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Google Calendar: How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar
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As of yesterday's announcement of CalDAV support in Google Calendar,
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you can now sync your Google Calendar with virtually any popular desktop calendar for free. Not only can you enjoy your favorite desktop calendar software and still get the benefit of the web interface, but you can also sync any desktop calendar with any other across platforms using GCal as a go-between. Let's take a comprehensive look at how to set up bidirectional syncing between Google Calendar and your favorite desktop calendarfrom Outlook and iCal to Sunbird and Thunderbirdfor free. Remember, this doesn't mean that you can sync Google Calendar with just one desktop calendar. It means that no matter what you're usingOutlook at work and iCal at home, for exampleyou can always stick to desktop calendars if that's what you prefer.
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Google Calendar now works as both a great web
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Google Calendar now works as both a great web application and a dedicated syncing tool. It's the cloud, and once it's set up, you don't ever have to access your calendar through the web again if you don't feel like it. But when you're not at a desktop, you can fire up GCal from any web browser, make changes, and still be confident your desktop is completely in sync next time you fire it up. Let's get started.
Sync Microsoft Outlook with Google Calendar

Syncing calendar events between Outlook and Google Calendar has been a cinch ever since Google came out with Google Calendar Sync, a free application that provides bidirectional syncing between the two. (It also supports one-way sync in either direction, if for some reason you don't want two-way syncing.) Assuming you're using a supported setup (Outlook 2003 or 2007 and either Vista or XP), here's how to get it working.
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1. Download and install Google Calendar Sync. 2. Enter your Google account email address and password. 3. Select your sync method (most likely you want two-way syncing) and the sync frequency you prefer. It defaults to syncing every 120 minutes, which seems a little long for most. 4. Hit Save and you're done. Easy, right? If you've added a new item to your calendar and you want to force a new sync rather than waiting for Google Calendar Sync to run its next sync, just right-click the system tray app and choose Sync. It doesn't get much simpler than that.
Sync iCal with Google Calendar

As of yesterday, Google Calendar supports two-way synchronization with iCal through the CalDAV remote calendar standard. Setting up iCal with GCal varies slightly based on whether or not you're using your default GCal calendar or a secondary calendar. First, here's how to set up your Google Calendar default with iCal: 1. Open iCal, then fire up your iCal Preferences (iCal -> Preferences or Cmd-,). 2. Click on the Accounts tab, and then click the '+' button to
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Accounts tab, and then click the '+' button to add a new remote calendar to iCal. 3. Call the calendar whatever you want (I went with 'Personal' for my main calendar), then enter the Google account username (which is normally your Gmail address) and password. 4. Click on Server options to display the Account URL text box. For your default calendar, enter the following URL:
https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/youremail@gmail.com/user
...replacing youremail@gmail.com with your actual email address. 5. Once you've done that, just hit Add and you're finished. Give iCal a few minutes to download all your events and you're good to go. If you want to add a secondary calendar, the steps are exactly the same as above with one small difference. Instead of inserting your email address in the Account URL as described in step 4, you need to grab the calendar ID for that specific calendar. You can find it by opening GCal, clicking the arrow next to the calendar you want to sync, and selecting Calendar settings. In the settings, find the Calendar Address section near the bottom of the window, then just copy and paste the Calendar ID (which is formatted like an email address) in place of youremail@gmail.com in the URL above.
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You can refresh iCal to make sure you've synced the latest-and-greatest at any time by selecting Calendar -> Refresh or hitting Cmd-R. ( Original post )
Sync Mozilla Sunbird or Thunderbird with Google Calendar

