Sidebar Sidebar
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.

Google Calendar & iPhone Calendar

S

SureShot

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Jul 10, 2008
13
0
Is there a way to sync the two, free preferably, but if not what is the best paid service?

I want it so that if I use the calendar program on my iPhone it pulls data from my google calendar. If I add an event with my iPhone to the calendar program it will also put it online via my google calendar.

I just want to have to use one calendar! The only way I have found is to not even use the calendar program on the iPhone and just log into google calendar with safari. Not as fun or easy but is it the only way?

Thank you!
 
hopefully google will release a native calendar app for the iPhone! Native gmail would be nice too (for threaded discussions etc).
 
I'm doing this via an instance of Outlook on my laptop. You sync your Google and Outlook calendars, then sync the iPhone to Outlook. You don't have to set up any Outlook email. Works like a charm so far. I can add calendar activities to any of the 3 (although I will most likely use Google and the iPhone iteslf) and they all play nicely together.

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955
 
Spanning Sync will allow you to sync between Google Calendars and iCal. They have a 15 day trial but it will cost you a one-time fee of $65 to purchase to application.

Edit: Apparently Busy Sync can also do it. Plus, their trial period is 30 days, and the software is only $25/computer.
 
ottergal,

first post here, so bare with me. my husband and I are getting the new iphone 3G, just waiting for the lines to die down:D He will be using exchange through work for email, calendar, etc. I on the otherhand will be hopefully using my gmail calendar syncing with outlook as you have done.

my question is, what version outlook are you using? I realize the link you provided said google calendar syncs with 2003 or 2007. I ask, because I have outlook 2003 on my computer, and was under the impression that the iphone did not support this version, just 2004 and 2007.

Guess I'm hoping the new iphone now supports 2003, and that maybe, just maybe that is the version that you are using, I hope, I hope.

oh, I'm also on a PC windows XP.

TIA:)
 
iphone3Gnewbie9 said:
ottergal,

first post here, so bare with me. my husband and I are getting the new iphone 3G, just waiting for the lines to die down:D He will be using exchange through work for email, calendar, etc. I on the otherhand will be hopefully using my gmail calendar syncing with outlook as you have done.

my question is, what version outlook are you using? I realize the link you provided said google calendar syncs with 2003 or 2007. I ask, because I have outlook 2003 on my computer, and was under the impression that the iphone did not support this version, just 2004 and 2007.

Guess I'm hoping the new iphone now supports 2003, and that maybe, just maybe that is the version that you are using, I hope, I hope.

oh, I'm also on a PC windows XP.

TIA:)
Click to expand...

I'll check for sure when I get home, but I'm running a windows XP laptop and I'm almost 100% sure that I'm running Outlook 2003. This is all I have Outlook doing, so... I dunno? Maybe it's working because I didn't know it wasn't supposed to? I've tested all 3 entry methods and everything copied over (alerts and all) just like it should have. I'll confirm the Outlook version when I get home in an hour or so! (and we're all 3g newbies, aren't we? ;)

UPDATE: okay, I've confirmed that I'm running Outlook 2003 with Service Pack 3 installed.

Hope this works for you!
 
I'll check for sure when I get home, but I'm running a windows XP laptop and I'm almost 100% sure that I'm running Outlook 2003. This is all I have Outlook doing, so... I dunno? Maybe it's working because I didn't know it wasn't supposed to? I've tested all 3 entry methods and everything copied over (alerts and all) just like it should have. I'll confirm the Outlook version when I get home in an hour or so! (and we're all 3g newbies, aren't we?

UPDATE: okay, I've confirmed that I'm running Outlook 2003 with Service Pack 3 installed.

Hope this works for you!
Click to expand...
FANTASTIC!!!! Thanks Ottergal:D

Now if we can just get the new 3G iphone, but neither me or my husband want to sit in long lines. We've waited over a year (our Verizon contract just expired), a few more days isn't (I hope) going to kill us. LOL

BTW, what color and storage space did you get? I'm hoping for 16GB black, hubby too.

