Comments on: Sync my data… please! http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/ Life in Honolulu: it's not all pineapples and mai tais. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:13:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Geoff http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3072 Geoff Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:24:15 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3072 I'm a Mac user and have been successful in getting some of the sync going that may help you. Using .Mac, I subscribe my Google Calendar to my iCal calendars. The URL is a webcal protocol and can be a little fussy to get right. I'm not a professional IT guy so I just did trial and error until I got it to work. I believe there are free alternatives to .Mac to where you can publish your iCal calendars but I have no specifics in mind. That exercise is left to the student. Vice versa, I can also subscribe iCal to see my Google calendars. My wife and kids have their own gCal accounts. That's how we sync the collective family life calendars. Sorry, I'm not a Windows user so have no suggestions on syncing Outlook. I’m a Mac user and have been successful in getting some of the sync going that may help you. Using .Mac, I subscribe my Google Calendar to my iCal calendars. The URL is a webcal protocol and can be a little fussy to get right. I’m not a professional IT guy so I just did trial and error until I got it to work. I believe there are free alternatives to .Mac to where you can publish your iCal calendars but I have no specifics in mind. That exercise is left to the student.

Vice versa, I can also subscribe iCal to see my Google calendars. My wife and kids have their own gCal accounts. That’s how we sync the collective family life calendars.

Sorry, I’m not a Windows user so have no suggestions on syncing Outlook.

]]> By: Eric http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3069 Eric Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:16:24 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3069 Yeah, ActiveSync support makes it even more tempting to get an iPhone. It's still pricey, though. And, woo hoo! <a href="http://www.google.com/support/calendar/bin/answer.py?answer=89955" rel="nofollow">Google Calendar Sync</a> looks like a great starting point for Outlook-GCal. But it only works with one Google Calendar, and I already am using half a dozen. And like the other utilities I've been examining, it requires at least Outlook 2003. Now I <i>really</i> want that Office 2007 upgrade they've been promising at work. Yeah, ActiveSync support makes it even more tempting to get an iPhone. It’s still pricey, though.

And, woo hoo! Google Calendar Sync looks like a great starting point for Outlook-GCal. But it only works with one Google Calendar, and I already am using half a dozen. And like the other utilities I’ve been examining, it requires at least Outlook 2003. Now I really want that Office 2007 upgrade they’ve been promising at work.

]]> By: Mickey http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3068 Mickey Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:58:49 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3068 Apple just announced the new iPhone software that is coming out soon that will allow your phone to sync with Exchange (I assume this is your mail server at work) through ActiveSync which they licensed from Microsoft. If it is the ActiveSync that I am currently familiar with, this will allow Outlook to push your data to the phone. Then run Parallels on your Mac (if you have an Intel Mac), so you can run Windows XP and Outlook at home. Apple just announced the new iPhone software that is coming out soon that will allow your phone to sync with Exchange (I assume this is your mail server at work) through ActiveSync which they licensed from Microsoft. If it is the ActiveSync that I am currently familiar with, this will allow Outlook to push your data to the phone. Then run Parallels on your Mac (if you have an Intel Mac), so you can run Windows XP and Outlook at home.

]]> By: Eric http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3061 Eric Mon, 04 Feb 2008 22:25:09 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3061 What's worse, every utility I've come across that claims to do Outlook syncing expects that you have Outlook 2003 at the very oldest. We're still running Outlook 2000. What’s worse, every utility I’ve come across that claims to do Outlook syncing expects that you have Outlook 2003 at the very oldest. We’re still running Outlook 2000.

]]> By: G http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3060 G Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:01:29 +0000 http://www.hawaiistories.com/eric/2008/02/03/sync-my-data-please/#comment-3060 Hmmm, to quote the Magic 8-Ball, "Outlook not so good". Actually, I'm in nearly the same boat. We are plagued with Outlook at work and actually my cell phone will only sync with Outlook. But there is a zero chance of me ever running Outlook at home. Mac's iCal/Address Book is adequate but doesn't sync with Google Calendar. The iPhone would be a pretty good solution for me except that it doesn't play nicely with Linux. While I do currently have an iBook, once that bites the dust there's no guarantee that it'll get replaced with a Mac. Hmmm, to quote the Magic 8-Ball, “Outlook not so good”.

Actually, I’m in nearly the same boat. We are plagued with Outlook at work and actually my cell phone will only sync with Outlook. But there is a zero chance of me ever running Outlook at home.

Mac’s iCal/Address Book is adequate but doesn’t sync with Google Calendar.

The iPhone would be a pretty good solution for me except that it doesn’t play nicely with Linux. While I do currently have an iBook, once that bites the dust there’s no guarantee that it’ll get replaced with a Mac.

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