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Hi, I'm a Mac user. Anyone know how can I sync calendars, contacts, mail and other things how for example photos?
I just set my wifes mac up to sync contacts and calendar. There is a thunderbird plugin to sync contacts, and I don't remember what I used for the calendar, but I found it via a google search. I do remember that the solution that I used required OS X 10.5 or better. I will see what I can find tonight when I get home...pretty sure I bookmarked the site I used for a tutorial.
oh yeah, I think the contact sync plugin for thunderbird was zindus...
(http://www.zindus.com/faq-thunderbird-google/)
mm0
and here is a link for the calendar...obviously, I set her up on Thunderbird, however, I believe it will also work with iCal.
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=99358#ical
mm0
If you only need to sync the contacts, you can use the Address Book, it has built-in capabilities to sync with google (gmail). However, if you also would like to sync google's calendar with iCal, then you would need to take a different route.
1) if you don't use thunderbird, start using it and install the plug-in mentioned above.
2) Pay for Spanning Sync, it costs some money (i think is $20/year or so).
3) Use the google calendar straight from the browser, forget about iCal, and use the Address Book to sync contacts
I took the 3rd option, I sync my contacts using the built-in sync option in Address Book, and as for my calendar I just use the browser, I got used to it and it works for me!
Thanks a lot, but does the built-in sync in Address Book sync also the contact from Mac to google contacts?
your mac can sync without any additional progs with google.
i sync my ical app with google (from my mac)
i sync my adresse bock with google (from my mac)
i sync my contacts app with google (from my mac)
and then i sync my g1 with google (calender, adresse bock and contacts). now, everything is in sync with each other. if i change something on my mac, online or on the g1 it is synced to both other parts.
How can I do that? I used this:
http://lifehacker.com/393855/enable-google-contact-sync-without-an-iphoneipod-touch
http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=99358
But now on g1 there isn't my contacts and calendars.......
Weird, CalDAV never worked for me, I just tried it again for curiosity and it worked.
As you know, Google don't have to/must not know everything, especially calendar entries of buisyness man.
I don't want google to know my appointments a.s.o.!
Is it possible to use the google calendar on the phone without synchronizing with the Google server but sync with the personal outlook?
Perhaps there is a independent calendar app, don't need to access the htc or google calendar, but is able to sync with outlook... AND is able to set appointments as private?
Perhaps it is possible to have my own "google server" for me and my family at home?
There's absolutely no need for synchronizing with google, you can always uncheck it if you don't want it and only synchronize with Outlook.
And there's also no need to even use the built-in calendar application, there are others in the market.
You just have to have a Google account, but that doesn't mean you have to give google your appointment details.
I don't know if there's an application where you can set your appointments as private, at least for Exchange server it is not possible, unfortunately.
I've not found a stand alone calendar application in the market with their own database. If you know one please tell me.
All calendars i found use the build-in google or htc calendarDatabase.
Yes, that's possible, I may be wrong. But still, with the built-in calendar you don't have to sync with your google calendar. If you just sync with Outlook, even though you'll see your appointments in the Google calendar app, they won't be synchronized with your Google account.
I use the HTC calendar app and sync it to my PC's outlook calendar and HTCSync. Same with my contacts. Don't go anywhere near Google for any of that
Yes, the htc calendar is a stand-alone app. But if you use your business calendar for privat, too, you need the possibility to set appointments as privat. And the htc calendar isn't capable of that.
How do you sync the Omnia 7 Calendar with your Microsoft Office Calendar (2010)?
Pretty sure it's not possible directly.
http://pocketnow.com/windows-phone/how-to-sync-windows-phone-7-with-outlook
Now I understand why and what to do: I have to get used to having/maintaining everything "in the cloud", which actually makes perfect sense.
I'm now maintaining all my contacts, calendar appointments, podcasts, pictures, and videos - in the cloud (my Windows Live Account).
Don't get too used to it if you don't want to. I'm sure that there will soon be sync apps available, including a SyncML client from Funambol. I'm not a fan of their stuff, but SyncML is a standard protocol (with much criticism).
The interesting thing is:-
I can create/update/edit appointments on my WP7 phone, however, these will not sync with my Windows Live Account.
If I, however, create/update/edit appointments in the calendar on my Windows Live Account, these will indeed be synced with my WP7 phone, BUT overwriting any and all appointments already created on the phone on the same dates(!), IF indeed I've turned on "Windows Live" under Calendar > Calendars on my WP7 phone.
As far as I know, I have no way of specifying whether the WP7 calendar should have priority over the Windows Live Account calendar, or vice-versa, thereby controlling the direction of the syncronization.
All this - in terms of "cloud computing" - makes perfect sense... nevertheless, it's not very practical, as I cannot create/update/edit appointments on my WP7 phone and expect the changes to appear in my Windows Live Account calendar.