Whether your using Mozilla's standalone calendar application Sunbird or Thunderbird with the Lightning extension installed (Lightning integrates Sunbird into Thunderbird), bidirectional calendar syncing between either application and Google Calendar is a breeze. The special sauce in this sync is the Provider for Google Calendar extension. Installing Provider in either Sunbird or Thunderbird is basically the same procedure, and here's how it works: 1. Download and install the Provider extension by saving it to your desktop, opening the Add-ons dialog in either Sunbird or Thunderbird, and dragging the file you just downloaded into the Add-ons dialog. Once installed, make sure to restart the application. 2. Now that Provider is installed, you have to add your new Google Calendar. In Sunbird, go to File -> New Calendar; in Thunderbird, it's File -> New -> Calendar when you're in the calendar view. 3. You're now looking at the Create new calendar wizard. Select "On the Network" and hit Continue.
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4. Choose Google Calendar as the calendar type. The Location field requires the XML flavor of your calendar's Private Address, which you can get by opening GCal and choosing Calendar settings from the drop-down next to the calendar you want to access.
At the bottom of the settings page you'll see the Private Address section. Copy the XML link and paste it into the Location field in Sunbird or Tbird. 5. When you hit Continue, you'll be asked for your Google Calendar username (again, your Gmail address) and password. Enter it, give your new calendar a name, and hit Continue. You're done. From now on, any event you add to that calendar will automatically sync to GCal and vice versa. You can reload the calendar to get the most up-to-date information at any time by clicking the Reload button in your toolbar. (The button is installed in the toolbar by default in Thunderbird, but you may have to customize your Sunbird calendar to add it to the toolbar.)
Sync Your Mobile Device with Google Calendar

If you're interested in syncing your mobile device with
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If you're interested in syncing your mobile device with Google Calendar, you've also got a ton of great and free options. BlackBerry users can check out Google Sync, a BlackBerry app made by Google specifically for Gcal-to-BlackBerry syncing. Alternatively, the free, open-source application GCalSync does bidirectional syncing between Gcal and tons of supported phones. ( Original post ) If you're an iPhone or iPod touch user, you can set up automatic, two-way syncing between your Google Calendar (and Gmail contacts) with web site NuevaSync. ( Original post ) Finally, if your phone supports SyncML, web application GooSync can handle Gcal syncing without installing anything.
Other Options
If you're not happy with the methods detailed above which I selected because each represents the easiest and cheapest (read: free) optionthere are still tons of other tools to sync Google Calendar with your desktop calendar. First, we've covered how to sync Google Calendar and Gmail contacts with the more technical GCALDaemon. Also, the cross-platform Calgoo just went free, with both Outlook and iCal syncing capabilities. On a somewhat unrelated but still useful note, you can also now sync Google contacts with your Mac OS X Address Book.
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How do you like to get your GCal on your desktop? Let us know in the comments.
Adam Pash is a senior editor for Lifehacker who isn't happy until everything syncs. His special feature Hack Attack appears every Tuesday on Lifehacker. Subscribe to the Hack Attack RSS feed to get new installments in your newsreader.
COMMENTS
zakharm at 09:10 AM on 07/29/08
Bring it over to your Blackberry with Google Calendar Sync Mobile [www.google.com]
superbryant at 09:14 AM on 07/29/08
sweeeeeeeeeeeeet
spimoles at 09:20 AM on 07/29/08
I don't use Google anything(besides the search) but this is pretty awesome.
badgerz at 09:20 AM on 07/29/08
@zakharm: My Kingdom for an iPhone version.

ShubhadaKaploodle at 09:22 AM on 07/29/08
But, I don't want to synch my Google calendar with iCal. I want to sync iCal calendars with Google. I have 8 or so calendars in iCal all showing at the same time. They are different categories. I'd like them all to show up on Google Calendar. I suppose I am the only one that has a Personal Calendar and Church Calendar and Travel and Birthdays and Holidays all as separate calendars in iCal (and so on my Palm). No one else really does categories in
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my Palm). No one else really does categories in calendaring? -fred

