{"id":51200,"date":"2024-10-14T18:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-15T01:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cirasync.com\/?p=51200"},"modified":"2025-12-17T09:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:11:27","slug":"offline-global-address-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cirasync.com\/fr\/blog-articles\/offline-global-address-list\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Offline Global Address List (OAB)? [2025 Beginners Guide]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I was surprised when Piaff, our content manager, asked me to write a blog post about the offline global address list. I knew what the offline GAL was because I had heard the term but never used it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After all, we (and our customers) don\u2019t see its need because we use CiraSync<\/a> to sync contacts to mobile devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, writing this post was a new experience for me. To begin, I found little information about the offline address book, and the more I researched, the more I noticed that thousands of GAL users knew almost nothing about its offline version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Some even experienced technical problems with their offline GAL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So, to ensure I could write the best article possible, I tested the online and offline GALs for six days to spot the differences. Finally, I downloaded, updated, and deleted many copies of the offline one to see how it works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let me share my experience with you in this blog post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n