MacOS

On Mac OS you can synchronize:

  • Files

  • Calendar

  • Contacts

  • E-mail

Files - Group-Office Assistant

The Group-Office Assistant is a small program that you can install on your Windows, MacOS or Linux computer. It will automatically download files opened from Group-Office and monitor it for changes. When the file is saved it automatically uploads it back to Group-Office.

Click here to download Group-Office Assistant for MacOS.

After downloading take the following steps to install:

  1. Open the DMG file and drag “Group-Office Assistant” in the “Applications” folder.

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  2. In Group-Office right click on a file and choose “Open with”.

  3. Select the “Your desktop application (WebDAV) option to use the assistant.

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Note

For Chrome users. You might be annoyed by the popup dialog everytime you open a file. Here’s a solution for that: https://superuser.com/questions/1481851/disable-chrome-to-ask-for-confirmation-to-open-external-application-everytime

WebDAV clients

You can use WebDAV to mount Group-Office as a network drive. Unfortunately the MacOS webdav implementation can be rather slow due to a lot of redundant requests. We found that the Mountain Duck WebDAV client is much faster. Additionally, it has a smart synchronisation feature to work with your files offline. Connect the client to:

https://[Server hostname]/webdav

Calendar, Reminders and Contacts

Adding contacts and calendar accounts work identically in MacOS. Just choose “CalDAV” for calendars and “CardDAV” for contacts.

  1. Open System Preferences and click “Internet Accounts”.

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  2. Click the “+” button in the bottom left to add an account. Scroll down and choose “Other account”.

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  3. Now choose “CalDAV” for calendars or “CardDAV” for contacts.

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  4. Select “Manual” in the “Account Type” dropdown and enter the username, password and Server hostname.

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    Note

    On some servers the auto detection fails. In that case you can try to set the type to advanced and add this path (The trailing / is important here):

    /caldav/principals/<YOURUSERNAME>/

  5. Click “Sign in” to finish and you might be able to select additional data sources in the account settings screen.

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  6. Now check your Calendar or Contact app for your Group-Office data!

Note

Unfortunately the Contacts app on MacOS will only sync the first address book in CardDAV.

E-mail

E-mail on MacOS works with IMAP and SMTP. These settings vary between providers so please ask your system administrator for the right IMAP and SMTP settings.

Intermesh uses:

Username

E-mail address

Password

Group-Office password

Incoming mail server (IMAP)

imap.group-office.com on port 143

Outgoing mail server (SMTP)

smtp.group-office.com on port 587

Encryption

TLS Encryption for both servers

To add a mail account take the following steps:

  1. Open System Preferences and click “Internet Accounts”.

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  2. Click the “+” button in the bottom left to add an account. Scroll down and choose “Other account”.

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  3. Click on “Mail account”.

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  4. Enter your e-mail address and password and click “Sign in”.

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  5. If auto discovery fails enter the server addresses and click “Sign in”.

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  6. Select the apps you’d like to synchronize and click “Done”.

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  7. Check your mail!