It_Figures at 09:22 AM on 07/29/08
Awesome writeup. Thunderbird/Lightning instructions work as advertised, and I am a happy man. :) Will have to test this on Outtaluck 2007 later to see if my fiancee can set this up at work.
Letsgohokies at 09:26 AM on 07/29/08
I used the Thunderbird/Lightning instructions, and it will sync all new events, but doesn't sync events that were already entered in Lightning. Does anyone know a way to sync everything?
drsphincter at 09:26 AM on 07/29/08
Google Calendar Sync SUCKS for those of you trying to Sync your WORK Outlook account with your Gmail account. In order to sync properly, your Outlook account MUST BE your GMAIL ACCOUNT. This is from Google, not me. So it's junk right now IMHO. Fix that and then I'll use it.
Adam Pash at 09:27 AM on 07/29/08
@zakharm: Ooo, thanks a lot for the reminder. I'm adding a mobile section to the post.
LifesSweetDrug at 09:29 AM on 07/29/08
I still can't find how to sync "Windows Calendar" with google calendar :( I think I might go back to Thunderbird :P
PC_Pal68 at 09:33 AM on 07/29/08
Could this work with Palm Desktop? I've lost hope for a direct Google Calendar to Palm sync. If this new option works with Palm Desktop, I wouldn't
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new option works with Palm Desktop, I wouldn't mind the "extra step".
xatlasm at 09:34 AM on 07/29/08
Google Calendar Sync does not work properly with 64-bit versions of XP and Vista (At least, I've found it to be intermittent and unreliable).
Frank Meeuwsen at 09:42 AM on 07/29/08
@drsphincter: I agree. I couldn't get GSync working with our Exchange based Outlook. I guess a stand alone Outlookg with single PST files would be no problem, but in a work environment? Forget it...
andrewheiss at 09:44 AM on 07/29/08
The calendar sync works great! On a related note, does anyone know how to get Address Book.app to actually sync with the contacts? I did the plist hack and was given the option to sync my Google contacts, but how do I trigger it?
jeroentje at 09:58 AM on 07/29/08
this is a big step forward! Unfortunatly I can't sync the calender in ical with my phone anymore. When I select the calender from ical in isync, it says that it can't process a 'online' calender.. hope this will be fixed also! That way I can sync my phone, mac and google seamless!
Adam Pash at 10:00 AM on 07/29/08
@Letsgohokies: The setup creates a new calendar, so I'm guessing all of your old calendar information is still in your old calendar and won't be synced. To get it synced up with Gcal, you'd have to move all the old events to the new synced calendar you just set up.
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dualsub2006 at 10:08 AM on 07/29/08
I get highly urinated off when Google releases something like this and fails to release a simple task list or contact sync. I have to continue to use Plaxo to keep everything up to date. And yes, I pay for Google Apps, so I am not just trying to get things for free. Google needs to do something useful instead of releasing things like this. Tasks, with sync. Contact sync. The thing can never actually compete with Outlook/Exchange while these two items are left unfilled.
Letsgohokies at 10:11 AM on 07/29/08
@Adam Pash: Yea, I just noticed that. Once I did that, everything works great. Thanks.
BriNumber8 at 10:12 AM on 07/29/08
Is there a way to sync with Entourage?

snacky99 at 10:18 AM on 07/29/08
Also looking for a way to sync with Entourage. Anyone?

