Setting up Mac Mail, Calendar, Address Book on OS/X Snow Leopard

The Mac Mail, Calendar, and Address Book applications included with OS/X Snow Leopard will synchronize with your Exchange Inbox, Calendar, and Contacts folders.  Snow Leopard will also sync your Tasks and Notes folders.  However, there are a number of prerequisites, one of them being an Exchange 2007 or 2010 mailbox.

Prerequisites

- A mailbox hosted on Microsoft Exchange 2007 or 2010.  If you’re still on Exchange 2003 and would like to upgrade, please contact Thoughtbus customer support at (800) 385-0474, or support@thoughtbus.com.

- You’ll need to ensure that your email domain has an “autodiscover” CNAME record set up.  Information on this DNS record was provided to you when you migrated from Exchange 2003 (or when you signed on as a customer), but if you need more details, please see the following FAQ, “How do I set up my DNS for the ‘autodiscover’ service?”:  http://www.thoughtbus.com/customer_support/FAQ/Entry-Exchange2007FAQ.htm .

Alternatively, you can configure the record directly on your Mac.  For further information on that, see the FAQ, above, “How do I update my ‘hosts’ file for the ‘autodiscover’ service if I’m on a Mac?”

- Macintosh OS/X 10.6 -- “Snow Leopard”

Procedure

1. Open your Mac Mail application

2. Under the “File” menu, choose “Add Account”.  Enter your name, email address, and password.

3. If your autodiscover entry is set up correctly, Mac Mail will find the correct settings for you.  If you entered an incorrect password, or if your primary email address is different from your UPN login ID, you’ll be prompted to enter the correct information:

4. Finally, choose whether you want to sync “Address Book” and/or “Calendar”:

End of Procedure