{"id":224,"date":"2012-07-30T13:28:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T20:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2019-12-18T16:38:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T00:38:51","slug":"importing-contacts-from-daylite-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/importing-contacts-from-daylite-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Importing Contacts from Daylite 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Update: Direct Mail 3.4 now seamlessly integrates with Daylite 4.1! Please see <a title=\"All New Daylite Integration and Forward to a Friend Features!\" href=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/2012\/11\/all-new-daylite-integration-and-forward-to-a-friend-features\/\">this blog post<\/a> for more information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We continue to work with Marketcircle on integrating Direct Mail with Daylite 4. In the meantime, however, we wanted to share a way that Daylite 4 users can import their contacts into Direct Mail. This is not our final solution for integrating with Daylite 4, but it hopefully will help smooth the transition.<\/p>\n<p>This solution requires <a href=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/direct-mail-3-2-brings-design-testing-retina-graphics\/\">Direct Mail 3.2<\/a> or newer.<\/p>\n<h3>How to Import Contacts from Daylite 4 to Direct Mail<\/h3>\n<p>Open Daylite and select the contacts you&#8217;d like to import to Direct Mail, like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225 size-full\" title=\"select-contacts-small\" src=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/select-contacts-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/select-contacts-small.png 500w, https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/select-contacts-small-300x180.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Choose File &gt; Export &gt; Export People as vCards, like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-226 size-full\" title=\"export-small\" src=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/export-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/export-small.png 500w, https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/export-small-300x175.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Save the vCard in a place you can remember (like on the Desktop). Next, switch to Direct Mail and drag the vCard you just saved into the Addresses table, like this:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-227 size-full\" title=\"drag-small\" src=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/drag-small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/drag-small.png 500w, https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/drag-small-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Direct Mail will ask you if you want to import the contacts. Click Import and Direct Mail will import your contacts:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-229 size-full\" title=\"imported-small\" src=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/imported-small1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/imported-small1.png 500w, https:\/\/directmailmac.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/imported-small1-300x186.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it!<\/p>\n<h3>What&#8217;s Next<\/h3>\n<p>Again, we anticipate this just being a temporary solution. Daylite 4 does not yet support third-party integrations, but as soon as they do, we will be ready with a great solution. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Direct Mail 3.4 now seamlessly integrates with Daylite 4.1! Please see this blog post for more information. We continue to work with Marketcircle on integrating Direct Mail with Daylite 4. 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