fatalbush at 10:24 AM on 07/29/08
Evolution?
Stephen at 10:29 AM on 07/29/08
Still stuck with having to use Lotus Notes at work and Outlook on my PDA. WOuld have been great if I could have sync'd with Notes, then I could just sync with outlook to get it to the PDA. For there to be so many companies still hooked on Lotus Notes I find it interesting that there isn't more information out there for manipulating the
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information out there for manipulating the information like there is for Outlook.
PapaGamer at 10:31 AM on 07/29/08
1) GCal will sync with Outlook as long as your Outlook is not using an Exchange store. You don't have to have your GMail account set up in Outlook in order to sync, you just can't have your Outlook Calendar in anything other than a local .PST file. 2) Provider DOES NOT SYNC GCal with Sunbird/Thunderbird. Rather, is displays GCal within the S/T interface. If you're offline--fuggedaboutit. To actually SYNC GCal with S/T, you have to use GCalDaemon, which is somewhat complicated to set up and, I found, rather buggy.
hectordejesus at 10:31 AM on 07/29/08
@dualsub2006: I use Remember the Milk for my task manager/GTD organizer. Firefox has a few addons for it to integrate it with either Gcal or Gmail. Works great! I also use a simple converter to convert all my Apple Address Book contacts into a file that can be exported to Gmail. That way I have Google Apps (Gmail, Gcal, Contacts) and RTM all synchronized with my desktop apps (Apple Mail, Address Book, iCal).
mjschmidt at 10:42 AM on 07/29/08
@PC_Pal68 I just discovered that Yahoo! has a feature called "Yahoo! Auto-sync" that will sync your Yahoo! calendar with Palm Desktop 4.1.4. It also claims to sync with Outlook and Outlook Express. I am using Vista, and I downgraded my Palm Desktop 6.2.2 to 4.1.4 to get it to work (4.1.4 _will_ work with Vista), and I managed to sync with my
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work with Vista), and I managed to sync with my yahoo calendar, but for some reason yahoo advanced all my events by 4 hours. That might just be a difference in the clocks on my laptop and my Yahoo account, so I am still working on it. Yahoo! Calendar will also let you Import a Palm Desktop .dba file (as well as export) and you can also export as .csv (for Outlook and others). Anyway... long story short, you can also use yahoo calendar as a go-between to convert to and from .csv. I don't know if Google calendar supports .csv imports/syncs, but i also found this: [manas.tungare.name] This site (supposedly, haven't tried yet) lets you take a .csv file from Yahoo! Calendar and convert it to iCal, which _might_ then work with Windows Calendar (it makes a .ics file). It also apparently works for iPod and iPhone (if you like that sorta thing). Sounds convoluted, but it's the easiest work-arodun I've seen so far. Maybe that would work with Google Calendar as well?
hanakj at 10:44 AM on 07/29/08
But I use Outlook 2002. How can I do this w/o paying to upgrade my Outlook?
caedus at 10:47 AM on 07/29/08
@drsphincter: Then you're doing it wrong. I have My Outlook 2003 with exchange calendar syncing fine...
palestrinajeff at 10:49 AM on 07/29/08
I've been using Spanning Sync for a while and it's been very reliable at two-way Google/iCal syncs. It's
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been very reliable at two-way Google/iCal syncs. It's not free, but it's a little better tested (it seems) than Google's brand-new CalDAV. Plus, their new 2.0 beta also syncs contacts from Apple's Address Book (including contact pictures).
msomers at 10:49 AM on 07/29/08
This worked great for me. I've been looking for a way to get my work outlook calendar to be accessible in other places. My work proxy blocks MobileMe, so that wasn't an option. Has anyone found a way to make this work with the iPhone with 2 way sync yet?
vtbrnco at 10:58 AM on 07/29/08
Anyone know of anything for lotus notes??

jedverity at 10:59 AM on 07/29/08
@BriNumber8: if you use plaxo, you can keep ical, gcal, and entourage all in sync. once entourage is set up to sync with sync services you end up with an "Entourage" calendar in ical. use this as your main calendar. set plaxo up to sync with gcal and make sure the plaxo prefpane is set to sync calendars. presto!
AndiC at 11:01 AM on 07/29/08
Google CalDAV is still a bit incomplete

