TidBITS Publishing announced Friday the release of Take Control of Syncing Data in Snow Leopard, the newest title if the company's series of Take Control books. Written by Michael E/ Cohen, this book shows Snow Leopard users how to sync data to and from their Mac.

According to the company, the book covers how to sync a Mac running Snow Leopard with:

• Another Mac
• Microsoft Exchange
• The cloud (i.e. MobileMe or Google)
• An iPhone, iPod, or Apple TV
• A non-Apple mobile phone or PDA (i.e. a Palm or Blackberry)

Types of sync data covered include:

• Calendars
• Contacts
• Dock items
• Dashboard widgets
• Safari bookmarks
• Keychains
• Mail and Entourage notes
• iTunes media files

Types of devices covered include:

• Macs, with details on MobileMe and overviews of popular third-party options
• The iPhone and iPod touch, via Google, Microsoft Exchange, MobileMe, or iTunes
• iPods via iTunes, with details on USB and FireWire connections
• The Apple TV via iTunes
• Mobile phones, smartphones, BlackBerries, and Palm OS PDAs via iSync and/or third-party utilities

The book is available now through the Take Control Web site for US$21.98 for the print version and $10.00 for a downloadable version.