Also, do you sync contacts through your Outlook? Currently I'm using windows for my ipod video (because that does not support Outlook 2003, only 2004 & 2007), but I would love to transfer them into Outlook 2003 and have them all sync together for the 3G iphone. but if not, the way I'm doing it works, and I'm sure it will work for the iphone 3G.

Thanks, I'm sure I don't have to ask, but are you LOVING the phone???

Thanks again for your help, I'm am SO excited to get this phone!!
 
iphone3Gnewbie9 said:
FANTASTIC!!!! Thanks Ottergal:D

Now if we can just get the new 3G iphone, but neither me or my husband want to sit in long lines. We've waited over a year (our Verizon contract just expired), a few more days isn't (I hope) going to kill us. LOL

BTW, what color and storage space did you get? I'm hoping for 16GB black, hubby too.

Also, do you sync contacts through your Outlook? Currently I'm using windows for my ipod video (because that does not support Outlook 2003, only 2004 & 2007), but I would love to transfer them into Outlook 2003 and have them all sync together for the 3G iphone. but if not, the way I'm doing it works, and I'm sure it will work for the iphone 3G.

Thanks, I'm sure I don't have to ask, but are you LOVING the phone???

Thanks again for your help, I'm am SO excited to get this phone!!
Click to expand...

I love my phone. Love it. Want to sleep with it under my pillow, love it. ;)

I left TMobile after 10 years to get this phone - when they announced it a year ago I knew it needed to have a 3G chip and a GPS chip as minimum hardware so when they announced that it did I started doing more research. I waited in line on Friday for 7 hours to get it (which is hard to explain to people and if I knew the line was going to take that long I would have waited!)

I got a 16g black one, I have an 80g iPod that's almost full so I knew that more storage was going to be better.

I'm running my contacts through the Windows contact list, not Outlook... but that's because I wasn't using Outlook until my brother clued me in to the calendar link. According to the settings it will sync with Outlook contacts, but I'd pulled my address book off my old phone into Windows so it was easiest to go from there for me. I might swap them out one day just to get everything in one place, though.

I think you will love the phone. I can already see it changing the way I think about what I do because I haven't had data on my phone until now. It was great to go to lunch with a friend, decide to see a movie, pull up local theaters and see showtimes and know we had enough time to get a little shopping in! Good luck picking yours up and enjoy!!
 
Thanks again ottergal!!:)

Cool! I've been with Verizon at least 10 years, and though I love them, AT&T service in my area is equal to Verizon if not better, and they have the iphone, which I want. I'm a sahm, and I need a calendar, contacts, etc, and hubby said he'd get me one, so we're jumping ship as soon as 2 black 16GB's become available:)

I think if I was alone and still single, I would have waited on line Friday for 7 hours, but with kids and hubby, I don't have the time or patience. LOL As they say, all in good time.

Good to know that it will sync contacts with the Outlook, I don't have many in the windows, so I may start putting them in Outlook for D day.

Was the set up easy/flawless? This is all kind of new to me, but I'm guessing if I follow the link you provided, I'll be able to set this all up when I get my 3G iphone. Though, if I have questions, could I ask you?

TIA:)
 
iphone3Gnewbie9 said:
Thanks again ottergal!!:)

Cool! I've been with Verizon at least 10 years, and though I love them, AT&T service in my area is equal to Verizon if not better, and they have the iphone, which I want. I'm a sahm, and I need a calendar, contacts, etc, and hubby said he'd get me one, so we're jumping ship as soon as 2 black 16GB's become available:)

I think if I was alone and still single, I would have waited on line Friday for 7 hours, but with kids and hubby, I don't have the time or patience. LOL As they say, all in good time.

Good to know that it will sync contacts with the Outlook, I don't have many in the windows, so I may start putting them in Outlook for D day.

Was the set up easy/flawless? This is all kind of new to me, but I'm guessing if I follow the link you provided, I'll be able to set this all up when I get my 3G iphone. Though, if I have questions, could I ask you?

TIA:)
Click to expand...

It was super easy to do.. and if you run into something nasty trying it let me know! The main problem I had was completely user error... I wasn't seeing it sync between the calendars but it was all settings. And I'd missed where the application pretty clearly said "SYNC". :rolleyes:

It's the little things, right?
 