zakharm at 11:03 AM on 07/29/08
I bought SyncMyCal before Google offered Sync and it has worked seamlessly with my Outlook 2003 calender. [www.syncmycal.com]
natet at 11:06 AM on 07/29/08
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I'd be very cautious about using this to sync with my work Outlook calendar. Items in my work Outlook calendar could contain business sensitive information that I really don't want stored on Google's servers for them to search through, or beamed unencrypted across the internet if I happen to forget to use https to view my google calendar. It is for this reason, I use google calendar ONLY for personal things, and my Outlook calendar ONLY for work related items.
Mollari at 11:08 AM on 07/29/08
This solution isn't that great on iCal. If you maintain multiple calendars, each one is assigned to a "separate server", and you can't move events from one server to another. So, for instance, I have Work, Personal, and Work-Private. If I create an event for Work, but later realize that "discussion of worker watching porn on computer" probably should be a topic listed on the calendar, I have to delete the event and add it to the other calendar instead of simply switching the calendar. This seems to be a problem with iCal, since you can do this on the gcal server. I'm hoping I'm wrong and someone will tell me how to make this work better.
dmang88 at 11:11 AM on 07/29/08
Is this only on Leopard iCal? I'm still doing it Tigerstyle, but this could be the final slap to the face I need to go to the Apple Store tomorrow.
superunlikely at 11:15 AM on 07/29/08
@caedus: Right. If it works for you, it must have no bugs at all. Thanks for the valuable input. I have Outlook 2003/Exchange and I have problems with recurring events that were originally scheduled
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with recurring events that were originally scheduled more than a month before the first sync. They just don't appear. Also any items that were originally scheduled more than a month ago and then change on Exchange do not get changed on Google.
Mollari at 11:28 AM on 07/29/08
Is there any way in iCal to move an event from one calendar to another without deleting and recreating it? Also, it's kind of ridiculous that each calendar is in it's own account. Is this iCal or Google?
el_lasso at 11:35 AM on 07/29/08
What about lotus notes :((

Guest at 11:36 AM on 07/29/08
Here's my challenge: how do I get a Yahoo!Groups calendar into my gCal? One-way synch would be fine, as long as gCal continues to update events as changes are made to the Yahoo. Suggestions? (Thx.)
unruled at 11:38 AM on 07/29/08
WOW WOW WOW! This is epic! I often remote desktop to see my outlook calendar but with the gcalendar integration this is just way better!
caedus at 11:38 AM on 07/29/08
@superunlikely: hey no proglem. I'm glad that running a simple "Install, choose calendar, sync" was actually simple.
dudehead at 11:43 AM on 07/29/08
My Outlook 2007 on Exchange server here at work and my GC sync fine (and has been working fine for
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several months now).

aidan.cage at 11:49 AM on 07/29/08
I used to use rainlendar, but stopped. A two way sync between that kind of desktop calendar and gcal would be nice. IS there a post on that?
outlook_user at 11:57 AM on 07/29/08
My Sync2 app. with Outlook 2007 is way mach better than Google Calendar sync freebie. No Outlook disturbance at all. Multiple folders, multiple Google accounts, any Outlook versions, etc... www.sync2.com
greg-c at 11:58 AM on 07/29/08
@PC_Pal68 For syncing Google Calendar with Palm Desktop Calendar, I use CompanionLink for Google. Its not free - runs about $30 but it does work flawlessly. Works with a regular Google calendar and also works with Calendars in Google Apps for Domains. Will sync with multiple calendars on the Google side not just your main one.
damnflanders at 12:02 PM on 07/29/08
I just added Lightning to Thunderbird last night and I was wondering if I could sync it to Google calendar for easy access. This is yet another reason why I love lifehacker.
pobox90210 at 12:03 PM on 07/29/08
Looks like Outlook does/doesn't work with GCal Sync with or without Exchange, depending on if you're lucky. For me, I've tried it with outlook with no exchange
and outlook 2007 and it doesn't work. Firewall?
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and outlook 2007 and it doesn't work. Firewall? Proxy? IIRC there's nowhere to set this up in GCal Sync. In October we go Exchange. I'll try again then. :-D
TimmyGUNZ at 12:03 PM on 07/29/08
Does anyone know how this works if you're a MobileMe subscriber? Is it possible to set it up so any changes I make to my calendar via Google Calendar will auto push to my phone, and vice versa?
Guru-Dude at 12:13 PM on 07/29/08
Works great with Thunderbird/Lightning both directions. Contrary to what one said above, T'Bird/L'ning will display it all offline. Also, you can sync Evolution under Ubuntu with Conduit.
m_s at 12:14 PM on 07/29/08
I've done this, and it's working great in iCal - thanks for the guide, since yesterday I'd about decided to stick with BusySync because it looked too complicated. But can anyone help me with getting my Birthdays calendar (which is piped from the address book) to sync with GCal?
JeffDrake at 12:15 PM on 07/29/08
Can I totally recommend CalGoo over the default Google Calendar Sync? Its great for multiple calendars. I have two computers, a personal desktop and a work laptop. I also have an iPhone. I keep two calendars, a personal calendar, and a work calendar. My primary (Personal) calendar on my home computer (Outlook 2007) is sync'd to a google
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computer (Outlook 2007) is sync'd to a google calendar using CalGoo. I then have a secondary calendar on my home computer (Work), that is sync'd to another google calendar. On my laptop, the Work Calendar is the primary calendar, and stays sync'd with the work calendar. The home calendar is the secondary calendar. This means that any invitation that comes into my work email gets automatically added to my work calendar, and invitations to my home email get added to my home calendar. All this, and both calendars sync to my iPhone via iTunes. Its quite glorious.
PapaGamer at 12:17 PM on 07/29/08
@Guru-Dude: I'd love to find out how you actually get that, then. I'm using Provider with Lightning and, when I'm offline, I get nada. Followed the directions just as above...still, nothing.
Almost forgot! Sync Google contacts with Thunderbird with Zindus: [addons.mozilla.org] There you go - contacts and calendar in one place.
@PapaGamer: Just followed the directions...

