Comments on: Sync’ing Google calendars with iCal and iPhone

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:45:34 +0000

Here’s a workaround for syncing with multiple Google accounts:

http://www.busymac.com/faq/index.html#google-multi

By: philikon

philikon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:20:02 +0000

Hmm, too bad BusySync only supports one Google account. I actually have two Google apps accounts whose calendars I’d like to sync… Oh well.

By: philikon

philikon — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:22:24 +0000

Ran, thanks for the discount link.

If by any chance you’re trying to subscribe to your Google Calendars with Google’s tool (“Calaboration”) and all the calendars but the main one appear with a “locked” icon, then worry not. This is just a bug that can easily be circumvented, as described here: http://code.google.com/p/calaboration/issues/detail?id=2

By: Ran

Ran — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:47:05 +0000

If you can handle the idea, Plaxo can help with your address book data.

Also, as a happy BusySync user, you might be glad to learn that there are BusySync discounts – like this one: http://www.macsparky.com/2008/02/02/review-busysync/ Google turns up others if that one has expired.

By: Fred van Dijk

Fred van Dijk — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:42:49 +0000

I have both busysync and mobile me active on my laptop: busysync pulls/pushes events between google and iCal and MobileMe syncs iCal and my iPhone. Only drawback is that I have to have my laptop online.

You need this double sync because Mobile Me won’t sync CalDav accounts in Ical with Mobile Me.

As soon as the iPhone has a direct google CalDav sync and the address book stuff is solved I might quit my Mobile Me subscription again.