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tomegun

macrumors 6502
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Sep 29, 2007
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I read a thread about syncing iCal with Google, but I don't know how to do this. Is this easy to setup and how useful would it be?

I have MM and an iPhone so I don't know how much I would use this anyway.
 

Kocab

macrumors newbie
Nov 25, 2006
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I use spanning sync. Works well for me. Though I'd be happier if it were possible to just subscribe to google calendars in iCal and have them synced to Mobleme wirelessly.

Perhaps now that MobileMe seems to be working, the engineers will start adding functionality.
 

sellitman

macrumors regular
Feb 25, 2007
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CT
I too use Spanning Sync. It works great.

I also use Smart Time on my iphone. It is a task manager. Download it at the App Store.

Good luck!
 

kyleaa

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Jun 20, 2006
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One reason that I really like SpanningSync is the support as well. I have tried Google's sync solution for outlook and found it abysmally lacking, and Google offers no support at all. Even though CalDAV is free, I don't feel bad about having spent money on SpanningSync.
 

justind.clark

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Oct 21, 2008
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Alternative to Spanning Sync

You can use a free program made by Google called Calaboration it is super easy to use but the problem is that it doesn't sync gmail contacts for that and much more use the web based Soocial it works with tons of phones and gmail and Macs and PCs.
 

FortWorthMac

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Oct 29, 2008
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the parched earth of North Texas
You can use a free program made by Google called Calaboration it is super easy to use but the problem is that it doesn't sync gmail contacts for that and much more use the web based Soocial it works with tons of phones and gmail and Macs and PCs.


I'm I missing something? After getting Calaboration installed and working, how does one then get the events on one's iPhone?

I've managed to get events going from Google to iCal but the events are not getting to my iPhone.

Thanks
David
 

MooneyFlyer

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Nov 18, 2007
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Boston
I'm I missing something? After getting Calaboration installed and working, how does one then get the events on one's iPhone?

I've managed to get events going from Google to iCal but the events are not getting to my iPhone.

Thanks
David

You'll need to configure your iTunes to sync the calendar to the iPhone. On the Info tab you can set this up.

MobileMe can do this as well though I haven't set that up.
 

rKunda

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Jul 14, 2008
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I use BusySync to connect my wife's gmail calendar to both her iCal and mine. I tried both BusySync and SpanningSync and found the former to work better—though they both worked.
 
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