Google Calendar adds iCal Support
July 28th, 2008 (2:00pm) Mike Gunderloy 5 Comments
Google appears to have finally noticed that Mac users would like to sync their desktop calendars with their online ones: they’ve released (in beta form) Google Calendar CalDAV support. By following their instructions, you can set up synchronization between your OS X Leopard calendar and your Google one.
Though it works, the initial release is rough. Among the current issues are that it doesn’t work with other CalDAV-enabled software, it doesn’t support To Dos, and it doesn’t sync email reminders or alarms. You might want to look at the free Calgoo or the $65 Spanning Sync instead. In any case, I recommend backing up your data before experimenting.
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thesilversun says: July 28th, 2008 3:44pm
thank you for this.
what I’d be excited about is if Google Calendar synched up with Now Up To Date on OSX…will check out Calgoo, though.
Chris says: July 28th, 2008 6:17pm
Should also mention BusySync. It works very well and and at $25 it’s a lot cheaper than spanningsync.
dawn says: July 28th, 2008 7:13pm
I use plaxo to sync my iCal and google calendar. It’s the easiest, cheapest sync solution I’ve found.
Zviki Cohen says: July 28th, 2008 10:01pm
Unfortunately, the new sync does not support Hebrew. I’m guessing YMMV for other non-English languages as well. I’ll stick with Plaxo for now.
Judi Sohn says: July 29th, 2008 1:42am
SpanningSync is more expensive, but it also supports contact syncing which it appears none of the other solutions do.