussions.apple.com/message/23375060#23375060

[2]: https://github.com/owncloud/ios-issues/issues/103