How can you do this over multiple users? I'd like my wife to be able to have access to the calendar too and auto-sync the updates.
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and auto-sync the updates.

@PapaGamer: Here's what the Provider wiki says ([wiki.mozilla.org] I want to be able to edit my calendars while offline! This is only partially possible. If you open the calendar properties dialog by right clicking in your calendar list, you can enable the "Cache". This means you will be able to see your events while in offline mode. It is not possible to change events while you are offline at current.
jon-thecorporatehack at 12:27 PM on 07/29/08
I love Plaxo. See here: [thecorporatehack.blogspot.com] Does the sync business behind-the-scenes and perfectly. Now if only the iPhone/MobileMe thing was figured out..!
iMike at 12:28 PM on 07/29/08
No love for Lotus Notes? It's only used by about a quarter of corporate users, or some 100MM active email addresses.
Benjo at 12:31 PM on 07/29/08
Does anyone know how to sync Novell GroupWise with GCal?

CrimsonCrow at 12:33 PM on 07/29/08
The name of this article needs to be changed from: "How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar" to "How to Sync Some Desktop Calendars
with Google Calendar"
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with Google Calendar" With Mac 10.4.11 I can sync (read: subscribe) from Google to iCal but not from iCal to Google. In other words, I can read from my desktop calendar but not make changes to it. Or, I can use iCal and not have it sync to Google Calendar. So, "How to Sync Any Desktop Calendar with Google Calendar" just ain't so!
bmcgar45 at 12:58 PM on 07/29/08
If you're on Exchange Server and having trouble, check your email account settings for the exchange server and check "Use Cached Exchange Mode". Works for me.
onesix18 at 01:30 PM on 07/29/08
My read of the comments and help at Google tells me that multi-computer syncing is still a problem (I sync between two computers and my Windows Mobile phone). Until I hear of some users pulling this off successfully, and until I can sync tasks, I'm sticking with Plaxo.
TechTalk WRLR 98.3FM at 01:39 PM on 07/29/08
biggest problem with the gcal sync to outlook is that it only will sync your primary calendar. However, you can view any other calendars in 'read-only' mode (OL2007 only) by opening up your accounts settings, going to the 'internet calendars' tab and adding the ical address of any other calendar you want. You can then overlay those calendars onto your own. Like i said, the biggest problem with that is that it will only 2-way sync your primary account calendar in google.
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brudo at 01:41 PM on 07/29/08
thanks a lot... i sync it with my outlook,,