Hey Ottergal, THanks!!

I was playing around with my outlook and google as I don't have the iphone yet. I got my gmail account to sync with my outlook, but I came across a problem when I tried to sync my outlook calendar with google calendar. Actually, the process was very easy, but when it tried to sync I got the dreaded error message: google claendar sync supports microsoft outlook 2003 and 2007, your version is 10.0.0.6515 and sure enough when I click on about outlook I do have version 2002.

I could have sworn I had 2003:mad:

Now we're trying to figure out how to get 2003 or 2007 on my "OLD" computer. Hubby thinks buying a new computer is the way to go. I'll believe that one when I see it.

Well, thanks for all your help, and hopefully I'll figure this out. I'll keep you posted!!
 
ottergal said:
I'm doing this via an instance of Outlook on my laptop. You sync your Google and Outlook calendars, then sync the iPhone to Outlook. You don't have to set up any Outlook email. Works like a charm so far. I can add calendar activities to any of the 3 (although I will most likely use Google and the iPhone iteslf) and they all play nicely together.

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955
Click to expand...

I have sync'd my work Outlook to my iPhone, however, i want to keep my personal schedule off my work outlook. I downloaded the new GoogleSync to transfer my home outlook to my Google Calendar. Since iPhone can really accept one Outlook at a time(erases previously calendar sync'd), I'm trying to figure out how to merge my Work Outlook with my Home Outlook Calendars on my iPhone 3G.

I thought I would by closer to merging the two outlook calendars by having the GoogleSync working from my HomeOutlook<-2way>Google Calendar...but I cannot find a free way to sync my Google Calendars(syn'd to my home outlook sync'd) into my iPhone(currently syn'd w/work outlook).

I'm not sure why Google Calendar does not talk with Google Mobile. I have set up my mobile settings but it's set on email selection, not SMS.

Anyone have a Work Outlook they want to keep separate from their personal Home outlook (all pc based) and want both calendars to Merge on your iPhone 3G?

Let me know if you have a work around!
Dave
 
The only work around i found for my problem

http://www.appsafari.com/utilities/862/google-calendar/

but it does not drop my Google calendar task into the iPhone calendar. At the end of the day, i'm still working with two calendars. My work Calendar through iPhone Calendar and my home calendar through Safari-Google Calendars.

I may just end up scheduling in my personal calendar stuff in my work Calendar since it works so well in my iPhone.

Or i can pay for this GooSync Service
http://www.goosync.com/
- but there is no guarantee they won't erase over one another(work outlook & Google Calendars).

My best bet is to put work and personal into one calendar and sync them to my iPHone...
Dave
 
...missing the point...

all these comments from outlook users and about using outlook are just dandy... unless you don't have outlook, which is the point of this thread. we don't want to (can't) sync from outlook cause we don't have outlook 2003/7. i have everything in my google calendar and have forever, it can be exported in ical format, so there should be no problem doing exactly what the creator of this thread suggested (syncing google and iphone calendars) (pretty sure it was already possible on the old iphone if JB'd).

now all we need is a wonderful person to come along and create the app to do so (and believe me, i would be happy to pay $9.99 if it means not having to upgrade from my perfectly fine office 2000 to office 2003/7).

so i guess we'll just wait :::taps foot impatiently::: :rolleyes:
 
BusySync has worked flawlessly for me. I now sync my iCal and Google Calendar with it, and have MobileMe taking my iCal and pushing it to my iPhone. So everything's pretty much always in sync! No idea on the Windows side...
 
