Spanning Tools 0.5

Spanning Tools 0.5 is one of the most salutary program that analyzes, reports, and fixes dozens of problems with iCal, Address Book, and Apple Sync Services -- problems ranging from the obvious, such as duplicated calendar events, to the subtle, such as invalid calendar dates and poorly formatted contact names.

Most people just aren't very good at keeping their contacts and calendars organized. Open up your Address Book, or perhaps that of a friend or family member, and you're very likely to find duplicated entries, contacts with names in the wrong fields, mislabeled contacts…the list goes on. And who can blame you? Your lives are busy and complicated.

Major Features:

1. Sync software is generally not very good at dealing with bad data.
2. Spanning Sync is currently the only sync product on the market with active duplicate prevention on both ends.
3. If you find a duplicated calendar event or contact on your Mac or on Google, chances are slim that Spanning Sync put it there (barring Google Calendar time zone bugs; sorry New Zealand!). That said, once duplicates find their way into your calendars and contacts, all sync software has the potential to act like a virus and propagate these inconsistencies to every device and app that you sync with.