AndiC at 01:50 PM on 07/29/08
@TimmyGUNZ: I believe it does, but use the free mail2web for push on your iphone and save some pennies
cdrobin12 at 01:50 PM on 07/29/08
I'd like to sync my yahoo calender with my google calender. Any idea's? I've been entrenched into my yahoo calender for way too long.......
@cdrobin12: Why don't you just export your Yahoo Calendar, import it into Google and just be done with the Yahoo one?
rdb78 at 02:00 PM on 07/29/08
In iCal, it keeps telling me my password is incorrect, but I swear it's right.

aka_bigred at 02:04 PM on 07/29/08
I'm stuck with Lotus Notes at work but I found Companion Link for Google Calendar [www.companionlink.com] that will push your work calendar to a google calendar. It, unfortunately, will cost you $30 If you want the luxury route, pop for the $100 full version [www.companionlink.com] like I did and you can automate the process. I setup a batch script that windows scheduler kicks of at noon and 6:00pm each day so it's fully automated for me. Oh, and Lotus Notes sucks, hardcore. ANYONE who willingly implements it should be beaten with a 2x4 spiked with rusty nails.
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spiked with rusty nails.

@rdb78: I had the same problem. To fix it, I made sure I had my email, not just the part before the @gmail.com, as the username, then it worked fine.
bubi73 at 02:09 PM on 07/29/08
To sync Lotus Notes calendar and Gcal: 1. Open Lotus Notes Calendar to view 2. Open Gcal, click "Manage calendars" 3. Select the calendar you want to sync 4. For My Calendars only: Scroll to the private address section,click on the green "ical" box and drag it over to your Lotus calendar. (note: do not click on the "ical" box to have the link pop up and drag the link, it will not work!) 5. For Public Calendars: Scroll to the calendar address section,click on the green "ical" box and drag it over to your Lotus calendar. (note: do not click on the "ical" box to have the link pop up and drag the link, it will not work!) Not sure if this works on less than 7.0.3 though. Nice thing is that Notes will not duplicate already scheduled events next time the same calendar is imported. Overall, it's a manual sync, but only takes a couple of seconds.
tohanry at 02:16 PM on 07/29/08
I gave up on google calendar when nothing recurring worked either way...I wanted to use GCal as my main calendar app, and just sync it to my work Outlook....well forget about that noise...anything recurring never worked. Didn't work the other way either.
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Unfortunately, due to the integration of a lot of my work into Outlook, I am pretty much sticking with it. Outlook 2k7 is actually pretty good so it works for me. Will end up using this for the personal calendar I think though....
toddkravos at 02:18 PM on 07/29/08
@bubi73:Thanks for this tip! Works on ND 7.0

