BusyContacts 1.0.3 has been released. This version includes several enhancements and bug fixes, plus changes to Facebook and LinkedIn syncing.

Release Notes

• Added Envelope Printing
• Added menu command for copying a contact's card URL to clipboard
• Added support for tag expansion in BusyCal's attendee and contact fields
• Added contextual menu when control-clicking on a field value for copying, etc.
• Improved background syncing and auto-linking to avoid editing hiccups
• Improved busycontacts:// URL handler API to accept AB UIDs and support creation of new contacts
• Facebook syncing is now done via AddressBook framework to deal with Facebook API shutdown on April 30th
• LinkedIn syncing is now done via AddressBook framework to deal with LinkedIn API shutdown on May 12th
• Display confirmation dialog when filtering by tag and deleting a contact
• Fixed "is not set" Smart Filter bugs
• Miscellaneous bug fixes

Facebook and LinkedIn syncing changes

Facebook and LinkedIn are changing their Terms of Service for third-party API access, which prohibits BusyContacts from syncing directly with these services. As a work around, BusyContacts will sync indirectly with these services through OS X Contacts. But this means that OS X Contacts must be configured to sync with these services and you must launch OS X Contacts from time-to-time to retrieve updates from these services.

Once you have Facebook and LinkedIn syncing configured in OS X Contacts, you should see the same Facebook and LinkedIn contacts in BusyContacts. You will probably see fewer Facebook contacts than in previous versions of BusyContacts, however, because OS X Contacts only syncs Facebook contacts who have useful contact information like an email address or mailing address.

How to install the update

BusyContacts 1.0.3 is a free update for all BusyContacts 1.0 customers and is available now.

• Direct customers can update by selecting Check for Updates from the BusyContacts menu.
• Mac App Store customers can update from the Updates tab on the Mac App Store.
• New users can download the BusyContacts 30-Day Trial.