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The latest release of Zimbra Desktop (1.0.3.) includes support for Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard. Download this release to use Zimbra Desktop with Mac OS 10.6.

Direct Link: http://h.yimg.com/lo/downloads/zdesktop/1696/zdesktop_1_0_3_build_1696_macos_intel.dmg

Zimbra Desktop downloads page: http://www.zimbra.com/products/desktop_download.html

Additional support for Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard, including Address Book synchronization via CardDAV is currently receiving material attention at Zimbra and is expected to be supported in Zimbra 6, or soon after release.  See the Zimbra 6 product page for more information.  Also see 01.com’s version FAQ for more information on upgrade plans to Zimbra 6.

        

Syncing your Zimbra calendars in iCal using CalDAV now displays free/busy information, comparing your calendar schedule with the availability of others when scheduling appointments.

To view free/busy information, schedule an appointment on your (or another person’s) Zimbra calendar in iCal. In this appointment I am scheduling a meeting on my own Zimbra calendar to request a meeting at 11 A.M. with John, one of my coworkers.

Enter a name for the appointment, then click ‘Add Attendees’:

Next, enter the email address of the person you would like to invite to the event in the ‘Attendees’ field:  Read more... (290 words and 8 images, estimated 1:10 mins reading time)

        

After moving from Exchange hosting to Zimbra with 01.com, Mark writes:

“The nice thing about Zimbra for us Mac users is that it plays well with Mac OS X. Mail is handled with straight IMAP, not some proprietary Microsoft moon-man protocol. Calendars are accessible via CalDAV, which means integrating with Leopard’s iCal is a snap. For the late adopter(s) still on Tiger, there’s an iSync connector which will handle calendars, as well as contacts (the contact sync also works on Leopard.) Those of us still using Outlook have a pretty good Zimbra sync plugin available that makes it work more or less like Exchange did. There are mobile apps for Blackberry, Windows, Palm and Symbian phones, and an iPhone-friendly web view (I won’t be surprised if an iPhone native app arrives later this year.  Read more... (322 words, estimated 1:17 mins reading time)

        

Apple announced today that Microsoft Activesync support will be built-in to the next release of iPhone software and will also be available as a free software update for existing iPhone customers in late June.

The announcement of Activesync support for the iPhone should allow 01.com customers to setup and sync email, calendar and contacts between Zimbra accounts and the iPhone. Additionally, Activesync support should allow a near real-time sync of data as the iPhone will sync directly to the Zimbra server.  Read more... (119 words, estimated 29 secs reading time)