Calendar sync'ing, Mac-PC-Droid
I've been googling around, and am confusing myself... So I figured you'all could set me right... My housemates need to do some calendar exchanging... She uses iCal 2, on her PowerBook G4, running Tiger. He uses peecees, a desktop and a laptop, both running Win7. And now he has a brand-new Droid from Verizon. At this time, he doesn't do calendaring on his computers at all. I'm getting the impression that the Droid somehow requires Google Calendar? Is that correct? ...I mention iCal 2 because this is perhaps a limitation; iCal 3 (which requires Leopard) adds CalDAV support that can talk to Google Calendars directly. But at this time, we do NOT want to upgrade the OS in her PB. We want to push her iCal calendars to his PCs and his the Droid. We don't necessarily want to sync them back into her iCal, as he has a um tendancy to mess things up, and we don't want her master calendar farked. If she publishes her calendars to a service like iCalX.com, can he simply subscribe to them somehow? SpanningSync http://spanningsync.com/ looks like it has some potential, at least it has a Tiger version, but I'm not sure if we want a Mac-Droid solution. That would create a dependancy on her dealing with him updating every day or so. ... It would be ok if the solution required the internet, but it would be better if it didn't - as they're often on the road in their RV without 'net access. So what's the right way to do all this? Thanks, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Calendar sync'ing, Mac-PC-Droid
On 25 Sep 2010, at 10:03:54 PDT, Dan wrote: It would be ok if the solution required the internet, but it would be better if it didn't - as they're often on the road in their RV without 'net access. So what's the right way to do all this? -- There is probably no right way to share calendar info between the dark side and iCal. Depending on the PC calendar application, you might be able to export the iCal file and import it to the PC app. From the iCal Help file: About calendar standards iCal uses a format called iCalendar to display and exchange calendar information. iCal can exchange calendar information with several applications that support the iCalendar format. iCal can also import information stored using the older vCalendar format. Calendar events that you export or drag to the desktop have a file name that ends in .ics, and vcalendar files end in .vcs. Both types of files can be viewed on Macintosh or Windows computers by applications that understand these extensions. For information about importing calendars into iCal or exporting iCal calendars, click Tell me more. Can't hurt too much to fiddle with it a bit. Ken -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Calendar sync'ing, Mac-PC-Droid
I would tell him to use Google Calender. The web app and phone sync with each other over the air, it's easy and simple. No need to complicate then things. On Sep 25, 2010 11:03 AM, Dan dantear...@gmail.com wrote: I've been googling around, and am confusing myself... So I figured you'all could set me right... My housemates need to do some calendar exchanging... She uses iCal 2, on her PowerBook G4, running Tiger. He uses peecees, a desktop and a laptop, both running Win7. And now he has a brand-new Droid from Verizon. At this time, he doesn't do calendaring on his computers at all. I'm getting the impression that the Droid somehow requires Google Calendar? Is that correct? ...I mention iCal 2 because this is perhaps a limitation; iCal 3 (which requires Leopard) adds CalDAV support that can talk to Google Calendars directly. But at this time, we do NOT want to upgrade the OS in her PB. We want to push her iCal calendars to his PCs and his the Droid. We don't necessarily want to sync them back into her iCal, as he has a um tendancy to mess things up, and we don't want her master calendar farked. If she publishes her calendars to a service like iCalX.com, can he simply subscribe to them somehow? SpanningSync http://spanningsync.com/ looks like it has some potential, at least it has a Tiger version, but I'm not sure if we want a Mac-Droid solution. That would create a dependancy on her dealing with him updating every day or so. ... It would be ok if the solution required the internet, but it would be better if it didn't - as they're often on the road in their RV without 'net access. So what's the right way to do all this? Thanks, - Dan. -- - Psychoceramic Emeritus; South Jersey, USA, Earth. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