Stormbringer at 02:40 PM on 07/29/08
Not impressed. I don't understand the love affair with GTricks and iTricks. Maybe I'm too comfortable with my Palm Desktop, with its contacts, to-do lists and calendar (add e-mail and you've got miniOutlook), and the fact that it synchronizes nicely with the Palm device itself so I have my alarms and reminders right next to me, I don't have any use for that stuff. Oh, and the Palm Desktop is a free download, period, if you want a decent application even if you don't have a Palm.
qrius at 02:49 PM on 07/29/08
@Stormbringer: whatever rocks your world man. but to me, my palm desktop is so outdated. I use on a day, 3 different computers, and I got tired of trying to sync them. once, I synced them, and got a bunch of duplicate entries. Have you ever tried to remove duplicates? It's a big headache. So for me, gcal is a great answer, with its text messaging alarm feature.
CSHokie at 03:44 PM on 07/29/08
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Is there any way to sync multiple Google Calendars with Outlook? Last I checked Google Calendar Sync will only sync your personal one (not others that you have added).
chipbennett at 04:12 PM on 07/29/08
I hope this doesn't come across as link grubbing, but I think it applies to the original post. I wrote a post on How to Sync KDE-PIM With Google Calendar It's actually pretty easy, using OpenSync.
jusipi at 05:03 PM on 07/29/08
I love Google Calendar. I have been wanting to sync it up with a desktop app for some time but hadn't had any luck. My PC has Windows Calendar. I have been able to "subscribe" to my Google calendars but it is a read only set-up. I didn't see anything above on how to get around that. A little while ago the How-to Geek did a post on how to Change Thunderbird Start Page to any web page that you wanted ( [blogs.howtogeek.com] ). My immediate thought was to use Google Calendar. My first obstacle was it was asking me to sign-in, when I did it launched the Calendar in Firefox. Someone suggested installing the Thunderbrowse extension for Thunderbird which I did. This didn't solve my problem either. I ran into a problem with cookies not being enabled. Anyone have any tips on how to solve that dilemma?
bobbyleong at 07:04 PM on 07/29/08
I use oggsync.com to sync my google calendar with my windows mobile over the air.
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eatrip at 07:56 PM on 07/29/08
any thoughts on how to sync the sidekick desktop calender w/ gcal? also, here's a feature request for gcal and thunderbird, I have a meeting the first and third Monday of every month, in the sidekick calender when I entered the first one in the repeats menu it asked weekly, monthly, 1st Monday every month one click the whole year filled in gcal and thunderbird no love.
barthrh at 08:43 PM on 07/29/08
@Mollari: You can drag 'n drop between calendars. If you "edit", you can't pick a different calendar. But I have successfully just dragged a calendar event to one of the others listed on the left. I tried this between Gcal and a local iCal and back again. I'm assuming that it'll work fine w/ two Gcals.
TomDavis at 09:12 PM on 07/29/08
Anyone try syncing a Google Apps calendar with Thunderbird/Lightning?

komputerwiz at 10:46 PM on 07/29/08
I already had this set up before the post ;) You can use the XML or the iCal link in Settings to sync with Thunderbird/Sunbird; they both work equally well.
JaVae at 11:33 PM on 07/29/08
they really need to add multiple calendar sync to their outlook sync proggie.
blorro at 11:41 PM on 07/29/08
The "Drag to Lotus Notes-trick" did'nt work on 7.01

7/30/08 6:52 AM
Version. Not for me at least.

opersai at 12:17 AM
Is it me, or anyone mentioned that the GCal Sync will work for iCal, only if you have leopard? I'm still stuck in Tiger, and I can't find an Account Tab in the iCal preference anywhere. Talk about send me into heaven before shooting me back down on the ground again. =(
himatech at 12:33 AM
The problem is that Google Calendar sends a reminder by mail to my colleagues of work if I sync my meetings :-( Any workaround?
Apopheniac at 05:53 AM
You didn't even mention Palm, yet you wrote as if everyone was included. Palm is a fairly significant segment of the market to exclude.
gorilly at 06:29 AM
if you want more flexible syncing with ical try this [spanningsync.com] i used it for a while, its great
vitamincm at 06:48 AM
You just broke my heart. I'm stuck with that big P.O.S. Lotus Notes at work. I thought that you would have a way to sync Lotus Notes to Google Calendar. Please help! Does anybody out there know how to do this?
mobilejray at 06:50 AM
I'm still looking for a free solution to sync my

Google Calendars (yes plural) with my Windows
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Google Calendars (yes plural) with my Windows Mobile 6.1 phone. I have looked at some of the commercial alternatives, but feel they are either over priced or I have had issues with the trial so I didn't purchase. It just doesn't seem like it would be a very difficult task to have my calendars sync up with my WM phone... and I agree, why is Google doing this piece by piece? Can't we sync contacts, calendar, tasks and notes just like Yahoo offers via their Yahoo Go service (free)? I want a Google Go service!!!
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