NuevaSync

Ive found what every ones looking for! NuevaSync.com
They have a free service(no app needs to be on the iPhone) that grabs your google calender and syncs it using MS exchange! Push works too!! you can sync down your main google calender and any google calender you have write access too. This is a god sent and works really well. I also added another calender to google cal for my work and have it syncing with outlook (my work uses oracle connector so I use a plug-in called ogg sync that syncs my work stuff with google cal)

Also syncs with google contacts (Back up your contacts first. It can blow away all your current contacts!)

read more about nuevaSync here:
http://beaugiles.net/blog/2008/07/u...leme-alternative-with-push-contacts-calendar/

Now its time to return my un opened MobileMe!
 
peteo said:
Ive found what every ones looking for! NuevaSync.com
They have a free service(no app needs to be on the iPhone) that grabs your google calender and syncs it using MS exchange! Push works too!! you can sync down your main google calender and any google calender you have write access too. This is a god sent and works really well. I also added another calender to google cal for my work and have it syncing with outlook (my work uses oracle connector so I use a plug-in called ogg sync that syncs my work stuff with google cal)

Also syncs with google contacts (Back up your contacts first. It can blow away all your current contacts!)

read more about nuevaSync here:
http://beaugiles.net/blog/2008/07/u...leme-alternative-with-push-contacts-calendar/

Now its time to return my un opened MobileMe!
Click to expand...

I was just coming back to post this. My brother sent me the link and I was going to check it out. I haven't set it up yet, but he says it works great (minus that whole contract thing). Keep in mind it's still in beta.
 
whyamihere said:
brilliant. working beautifully so far (it syncs from iphone to google and vice versa). :D

thanks!
Click to expand...


I have a certain reluctance giving away my google password to a sketchy website with no privacy statement or contact info... I have to assume they pay their bills by trawling through my data, selling my entire identity to the highest bidder.

Think spam, identity theft, etc.

Don't get sucked into this scam!
 
Xtal said:
I have a certain reluctance giving away my google password to a sketchy website with no privacy statement or contact info... I have to assume they pay their bills by trawling through my data, selling my entire identity to the highest bidder.

Think spam, identity theft, etc.

Don't get sucked into this scam!
Click to expand...

Hey there Xtal : I am David Boreham and I own the company that
runs Nuevasync. I'm not a lawyer (if I were, I guess I'd be spending
all my time writing privacy policies), but I suspect that your post above
could be actionable. In any event, let me set the record straight :

1. We are not spammers, identity thieves or similar.
2. We are software engineers.
3. We developed Nuevasync to test and demonstrate some sync protocol
software we developed over the last year. For that purpose, and the
number of users we attracted then, offering a free service made good
business sense for us because we received the benefit of improving our
code quality.
4. The site ran very nicely for months, UNTIL the iPhone 2.0 was launched
the other week.
5. We now have thousands of new users and our servers are melting. We also
have quite a few stability issues that have arisen as we took on huge
numbers of users.
6. Our policy is to do whatever we need to do to help the existing users.
(who have signed up and trusted us even though our web site was not slick
and we have no posted privacy policy).

Therefore, once we have achieved stable service for our users, we (actually
I) will have some time to write the policy and post it.

The short version would be : our policy is to not use your personal information
for any purpose other than to provide our sync service.

Now, since we have so many users now it is unlikely that we can
continue to offer a free service indefinitely. This will probably lead us
to explore other business models, to cover our costs. None of these
will include selling private information. A business that depends on
selling information about people just seems wacko to me, certainly
immoral, and I would hope illegal.

If you have any concerns or questions you can e-mail us at :
support@nuevasync.com
 
maybe this question has already been answered, but is there a way to sync Windows Calendar with the iphone calendar? I have vista and i cant seem to find a solution. Any suggestions?
 
David, thank you for addressing my concerns. I would like to apologize for the tone of my post above.

md28: Nothing syncs to Windows Calendar in Vista. You will need to use Outlook (for local sync) or Google Calendar (paired with NuevaSync's service).
 
FYI, I signed up for Nuevasync.com just about 10 minutes ago. You no longer have to provide your Google password to set it up, just your user name. It works flawlessly so far. One caveat, is you can't sync Calendars other than ones that are yours, or you have full rights to edit. It says on the page they are working on that. So for instance, the calendar I have for the Ohio State Buckeyes schedule will not sync to my phone.
 
I set up googlesync to get my calendar into outlook 2003, and then I setup iTunes to pull calendar data from outlook, but even though I see it saying it is syncing my calendar, nothing comes over from outlook

Am I missing something?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Register on MacRumors! This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.
Top Bottom
Back