As I use the Microsoft Outlook Hotmail Connector to get access to and maintain all my contacts AND appointments "in the cloud" in my Windows Live Account through Microsoft Outlook 2010, - the way I understand it - I have to access my Windows Live Account calendar through the WP7 browser and create/update/edit appointments there (if/when I'm on the move and do not have access to a computer with online access) in order for these to be properly transfered/updated on my WP7 phone.
Not exactly intuitive, is it?
I know it sounds strange, but i'm using gmail as cloud and it syncs perfectly between the calendar on wp7 and the calendar on gmail and the calendar on outlook on my desktop. For syncing between calendar on gmail and outlook i'm using gsyncit which is free if you're using it only to sync calendar.
Apparently it's better to use google cloud than microsoft cloud...
Hopefully, someone at Microsoft will hear of this, and take the appropriate measures... (embarrassing...)
sarasera said:
I know it sounds strange, but i'm using gmail as cloud and it syncs perfectly between the calendar on wp7 and the calendar on gmail and the calendar on outlook on my desktop. For syncing between calendar on gmail and outlook i'm using gsyncit which is free if you're using it only to sync calendar.
Apparently it's better to use google cloud than microsoft cloud...
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I don't really know anyone with your calendar problem! All WP7 phones i have played with sync fine with live calendar in both ways...
Errr... And you've played with Samsung Omnia 7 as well? If yes, then please explain how you've synced your calendar.
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I don't really know anyone with your calendar problem! All WP7 phones i have played with sync fine with live calendar in both ways...
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Hi guys!
I just got my Omnia 7 yesterday and set my Live account with the phone up. It syncs perfectly both ways instantly, calendar, email and contacts. The only gripe that I have is that I dont get a notification if I receive a new email in a folder. The live tile displays only the main inbox
I bit the bullet and paid for online exchange hosting. I find the syncing is much faster then live and it removes most limitations I had like
Outlook Photos would upload to live
Company name could not be any length.
I know it's couple only but it did bug me and I hated having lot's ofl folders with the same information (contacts x 2 calandar x 2)
Hi
Please can someone help. I have an HTC Hero with Android 2.1. I am able to sync the contacts with HTC Sync with no problem at all. However, I am totally unable to sync the Calendar. What I would like to do is sync my HTC Calendar with Google calendar and also export it so that I can save the calendar to my SD Card. However, nothing seems to work, not even HTC Sync.
Any help would be much appreciated.
As far as I know, Google calendar syncs with your google account at any time when you have internet connection and/or background data/autosync enabled. HTC Sync sync your phone's calendar with MS Outlook (if you use windows).
Thank you. Please can you tell me how I can use HTC Sync to Sync my HTC Calendar with Outlook because I am unable to make this work at the moment!
I've downloaded a program called Google Calendar Sync. This program syncs your outlook calendar with your google calendar (you can tell it which ways it has to sync e.g. only outlook-> google, or google->outlook or both ways), and then in turn, your google calendar syncs with your phone.
See Google Calendar Sync page for more info.
Chek this out.
Hi Just got my first tablet. Can anybody tell me if you can synch my outlook calender with my nexus 7 calender, don't want to synch it via google calender, wondered if it can be done with out synching to google first or if there is an app i can use. thanks
There are add-on for Chrome to google sync for your computer browser. I know Chrome has them for sure...
You can go to the email app and log in with your email account you use with outlook.
Then android should sync your account as a outlook account and also your calendar schould be synced
I have set up nexus 7's email app to synch with my outlook email, but no where in email settings on nexus does it elude to synching calendar, anybody help. Thanks
This is how we do it on the phone. I just got my N7 yesterday and while contacts and e-mail have synced fine using this method, my calendar has not yet synced.
http://androidforums.com/android-ap...-party-app-exchange-server-3.html#post2858642
Is this a local calendar? Like you just use Outlook as a POP client, or do you log into an Exchange server. If Exchange, the default mail app on the N7 supports Activesync and you can set it up for your mail server.
If it's just a local account then you would probably need to sync it through Gmail or find an app for the tablet and a program for the computer that allows you to sync when. You plug it in or provide an OTA sync when your PC is on. This might work for you.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cz.psencik.simple
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OK, I got my Outlook calendar syncing now. For some reason I had to create a the Exchange account from within the calendar app on the N7 for it to work. Same account as I already created in Settings. Thankfully, it doesn't show as 2 separate accounts. If you setup your Outlook to sync as in the thread I posted earlier it will work fine. You don't need to have a Hotmail account, either.
Have managed to synch my outlook emails, but only the inbox, won't snych sub folders in outlook inbox.
Looks like i will have to find a program and app, as its a local account i want to synch, don't want to bother with exchange server
Have also tried to import my contacts from outlook to the stock nexus 7 people app, but outlook will only export as a .csv file and nexus people will only import as a vcard file, any ideas.
Try my phone explorer from the Google play store and install the pc version on your pc. Syncs contacts, calendar & tasks using USB, WiFi or Bluetooth directly with the Outlook data on your pc. Check the installation screenshot for details:
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Thanks will have a look at it. Do you know if it synchs with the stock nexus 7 calendar or does it add its own calendar to tablet and synch that with outlook.