Sync Google calendar and Outlook with SyncMyCal

January 10th, 2007 (12:03pm) Chris Gilmer 18 Comments

If you frequently use both Outlook and Google Calendar for scheduling, and are finding it quite tiresome to always export calendar details and upload them into Google Calendar, you might want to look into SyncMyCal.

SyncMyCal makes this whole process a lot simpler by adding a toolbar into your Outlook application that has the one click ability to synchronize your calendars. You can either choose which calendar you want to synchronize or if you want to do two way updates. The application currently comes in two different versions.

A free Lite version with unlimited events with seven day date range synchronization and a Pro version for $25 with no limitations on sync dates. SyncMyCal is a great option not only for personal use, but for business use as well. Team calendars can be created and shared in Google, or team members can download events from a central Google Calendar version.

Of course you can always use GCalSync on your mobile phone, an open source application that syncs up Google Calendar on your mobile.

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Judi Sohn says: January 10th, 2007 12:56pm

Great tip, Chris. I’ve been waiting for this. It works beautifully. Thank you.

Loren Nason says: January 11th, 2007 12:50am

Now if we can just have calendar sync and then my windows mobile can sync to gmail then i can ditch my exchange server

Chris says: January 11th, 2007 2:18am

Hi Folks,

http://www.goosync.com is another free Google Calendar sync service.
It sync’s over 600+ mobile phones as well as any Palm or Windows device.

Give it a try.

Chris.

Vaibhav says: January 11th, 2007 4:04am

I know that SyncMyCal folks are working on Palm and Windows Mobile versions. Checkout their blog at http://syncmycal.blogspot.com

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Wibbler says: January 11th, 2007 10:30am

Goosync have lost my vote already. After asking me all the questions under the sun on the signup page, I finally get to the configure page and find that after three “credits” are used, you have to start paying! Little buggers…

Island in the Net says: January 11th, 2007 6:36pm

I use SpanningSync to synchronize my Google Calendar with iCal. It work flawlessly in the background.

http://www.spanningsync.com/

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Vaibhav says: January 21st, 2007 5:46am

SyncMyCal version 1.3 is now out. Visit http://www.syncmycal.com/whats_new.htm to see the changes.

Chris says: January 22nd, 2007 8:46am

Hi WIBBLER,

Chief Little Bugger here ;-)

GooSync is FREE, the 3 credits refer to the ability to automatically configure your mobile over-the-air, we will send you 3 FREE SMS configs if required, it costs us money that’s why there’s a limit, the sync is FREE.

We do have a subscription service that provide greater functionality including the ability to sync multiple calendars.

Hope this clears this up, maybe it needs making clearer on the web site.

Cheers
Chris.

Cecilia says: January 23rd, 2007 10:10am

Hi,

Oggsync can also be used if your a Windows Mobile 5.0 user. It has 2 way Sync OTA from your mobile DIRECT to Google. Even if you have multiple calendars like, Outlook for work, and Google for personal, events, schools, etc….OggSync will keep them up to date.

If your only looking for a PC solution then go with the above mentioned, but if your mobile try out our FREE version:

http://www.oggsync.com

Thanks!

Cecilia

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Dean Jones says: February 20th, 2007 8:52pm

Here is something that claims to sync up Google / Outlook and mobile devices.

CompanionLink for Google Calendar

CompanionLink for Google Calendar is a two-way synchronization solution for people that want to access and modify their Google Calendar appointments, meetings, and notes from their mobile devices and desktop calendar programs.

http://www.companionlink.com/products/companionlinkforgoogle.html

Hope this helps.

Dean Jones

bizz says: April 30th, 2007 11:39am

i checked it out – its cool but id rather use calgoo http://www.calgoo.com

since calgoo hit beta its been a rather solid program – the bonus features you get on top of the sync ability has me sold – given im waiting for a new update because they could use better task management – but so far so good

bizz

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Deepa says: November 3rd, 2007 5:07am

Hi,

I am looking to sync my calendar and contacts from Outlook to Google. I’ve heard Calgoo is the only one that does both. Anybody have any insight?

Cheers,
Deepa

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